JD Woods Law PLC is highlighting the firm's flat-fee Operating Agreement engagement this week. The service is built for Florida LLC owners — single-member and multi-member — who formed the company on Sunbiz but never put the document that actually governs it in writing. Florida does not require an operating agreement and does not file one with the state, which is exactly why so many companies end up running under the default rules of Chapter 605 of the Florida Statutes instead of terms the owners chose.
The absence of an agreement is not the absence of rules. Without one, the statute decides what happens when members deadlock, when a member dies, and when someone tries to sell an interest to an outsider — usually in ways the owners would not have picked. The firm's engagement drafts the agreement around how the company actually runs, covering the seven provisions that decide ownership and capital, management authority, voting thresholds, distributions, transfer restrictions and buy-sell terms, member exit, and dissolution.
What the engagement covers
- Ownership percentages, capital contributions, and capital-call mechanics documented in writing
- Management structure and specific signing authority, so a single manager cannot bind or drain the company by default
- A tie-breaker for two-member companies, transfer restrictions, and a buy-sell with a valuation method agreed in advance
- Death, disability, and withdrawal terms tied to that valuation, plus a defined dissolution and dispute-resolution path
The companion article — 7 Provisions Every Florida LLC Operating Agreement Should Contain — walks through each provision in detail, and the step-by-step version is in the firm's guide to drafting a Florida LLC operating agreement. Service details and the intake form are at /services/operating-agreement, drafted out of Jacksonville, Florida.