Business & Corporate Law Lawyers in New York
31,081 verified business attorneys in New York. Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution. Compare business experience, read verified client reviews, and book a free consultation with local New York counsel — AttorneyQnA never charges clients to connect with an attorney.
Stuart P Slotnick is a lawyer practicing litigation, business litigation and trial, white-collar defense and investigations and 4 other areas of law. ...
Louis A. Russo is the founding member of Russo Law LLC, a New York and New Jersey business law firm focused on commercial contracts, business acquisit...
Michael Scott Arlein is a lawyer practicing trusts and estates, financial services, estate planning and 4 other areas of law. Michael received a B.A. ...
Counselor Jorge Delgado has been practicing law since 2005, when he was licensed as an attorney in New York and New Jersey. He obtained his Juris Doct...
I am the CEO and Co-Founder of Shankar Ninan & Co., a law firm that provides comprehensive legal services to small and medium-sized businesses in New ...
Dustin Saldarriaga is an immigration lawyer with extensive experience as a government attorney at both the national and local levels, including as a f...
Sandra Wieder Cohen is a lawyer practicing employment & labor, contracts & agreements, mergers and acquisitions and 4 other areas of law. Sandra recei...
About Amie Gartenberg View website Awards AV Preeminent Peer Rated This elite award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers fo...
Scott Evan Wortman is a lawyer practicing federal regulation, financial markets and services, banking and 7 other areas of law. Scott received a B.S. ...
Seth Ross Niedermayer is a lawyer practicing real estate, real estate acquisitions and sales, real estate development and 8 other areas of law. Seth r...
Susan Chana Lask is a lawyer practicing appeals & us supreme court, civil rights, divorce and child custody and 14 other areas of law. Susan received ...
Jason Marc Myers is a lawyer practicing professional liability, construction & real estate owners, cybersecurity - insurance coverage, response and de...
Stuart Jonathan Fried is a lawyer practicing entertainment law, corporate law, internet and 4 other areas of law. Stuart received a B.A. degree from R...
Michaela Vrazdova graduated from the Faculty of Law at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic in September 2016. While studying at Charles Unive...
Myles K. Bartley is a lawyer practicing commercial litigation, arbitration, breach of contract and 8 other areas of law.
Alexander Jude Avelino is a lawyer practicing trusts, estate planning, mergers & acquisitions and 9 other areas of law. Alexander received a B.A. degr...
Muhammad Salman Ravala is a lawyer practicing arbitration, agency & distributorships, alternative dispute resolution and 34 other areas of law. Muhamm...
Ariel Michael Furman is a lawyer practicing ethics & professional responsibility, partnership dispute litigation, lawyers professional liability and 4...
Ms. Weiner graduated summa cum laude (top 3 out of 389 students) from New York Law School and obtained her undergraduate degree in Anthropology from N...
Neal Howard Klausner is a lawyer practicing employment & labor, business, intellectual property and 1 other area of law. Neal received a B.A. degree f...
Joseph Vecchione Demarco is a lawyer practicing copyright infringement, trademark infringement, counseling clients on complex issues and 7 other areas...
Noelle Marie Kowalczyk is a lawyer practicing commercial litigation, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract and fraud and 9 other areas of law. ...
Sheron Korpus is a lawyer practicing commercial, securities & investment fraud, arbitration and 6 other areas of law. Sheron received a degree from Un...
Jonathan Jason Brennan is a lawyer practicing arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, fiduciary and private banking litigation, complex commer...
David Robert Buchanan is a lawyer practicing antitrust, catastrophic injury, class actions and 17 other areas of law. David Robert received a B.S. deg...
James Joseph Terry is a lawyer practicing products liability defense, commercial litigation, construction litigation and 2 other areas of law. James r...
Mr. Jeremy S Rosof is a lawyer practicing civil appeals, commercial litigation, commercial real estate and 2 other areas of law.
Susan Berkwitt-Malefakis is a lawyer practicing corporate, finance, lenders rights and 3 other areas of law. Susan received a B.A. degree from City Co...
Joseph A Oliva is a lawyer practicing global insurance services, management and professional liability, osha and worksite safety and 4 other areas of ...
Claire Frances Rush is a lawyer practicing trial practice, automobile and transportation liability, construction liability and 43 other areas of law. ...
Lauren Reiter Brody is a lawyer practicing employment & labor, business, employment and entertainment matters. Lauren received a B.A. degree from Univ...
