The SLG Blog
The Latest Legal News in Nonprofit, Business, and Estate Planning
Six Things to Check Before Hiring a Business Attorney
Hiring a business attorney can be a very overwhelming process. When searching for an attorney in San Diego to represent your company, you should not settle for the first law firm that you come across. Instead, you should try to find one that is a good fit for your...
Five Steps to Take Before Hiring Your First Employee
If your San Diego small business has begun to grow, you may be thinking about hiring your first employee. Before you do, however, there are a few important steps that you must take, such as: Making Sure That You Are Financially Ready to Hire Hiring an employee is...
How California Small Business Owners Can Avoid Piercing the Corporate Veil
When you first started your company, you most likely spent some time working with a small business lawyer in California to figure out how to protect yourself from the organization's liabilities. This practice is known as creating a corporate veil. Of course, if you...
How To Protect Your Nonprofit From Controversial Donors
In recent years, nonprofits in California and throughout the United States have begun paying closer attention to the identities of their donors. In many cases, they do this because they want to make sure that their organization is not accepting money from anyone whose...
Do California Companies Need to Pay Their Interns?
Every year, thousands of small businesses in San Diego and throughout California welcome new groups of interns into the fold. If your company has been considering taking on some interns of your own, you may be wondering whether or not you need to pay them. To find...
Harassment Policy
If you are a business owner, you should have a harassment policy in place to protect yourself and your business. Federal and state law make sexual harassment illegal in California (see here). Semanchik Law Group will take you through the basics of what to be...
California Professional Corporation
California Professional Corporation Requirements As any California business lawyer will tell you, limited liability companies and traditional corporations have long been the chosen structure of most new companies in the state. If you have walked into a grocery store,...
4 Mistakes To Avoid When Creating a California Nonprofit
When the idea to create a nonprofit first enters your mind, it can be tempting to rush out, set up shop, and begin helping people as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, this approach can lead to expensive, potentially catastrophic issues down the line. At the...
Nikki Semanchik
Founding Attorney
Nikki has been practicing law since 2011. She founded SLG in 2017 with the goal of assisting Entrepreneurs, Philanthropists & Families realize their dreams.