OUR PURPOSE

Statement Of Purpose

At Hutchings Law Group, we advance the interests of business owners, executives, and professionals

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We provide business owners, executives, and professionals with important legal services that allow them to protect and advance their interests. Our clients request our services during times of increased stress that arise because of the purchase or sale of a business, an agency or regulatory action, the prosecution or defense of a civil lawsuit, or internal disputes with partners, management, or employees. To assist our clients, we provide services such as contract drafting, business consulting, regulatory guidance, litigation, trial work, and appeals. We take the time to place an individual focus on each client to craft optimal solutions to their problems.

Why we believe it is important to advocate for business owners, executives, and professionals

We appreciate the contributions that business owners and professionals make to the social, ethical, and economic life of our community. We think that the business and professional classes are entitled to significant legal protections. This is because business owners and legal professionals typically work longer hours, invest more of their personal resources, and contribute more significantly to their workplaces and their communities than others. It makes sense to incentivize those that contribute, to make greater contributions, by providing them with greater legal protections and advantages.

According to the World Trade Organization, in developed economies small and mid-sized businesses provide 60-70% of all employment and generate 55% of all gross domestic product. In the U.S., small businesses account for 44% of economic activity and create 2/3 of the new jobs available to employees. Small businesses are often the primary job creators in an economy. According to the Small Business Administration (SBA), small businesses created 1.5 million jobs in 2019 alone.

Small and mid-sized businesses are the primary drivers of U.S. innovation and competitiveness. Small businesses are known for their agility and ability to innovate. They often bring new ideas and products to market, which can spur economic growth and create new industries. Small businesses produce approximately 16 times more new patents per employee than large firms.

Small and mid-sized businesses provide healthy competition to larger corporations, which can lead to better products and services, lower prices, and improved customer service. The increased access to goods and services at lower prices raises the standard of living for all working people. An increase in the standard of living leads to increased leisure time, which may be used for self-education and cultural pursuits.

Small businesses are often rooted in their communities and contribute to their economic and social development. In the United States, small and mid-sized businesses genuinely reflect the principal of strength through diversity. A very high percentage of small businesses are owned by women, veterans, and people of color; anyone can open their own business regardless of religion, gender, skin-color, or sexual orientation. Small businesses provide a sense of place and identity and contribute to the local tax base. For every dollar spent at a small or mid-sized local business, 68 cents funnels back into the community.

Small businesses are often more resilient to economic downturns than larger corporations. They are able to pivot quickly in response to changing market conditions, and their smaller size allows them to be nimbler and more adaptable. This ensures greater employment security for employees and makes the national economy more resilient and dynamic. For these reasons, and many more, supporting small businesses is critical to maintaining a healthy and vibrant economy.

Yet, it is the small and mid-sized business and professional class that is most overlooked, under-appreciated, and under-protected. The largest corporations have the resources and leverage to ensure the protection of federal, state, and local laws. The largest corporations have access to large multi-national law firms that advance their interests. Those in lower income brackets enjoy the benefits of organized political influence and public opinion from which they receive tax breaks, health insurance, and public benefits. They also receive the benefit of retail attorneys, legal aid networks, public defenders, and pro bono services. Both groups at the extremes of the political and economic spectrum receive federal bail-out money in times of wide-spread financial distress.

Local business owners, executives, and professionals do not get the tax breaks that large corporations and lower income persons receive, they do not receive local and state incentives for capital investments, and they do not typically receive federal bail-out money in times of financial distress. In fact, small and mid-sized business owners, executives, and professionals bear most of the nation’s tax burden.

Local business owners and working professionals pay more for insurance – a significant cost of doing business – and receive less coverage.

Yet it is independent professionals and local business owners, that show up early, stay late, risk their retirements, and receive their pay only after everyone else is paid.

That is why we proudly represent business owners, executives, and professionals.

Local business owners, executives, and licensed professionals are the heroes of our community. They epitomize those principals of personal responsibility, free-enterprise, self-sufficiency, creativity, and character that are the source of our collective economic prosperity. They take responsibility, find solutions, create jobs, innovate new technologies, generate wealth, provide essential services, and work tirelessly without significant fanfare or praise.