Request for Research and Legal Strategy Development

In-depth summary of the dispute involving Best Choice Industries LLC and former member Jonathan Jackson.

I require in-depth research to determine the appropriate path for resolving legal and business issues concerning the status, liabilities, and potential wrongful acts of an LLC and its former members. The following narrative details the timeline of events, breaches, and asset misappropriation.

Initial Partnership and Wrongful Disassociation

The partnership was initially successful for approximately one year. My primary contribution to the LLC was the **initial acquisition of all assets, materials, vendor relationships, methodology, and specialized skills**; Mr. Jackson’s contribution was solely cash. He subsequently **wrongfully disassociated** from the LLC and seized control of all funds under his management, materials, assets, and vendor relationships.

His actions stripped me of financial and tax management support, forcing me to continue all operational work simply to procure materials that were already being acquired wholesale. Meanwhile, Mr. Jackson continued to profit through product markups.

Legal and Personal Crisis

The situation escalated dramatically when I suffered a severe back injury that resulted in temporary paralysis, rendering me unable to perform the necessary fieldwork and without management support. This led to my **prosecution on five counts of theft by deception**, resulting in over a year of incarceration across multiple state jails.

During my incarceration, the jail system prevented me from making necessary business calls, and staff intentionally cut off phone calls with my sister when I attempted to discuss customer lists or business matters, effectively crippling any attempt to resolve the business failures caused by my illness and lack of operational capital.

Civil Litigation and Fraudulent Representation

While I was incarcerated, the Ohio Attorney General (AG) filed a consumer sales complaint against both me and Mr. Jackson. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Jackson **canceled the fictitious name filing** for "Best Choice Egress Windows"—a name which our LLC also utilized, but which Mr. Jackson had separately filed at the start of our partnership.

This suggests Mr. Jackson may have used his fictitious name filing to open a separate bank account and divert funds away from the LLC. He then hired an attorney to defend himself against the consumer sales case, **denying any connection to Best Choice Industries or Best Choice Egress Windows**.

Crucially, this same attorney then appeared on my behalf and on behalf of Best Choice Industries, filing a shame pleading that was subsequently stricken, resulting in a **default judgment against me**. I was never properly served with the consumer sales complaint during my entire incarceration in Ohio, which the AG was aware of. The AG attempted service at a non-residential address provided on my bail form, despite my being homeless and living on the street upon my release.

Temporary Reconciliation and Second Disassociation

Upon recovering and becoming somewhat stable, I reached out to Mr. Jackson, and we resumed installing egress windows under a new arrangement, **"Jackson Egress Windows," splitting profits 50/50**. I convinced him to use my half of the profits to reimburse customers who had not received their products due to my illness and incarceration.

The new arrangement re-established the original business structure, and I built a new, highly effective website, driving sales to profitable levels once again.

This second arrangement ended abruptly when Mr. Jackson’s brother stole an iPad from a customer. That same night, Mr. Jackson called the police and **falsely accused me of theft** regarding a pile of scrap metal. I was incarcerated again due to Mr. Jackson's false accusation, allowing him to **entirely usurp the new business**. I was subsequently forced to leave the state.

Six Years of Unjust Enrichment

Six years later, upon returning to Ohio, I discovered that Mr. Jackson had been continuing the business for the entire period. The website I had built was generating so many leads that he never needed to advertise. He had accrued significant wealth by leveraging the methodology, specialized skills, and **intellectual property I had contributed**, in addition to using all the marketing materials and images I had created and the men I had trained.

When Google updated its algorithm to favor useful content, the site's traffic dropped significantly because Mr. Jackson lacked the expertise in ground marketing efforts that had initiated the business’s strong momentum years earlier.

The Third Attempt at Partnership and Final Betrayal

Mr. Jackson contacted me for assistance, acknowledging his business decline. For the following year and a half, I completely transformed the company into a modern, customer-centric entity. My contributions, provided as a service through my own LLC (for which I received 1099s), included:

• Developed a suite of apps that provide free utilities as **"useful content"** on the web, significantly increasing lead generation.
• Created a bespoke **Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system** that streamlined sales with high integrity, including online document signing, a customer portal, and an interactive referral system.
• Invented a new **one-piece, fusion-welded frame-in-window system**, the “TrueFrame,” based on my original Best Choice designs. This product significantly reduces installation complexity and manufacturing cost.

As we were about to finalize the patent research for the new "TrueFrame" product, I approached Mr. Jackson to request a written agreement ensuring I would receive what I was owed before its release.

That night, Mr. Jackson cut off my power and, along with his son, **attempted to log into the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Console** to remove my access from all digital resources. My fail-proof system, designed for future packaging as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product, detected the suspicious activity and **suspended their accounts**, preventing the theft of the digital assets. This final act confirmed that any expectation of fair treatment is unfounded, and I must now pursue legal action for the substantial damages incurred.