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\t\t\t\t\tBrian Rogers<\/span>
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\n\t\t\t\t\tOctober 8, 2019<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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Quick question for contracts aficionados: is \u201cmanaging member\u201d really a thing? I\u2019m constantly seeing \u201cmanaging member\u201d as the title for people signing contracts for limited liability companies. In fact, a bank once actually made me sign documents as my law firm\u2019s managing member when I set up a bank account. But there\u2019s no such thing as a managing member at Blue Maven Law.<\/p>\n

As I\u2019ve written before, there are two flavors of limited liability companies<\/a>: those that are managed by their members, and those that are managed by one or more managers, which might or might not be members. So the correct title for a member signing a contract on behalf of a member-managed LLC is \u201cmember.\u201d And the correct title for a manager signing a contract on behalf of a manager-managed LLC is \u201cmanager.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, a member-managed LLC\u2019s operating agreement could provide that one of the members runs the show as the managing member, in which case \u201cmanaging member\u201d would be the correct title for signature blocks. Or it might provide for officers such as a president, and grant them contract-signing authority. But I\u2019m seeing \u201cmanaging member\u201d as the title for signatories for single-member LLCs and companies whose operating agreement doesn\u2019t have the concept of managing member.<\/p>\n

Am I crazy, or is this just wrong? I\u2019d love to hear from contracts aficionados, so feel free to leave a comment, shoot me an email at brian@thecontractsguy.net, or hit me up on Twitter at @theContractsGuy.<\/p>\n

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