Anna Conlon Aguilar is a lawyer practicing complex business litigation, business torts, real estate and 6 other areas of law. Anna received a B.A. deg...
James Matthew Haddad is a lawyer practicing personal injury, ethics & professional responsibility, commercial litigator and 1 other area of law. James...
Mr. Shawn Preston Ricardo is a lawyer practicing fraud, insurance, litigation / alternative dispute resolution and 3 other areas of law.
Melissa Tabako Billig is a lawyer practicing contracts, architects and engineers liability, construction law and 1 other area of law. Melissa received...
Jonathan Marc Cooper is a lawyer practicing appellate practice, arbitration, breach of contract and 21 other areas of law. Jonathan received a B.A. de...
Lina Grace Telese is a lawyer practicing construction law, commercial law, litigation and 3 other areas of law. Lina received a B.B.A. degree from Hof...
Mr. Gary Jackson Ross is a lawyer practicing corporate & incorporation, contracts & agreements, securities offerings and 6 other areas of law.
Marc Daniel Ostrow is a lawyer practicing entertainment and copyright, business disputes, business law and 8 other areas of law. Marc received a B.A. ...
Jeffrey K. Van Etten joined the firm in 1989 and became a member in 1992.
Alexander Lycoyannis is a lawyer practicing commercial real estate, rent regulation & administrative law, litigation - commercial and 4 other areas of...
Since emigrating from Russia in 1989, Mr. Paykin has lived in multiple countries, owned multiple successful businesses in the financial and IT worlds,...
David Joseph Choyne is a lawyer practicing estate and income tax planning, estate and trust administration, business succession planning and 3 other a...
Denise Iocco is a lawyer practicing estate planning, trusts, contracts & agreements and 2 other areas of law. Denise received a B.A. degree from State...
Mr. Gregory Howard Chertoff is a lawyer practicing construction & infrastructure, construction dispute resolution, contracts, project documentation an...
Ethan A. Brecher is the founding and managing partner of the Law Office of Ethan A.
Sam is an experienced litigator and lawyer with particular expertise in handling complex litigation in the areas of employment, civil rights, tort, an...
Courtney Finerty-Stelzner is an associate at Getnick Law, where she is actively involved in the firm’s whistleblower, anti-fraud litigation, and busin...
Robin Lynne Cohen is a lawyer practicing government, commercial litigation, insurance recovery. Robin received a B.A. degree from University of Pennsy...
Peter John Young is a lawyer practicing bankruptcy, reorganization, corporate law. Peter John received a degree from Cambridge England, and has been l...
Rosanne E. Felicello is a lawyer practicing antitrust & trade law, securities & investment fraud, civil litigation.
Joseph Andrew Gershman is a lawyer practicing commercial litigation, creditors' rights and bankruptcy, securities litigation. Joseph received a A.B. d...
Mr. Antonio Miguel Ocasio is a lawyer practicing commercial real estate, corporate, international and 2 other areas of law.
David Michael Fish is a lawyer practicing labor and employment law, employment discrimination law, civil rights litigation and 9 other areas of law. D...
Uzoma Alexander Eze is a lawyer practicing bankruptcy, business, creditor-debtor and 9 other areas of law. Uzoma received a B.A. degree from Norfolk S...
Adam R. Sanders is a Member with the Rosenberg & Estis, P.C.
Theodore Geiger is a lawyer practicing commercial litigation, business divorce, intellectual property litigation and 20 other areas of law. Theodore r...
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Ian E. Scott is the founder and president of Scott Legal, P.C..
Andres Alfredo Munoz is a lawyer practicing intellectual property, commercial litigation, arbitration and 4 other areas of law. Andres received a B.S....
What is Business Law?
Business Law is the branch of law that governs the rights, obligations, and disputes that arise within its subject matter. In the United States, business law sits at the intersection of statutes enacted by Congress, the regulations issued by federal agencies, the laws passed by all fifty state legislatures, and the body of judge-made decisions known as the common law. Because every state writes its own version of the rules, the way business law works in one jurisdiction can look noticeably different from how it works in another, and that is one of the main reasons attorneys in this area focus their practice geographically — to stay fluent in the local statutes, court rules, and judicial preferences that shape outcomes.
At a practical level, Business Law attorneys spend their time on three categories of work. The first is advice and prevention: counselling clients on how to structure transactions, draft documents, and conduct business so that legal risk is minimised before a dispute ever begins. The second is transactional execution: producing the contracts, filings, notices, and registrations that the law actually requires to make a decision legally binding. The third is contested representation: defending or pursuing a client's interests when a dispute escalates to negotiation, regulatory enforcement, arbitration, or litigation in court.
