Before organizing your LLC, consult with an attorney (most should offer a free consultation). Generally, you would want separate legal entities for your consulting and side-project business, as they sound unrelated. If both function under the same LLC, then one may be accountable for the liabilities of the other. A consulting business will generally have very limited potential liability; nevertheless, a free consultation could be invaluable.
Thanks for that suggestion. Is free consulting something many attorneys provide? I've just been going by my own research instead of consulting with an attorney, because I assumed the consultation would be costly.
In Florida I would say it is the norm (sorry...that is probably a big qualification to my earlier statement). Otherwise, my old Firm did free consultations and we had offices in: California, Nevada, Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Florida and London.
