Donsbach & King, LLC

Law Firm Overview

           Donsbach and King, LLC is an Augusta, Georgia firm that focuses on business formation, business planning, business transactions, business litigation, estate planning, estate probate and administration, employment law, real estate, individual tax planning, and taxation.            The firm represents a diverse group of business and individual clients located in Alabama , Georgia, and South Carolina across numerous industries which include apparel, automotive, construction, contracting, engineering, healthcare, financial services, food services, furniture, manufacturing, medical, real estate, restaurant, retail, technology, and timber.  The firm cares about each of its business and individual clients.  It strives to treat each client as they want to be treated, individually.  By listening and advising businesses and individuals regarding the proper choice of business entity as it relates to a particular client's desires along with current tax law considerations, the firm is able to achieve an optimal business structure for each client.  This often requires the consideration of tax and practical business issues as they relate to formation, stock redemptions, debt and equity structure, employee compensation, sale or purchase of assets, distributions to owners, mergers and acquisitions and private equity placement.   In addition to tax consequences, the firm works with business owners to consider issues which will affect the efficient operation and management of the ongoing business.  Generally, such issues involve the drafting, implementing and review of operating agreements, partnership agreements, buy-sell agreements, stock purchase agreements, leases, contracts, employment contracts, non-compete agreements, promissory notes, and other related business documents.  Each client's business needs and success are important to the firm.  Therefore, the firm strives to help its clients plan and evaluate their business needs so that they can have a business structure which combines their individual preferences with proper tax planning.             In addition to business planning, the firm works with its business and individual clients to insure proper estate planning so that wealth may be transferred in the most efficient manner with the fewest tax and probate consequences.  For this reason, the firm carefully listens and helps businesses, individuals and families negotiate the complex web of federal tax and state probate laws to create the most advantageous estate plan for a particular situation.  To help implement these plans the firm drafts and provides a variety of documents, which include:

Areas of Practice

• Business and Corporate 40%
• Estate Planning and Probate 40%
• Taxation 20%

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial, Business Organizations, Contracts, Elder Law, Employment, Estate Planning, Franchising, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers & Acquisitions, Probate & Estate Administration, Real Estate, Securities, Tax, Trusts, Wills