The clients who hire Business Law lawyers range from individuals navigating a single life event to multinational corporations with complex regulatory exposure. What unifies them is the need for an experienced lawyer who knows the relevant code sections, has appeared in the relevant courts, and can translate the strategic options into language a client can act on. AttorneyQnA currently lists 31,081 verified business law attorneys across the United States, each with a public profile showing their bar admissions, years in practice, and the kinds of matters they have handled — with the deepest concentration of practitioners in California.
When do you need a Business Law attorney?
Most people contact a business law lawyer for one of two reasons: something is about to happen that they want done correctly the first time, or something has gone wrong and they need it fixed before it gets worse. The earlier you involve counsel, the more options you usually have, and the lower the cost of getting to a resolution tends to be. The scenarios below are the ones we see most often on AttorneyQnA from prospective clients searching for business law representation.
Once your signature is on a contract, settlement, lease, or release, your bargaining leverage drops sharply. A short pre-signature review by a business law lawyer is the cheapest insurance you can buy.
Cease-and-desist letters, regulatory notices, and demand letters all start clocks. Missing the response window can convert a manageable problem into a default judgment or formal enforcement action.
Statutes of limitations, filing windows, and appeal periods are jurisdictional — courts cannot extend them as a favour. If you can identify a date that matters, you need a lawyer before that date arrives.
The moment opposing counsel appears, the conversation moves out of normal English and into procedural language. Continuing unrepresented usually means losing ground you cannot recover later.
Forming an entity, choosing a venue, structuring a deal, or selecting a remedy each has long-term consequences. A consultation at the planning stage is far cheaper than redoing it after the fact.
Multi-state matters bring conflict-of-laws questions that change which statutes apply and which court has authority. An attorney licensed in the right jurisdiction is not optional.
If any of the situations above describes where you are right now, the next step is a focused consultation. Use the Ask a Lawyer tool for short written questions, or browse the 31,081 business law attorneys listed above to book a paid consultation directly.
How to choose a Business Law attorney
The single biggest factor in choosing a business law lawyer is fit with your specific matter. A lawyer with twenty years of business law experience but no exposure to your particular sub-issue can easily be a worse choice than a five-year associate who has handled the same problem repeatedly. We recommend running every prospective lawyer through the same five-step checklist before signing an engagement letter.
- Bar admission in the correct jurisdiction. Confirm the lawyer is admitted in the state — and where relevant, the federal district — where your matter sits. The lawyer's profile on AttorneyQnA shows every bar admission on file, and the underlying state bar's "lawyer lookup" tool will confirm active standing in under a minute.
- Direct experience with your fact pattern. Ask plainly: "How many matters like mine have you handled in the last three years, and how did they resolve?" An honest answer reveals more than years-in-practice alone.
- A written fee agreement. Whether hourly, flat fee, contingent, or hybrid, the engagement letter should specify what is included, what triggers additional charges, and how disputes are handled. Avoid lawyers who resist writing the terms down.
- Communication cadence. Decide upfront how often you expect updates, who your day-to-day contact will be, and what response time is reasonable. The number-one complaint filed with state bar grievance committees is not malpractice — it is non-communication.
- Conflict check + reputation pulse. Make sure the lawyer has run a formal conflict check, then spend ten minutes reading independent reviews and any public disciplinary history. The state bar's website is authoritative for the second; the lawyer's AttorneyQnA profile collects the first.
Once you have a shortlist, schedule consultations with two or three. Lawyers vary widely in temperament, and the right strategic match for your case is sometimes the second or third lawyer you meet — not the first.
How much does a Business Law lawyer cost?
Legal fees in the United States are not regulated by a uniform schedule, so what you pay a business law lawyer depends on the billing model the lawyer offers, the complexity of your matter, and the local market. There are four billing structures used in this practice area; most engagements use one, but hybrid arrangements are increasingly common.
1. Hourly billing
The default model for most non-contingent matters. Rates for business law attorneys in the U.S. typically range from $150–$250/hour in smaller markets to $400–$700/hour in major metropolitan areas, with senior partners at large firms commanding $900/hour and above. Hourly billing is fairest when the scope of work is genuinely unpredictable, but it creates an incentive structure that the client has to monitor.
