As part of the current national movement toward racial equality, a Miami law firm is using its expertise to provide pro bono legal help to Black entrepreneurs.
AXS LAW Group, a full-service boutique law firm located in the Wynwood arts district of Miami, has created a new program to help Black-owned startups in the restaurant/hospitality industry overcome the barriers to entry.
Through the AXS LAW Roadmap Initiative, the firm will offer chosen clients pro bono legal help on a case by case basis, including quarterly follow-ups to assess ongoing legal needs.
The legal services, such as obtaining an EIN in order to set up a bank account, negotiating a lease, and drafting confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements, are part of a package that includes:
Entity formation and initial organization documents
Lease review and consultation
Intellectual property structuring and trademark agreements
“The AXS LAW family, like so many others around the world, have been deeply saddened by the heinous killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks, and so many other Black Americans,” said Michelle White, attorney at AXS LAW Group, in a press release.
We are working to make changes within Miami and the country at large, and from that introspection, the AXS LAW Roadmap Initiative was born.”
