Joanne McCusker Murray

Joanne McCusker Murray serves as a partner in the firm's Business & Finance practice group, offering her expertise to small business owners in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. With a commitment to helping businesses thrive from their inception to maturity, Joanne provides experienced guidance through financial, legal, and operational challenges that businesses commonly encounter.

Joanne is adept at guiding entrepreneurs and closely-held businesses through the formation of new entities. She skillfully structures, negotiates, and implements various business transactions, including asset and stock acquisitions, mergers, financing deals, real estate purchases and leases, and business separations. Her proficiency extends to assisting both business and nonprofit clients in negotiating a diverse array of contracts, such as software licenses, consulting agreements, employment contracts, and non-disclosure agreements.

In her role, Joanne works closely with business owners to develop, document, and implement business succession plans, preparing essential agreements like buy-sell, partnership, and LLC agreements. Often acting as outside general counsel, she manages corporate record-keeping and provides advice on corporate governance and other related matters.

Additionally, Joanne collaborates with area financial institutions to document commercial mortgage and asset-based loan transactions, offering advice on documentation and collateral issues. Her collaboration with the firm's litigation practice group includes handling collection, bankruptcy, and other bank-related litigation.