Do you need an LLC operating agreement for a new limited liability company?
While you might be tempted to skip drafting an operating agreement, you shouldn’t. The LLC’s operating agreement is important. Attorneys often tell their clients that this document increases legal liability protection for a small business because it further separates the identity of the limited liability company from the identities of the LLC’s owners. In addition, outside parties like your bank usually require you to provide a copy of your operating agreement before they’ll do business with you.
LLC Operating Agreement: Multiple Member Version
For $14.95 you can purchase a sample multiple-member limited liability company operating agreement.
The agreement is a two-page, rich-text-format file created in Microsoft Word. This short document shows you what a multiple member limited liability company operating agreement looks like.
You can even use the LLC operating agreement as a template for constructing your own personalized limited liability company operating agreement. Simply fill in the blanks and make whatever other changes your attorney recommends.
LLC Operating Agreement: Single Member Version
Alternatively, you can also purchase a single-member LLC operating agreement for $14.95.
The single member agreement is a rich-text-format file created in Microsoft Word. The short, two-page document shows you what a single-member operating agreement looks like.
As with the multiple member version of the document, you can use the limited liability company operating agreement as a template for constructing your own personalized LLC operating agreements.
About the Attorney Who Drafted the Sample LLC Operating Agreements
The sample operating agreements available here were written by attorney Carl Baranowski.
An attorney for more than twenty years, Carl Baranowski has worked both as an in-house corporate counsel and as practicing attorney, serving both private and public real estate and high technology companies.
Baranowski holds an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate Business School and JD from Stanford University’s Law School. He also earned two master’s degrees and a bachelor’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A member of both the Florida Bar and the Texas Bar (as well as a past member of several other state bar associations), he co-authored the popular legal reference, Representing High-Tech Companies (Law Journal Press, 2006).