Douglas Gorman
I'm Douglas Gorman. I'm a Corporate, Emerging Business, Venture Capital and Commercial Attorney assisting clients with various simple and complex commercial, finance and corporate matters.
Douglas J. Gorman is a New York and Delaware business attorney specializing in corporate matters, emerging business, venture capital and commercial law. He represents businesses, large and small, on a wide range of matters including start-up and choice-of-entity issues, domestic and international commercial contracting, private finance, shareholder relations and disputes, corporate governance and corporate transactions of all types. He lectures frequently across New York State on small business, finance and international trade, and his articles on small business concerns and crowdfunding have been published both locally and nationally with Martindale-Hubbell. Doug is a former advisory board member of the CNY International Business Alliance, a longtime participant in local business organizations and outreach programs such as the South Side Innovation Center, CenterState CEO and the Tech Garden, and a mentor at various business incubators such as the Syracuse Student Sandbox and the Couri Hatchery. Doug graduated summa cum laude from both LeMoyne College (B.S. Physics) and Syracuse University College of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Syracuse Law Review. He began his practice in the mergers and acquisitions department of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Delaware before establishing his current practice in his native Central New York. Doug is a founder and principal of Crisafulli Gorman, PC, a boutique law firm specializing in New York and Delaware corporate and commercial law, tax planning and disputes, elder law, estate planning, not-for-profit compliance, business succession and exit planning. Specifics matters Douglas Gorman handles include: Start-ups, business formations and choice of entity Domestic and international commercial contracts Financing transactions and credit facilitiesRecapitalizations Shareholder and member relations and disputes Corporate governance issues for various business entities (including not-for-profit corporations, professional service entities, and 501(c)(3) organizations) Mergers, stock and asset acquisitionsUniform Commercial Code, consumer and business-to-business transactions and warrantiesEquity investments and offeringsUnited States Free Trade Agreements, import and export issues, Harmonized Tariff Schedules, Certificates of Origin and Certificates of Free Trade