Pat Nolan has been my attorney for far more years that either of us would likely want to admit. I seldom do anything without her involvement. Once though, I did. I invested in a pair of affiliated limited liability companies that another member’s lawyer was organizing. After awhile, I sensed that something just was wrong with how the deal was working.
I asked Pat to review all the documents and her analysis highlighted so many things that had been mis-prepared and ill thought through. I had to call a meeting of all the members of the two companies to let Pat explain what the documents actually said as compared to what we all thought the deal was supposed to be. We ended up having Pat completely reorganize everything — from the two companies’ operating agreements and articles of organization to the documents by which one of the companies had loaned money to an unrelated operating business. My partners couldn’t have been more pleased.
Pat was professional throughout the process and, though it cost the companies to have Pat re-document everything, the deal turned out very well — once it started working as we thought it was supposed to. Sadly, I understand that the first lawyer involved was sued over the deal (and some others as well) and, I think, left the practice of law in Arizona. But I’ve never occasion to regret Pat’s involvement.
Pat and the other lawyers at Gammage & Burnham take the time to understand whatever they are involved with and are thorough in their documentation. I would recommend them to anyone.
