Compliance and Risk Management Attorney Laguna Beach, Orange, CA

Our compliance and risk management practice includes the development and implementation of compliance programs for management and other employees and contractors.

What is an effective legal compliance program?

A legal compliance program brings together an organization's policies, procedures, and other compliance efforts. It should be reasonably designed, implemented, and enforced so that in general, it effectively prevents and detects violations of laws, regulations, and policies; promotes an organizational culture that encourages ethical conduct and commitment to compliance with the law; addresses the specific risks of an organization with concrete actions to reduce or eliminate those risks; and ensures that employees understand and comply with the laws, regulations, and policies that apply to their daily work.

Advantages of an effective legal compliance program.

Many companies view compliance as costly, burdensome, and a distraction from the core business. However, many companies are recognizing that an effective compliance program with an integrated framework and strong internal controls can help a company: prevent violations of law and the resulting consequences for the company (such as criminal penalties, civil damages, civil lawsuits, and reputational harm); mitigate liability and reduce costs in the event of violations ; drive efficiencies and create cost savings; and support business growth.

An effective compliance program puts in place internal controls that help prevent violations of the law. Violations can lead to the following severe consequences for a company. These consequences include criminal penalties, criminal indictment and criminal liability for owners, directors, officers and management; civil damages; shareholders suits; private plaintiff lawsuits; business disruption; increased legal expenses; heightened government scrutiny; reputational harm; and damage to employee morale.

For these reasons, it is imperative that you implement a compliance and risk management program, especially if your business operate in a highly regulated industry, like home health care or cannabis. Our legal compliance and risk management practice offers:

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Prevent violations, reduce liability and improve operations by putting our team to work.

Businesses that neglect to employ professionals to address legal matters that come with growing a successful business open themselves up to risks that, in some circumstances, defeat the purpose of forming and maintaining the business in the first place. We offer a variety of legal representation plans to mitigate these risks. Each plan is built on our core principles: a simplified approach that builds value. We've eliminated traditional barriers so we can deliver cost-effective, yet robust solutions that are typically reserved only for the wealthiest clientele.

Our compliance and risk management practice offers one-off transactional support representation, as well as continued representaiton for businesses that would like to make our team part of their own. Our business representation plans include the Foundation, Growth and General Counsel plans listed below.

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Disclaimer: The above services are limited to transactional representation only, and do not include representation related to expected or on-going litigation.

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