Business-only legal counsel for California small businesses up to roughly 100 employees defines the practice at Law Office of Christopher Scott-Dixon APC, run since 2009 by Cal Bar #236027 attorney Christopher Scott-Dixon, a California Western School of Law graduate. Entity formation work—LLC operating agreements, S-corp election support, statement-of-information compliance, and corporate resolution drafting—runs alongside outside bookkeeping setup, where the firm coordinates with Supporting Strategies | Downtown San Diego to build legal and accounting infrastructure for new entities at the same time. Trademark registration, contract drafting and review, employee versus independent contractor classification audits, and California-specific employment compliance round out the small-business retainer work. Scott-Dixon offers a free one-hour business "check up" consultation as the practices standard intake, positioning the firm as an ongoing legal advisor rather than transactional counsel. Estate planning for owner-operators—where personal succession intersects with business buy-sell agreements—is referred out to estate counsel at William H Sauls Law Office when clients need wills, trusts, and corporate succession integrated. Multi-member LLC formations with custom buy-sell provisions, operating agreement waterfalls, and parallel trademark portfolios for franchise-ready businesses represent the most technically layered work the practice handles.