John Legare Williams

John Legare Williams

Agents and Corporations, Inc.
  • Business Law, Estate Planning, Trademarks
  • Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
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The Williams Law Firm leads business owners to attain goals. The firm advises business owners with sophisticated business and estate planning and litigation at reasonable rates. You can trust us when the most important things in your life are on the line: everything you own and everyone you love.

John Williams is Vice President of the firm. He is known nationwide as an expert on the Delaware Series LLC. He has presented many lectures on the topic and has consulted with the Uniform Laws Counsel on proposed series provisions to be added to the uniform LLC Act.

He also has experience acting as local counsel for a number of cases in Delaware courts. He also acts as lead Delaware counsel for real estate financings, including HUD opinions, bankruptcy remote entities and special purpose entities.

He is the President of Agents and Corporations, Inc., (www.incnow.com) an incorporation service and registered agent service in Delaware with 16,000 clients including Pinterest.

He has experience in Delaware courts advocating for client rights.

He has been featured on NBC's Today Show, Dateline NBC, Swiss Public Television and the China National News Agency. He has also been quoted in a number of publications and has contributed to treatises, including The Limited Liability Company Handbook.

Practice Areas
Business Law
Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
Estate Planning
Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
Trademarks
Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
Additional Practice Areas
  • Corporate Litigation
  • Delaware Court Pro-Hac-Vice Local Counsel
  • Delaware LLC Opinion Letters
Fees
  • Credit Cards Accepted
  • Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
    Most areas of practice are billed hourly at $200 per hour with retainer.
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Delaware
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Massachusetts
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New Jersey
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New York
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Pennsylvania
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3rd Circuit
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Professional Experience
President
Agents and Corporations, Inc.
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Incorporation and registered agent service in Delaware, providing services primarily to law firms, accounting firms and individual business owners and entrepreneurs in Delaware, Florida and Nevada. Online incorporation is provided at www.incnow.com Specialists in the Delaware LLC formation with LLC agreement for only $298.
Intellectual Property Counsel in Patent Law Corporate Legal - Field Placement
The Coca-Cola Company
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Summer Law Student Clerk for Justice Walsh
Delaware Supreme Court
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Summer Law Student Clerk for Vice Chancellor Jack Jacobs
Delaware Court of Chancery
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Education
Emory University
J.D. | Law
Studied: Bankruptcy Law Tax Law Trusts and Estates Wealth Transfer Tax Federal Income Tax for Individuals UCC Sales Law and Economics Criminal Procedure Civil Procedure Constitutional Law Torts Conflict of Law Contracts Property Criminal Law Legal Writing Legal Methods UCC Secured Credit Intellectual Property Patent Law Banking Law Professional Responsibility
Honors: Dean's List Fall 1999
Activities: Coached Emory Crew Elected Honor Court Justice
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Williams College
B.A. | Political Economy with concentration in Biochemistry
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Honors: Chemistry Nomenclature Award 1995
Activities: Men's Crew - 4 years
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Awards
Friend of Rowing
Wilmington Rowing Center
Elected President
Agents and Corporations, Inc.
Professional Associations
American Bar Association
Vice Chair of Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies Section of the Real Property Trust and Estates Section
- Current
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Delaware State Bar Association
Member of Estates and Trusts Section
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Websites & Blogs
Website
Website
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Contact & Map
1201 N. Orange St., Suite 600
Wilmington, DE 19801
Telephone: (302) 575-0873