2. Flat fee
Increasingly used for well-defined transactions — incorporations, will drafting, single-issue filings, uncontested matters. A flat fee tells you exactly what the deliverable will cost, and the lawyer absorbs the risk of unexpected complexity. Ask whether the flat fee includes filing fees, third-party costs, and any post-filing follow-up.
3. Contingency
Where it is permitted by the rules of professional conduct — most often in plaintiff-side business law work involving monetary recovery — the lawyer is paid a percentage of the proceeds, typically 33% before suit is filed and 40% after. The client pays nothing if there is no recovery. Contingency fees align the lawyer's economics with yours, but the percentage compounds across time, so very strong cases sometimes do better on hourly billing.
4. Retainer / subscription
A monthly fee that buys a defined block of access or hours. This is common for businesses with ongoing business law needs — contract review, employee questions, regulatory check-ins. A subscription smooths out spending and gives the lawyer a reason to know your operation in depth.
Whichever model you choose, ask for an itemised written estimate before the engagement begins, and ask explicitly what is not covered. Surprise expenses are the most common source of attorney-client friction.
Frequently asked questions about business law
How quickly can a business law lawyer review my matter?
Most lawyers can schedule an initial consultation within 1–3 business days. Urgent matters — pending deadlines, time-sensitive notices, court-ordered hearings — should be flagged in your first message; many lawyers reserve emergency consultation slots for that reason. If you need a written answer faster, the Ask a Lawyer tool typically returns answers in under 24 hours.
Do I need a business law lawyer in my exact city, or anywhere in my state?
Bar admission is the controlling rule: any attorney licensed in your state can represent you in that state's courts and agencies, regardless of which city they're based in. Practical proximity still matters for in-person meetings, local court familiarity, and access to the local bench and bar. For state-level filings and remote-friendly matters, an attorney elsewhere in the same state often works fine.
Will an initial consultation cost me anything?
Many business law attorneys offer a free 15- to 30-minute initial consultation; others charge a flat consultation fee that may be credited against the engagement if you hire them. The lawyer's profile lists the consultation policy. Free does not always mean better — a fee-based consultation is sometimes the sign of a lawyer who treats their time, and yours, seriously.
What documents should I bring to the first meeting?
Bring every contract, notice, letter, filing, or written communication connected to the matter; a written timeline of events with dates; the names and contact details of every other party involved; and any deadlines or hearing dates you are already aware of. Even an incomplete file is more useful than a verbal summary alone.
Can I change lawyers if I am not happy with mine?
Yes. Clients can discharge their lawyer at any time, for any reason, by written notice. Your case file belongs to you and must be transferred to your new counsel. Any unpaid fees through the date of discharge remain owed; any unearned advance must be refunded. If you are mid-litigation, the court typically must approve the substitution, but approval is routine.
How long does a typical business law matter take?
It depends almost entirely on whether the matter is transactional or contested. A transactional matter — a contract, a filing, a single-step transaction — can resolve in days to weeks. A contested matter — anything involving disputed facts, court intervention, or regulatory action — typically takes months at minimum, and complex cases can run multiple years. Your lawyer should give you a realistic outside estimate at intake.
Are business law lawyer fees tax-deductible?
It depends on the nature of the matter and current tax law. Fees connected to producing or collecting taxable income, managing investment property, or operating a business are often deductible; fees for personal matters generally are not. Because rules change, confirm deductibility with a tax professional for the year in which the fees are paid.
What is the difference between business law and the related practice areas?
Business Law overlaps with several adjacent areas — see the related-practice-area grid below for direct links. Choosing the right lawyer often means picking the one whose primary focus matches the heart of your problem, even if multiple labels could technically apply. When you are unsure, list your situation in your own words to two lawyers from neighbouring areas and ask which one of them is the better fit; honest lawyers will tell you.
Find business law attorneys by state
Each state link below opens the business law roster for that jurisdiction, with the local statute of limitations, court-system overview, and verified attorneys.
Business Law Law Firms
Main Law Firm
Winter Park
Walton Law Firm
San Marcos
Bruner Law Firm
Fort Walton Beach
J&Y Law Firm
Los Angeles
West Law Firm
Charleston
John T. Floyd Law Firm
Houston
Business Law by State
All states →Find business law attorneys in every US state. Each state link opens a hub with verified attorneys, the state filing deadline, and a free attorney match.
⏰ Filing deadlines
Statute of limitations for breach of written contract in every US state, with statute citations.
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