Practice Areas

Corporate

• Corporate Organization- select and organize corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and other entities.
• General Corporate Governance - assistance with corporate governance, including minutes for regular shareholder/member and board meetings, and other routine entity related compliance.
• Merger/Acquisition/Joint Ventures
• Financing/Securities Offerings
• Equity Compensation Plans - design and implementation
• Pre-Litigation/Pre-Insurance Claims
• Contracts Management - review and negotiate vendor/supplier/customer agreements; monitor/maintain agreements/
• Intellectual Property Management - select, oversee and monitor activities of outside legal counsel.
• Implementation and development of intellectual property protection plan
• Specialty Issues - Regulatory Matters, Contests/Sweepstakes

Employment

• Employment Matters (ordinary course) - develop, negotiate and monitor employment contracts and independent contractor agreements, assist with hiring matters, discipline, and terminations.
• Dispute/Risk Management (prior to insurance claim) related to employment matters, such as internal investigations and remedial measures
• Employment handbooks and policies

Estate Planning

• Basic and Complex Wealth Transfer Planning
• Purpose Driven Planning
• Charitable Giving and Tax Exempt Organizations
• Trust and Estate Administration
• Special Needs Planning
• Supplemental Needs Planning

Family Law

• Divorce
• Legal Separation
• Allocation of Parental Responsibilities
• Domestic Violence & Protection Orders
• Child Support
• Maintenance (Alimony)
• Dependency & Neglect
• Guardianship
• Marital Agreements
• Child and Family Investigator

Litigation

• Manage, resolve, and take to trial multi-party and complex claims in every substantive area of commercial law, including business tort, commercial, complex, corporate, employment, insurance, intellectual property, and real estate disputes.
• Regularly and successfully handle complex claims involving: business-to-business disputes, construction defect, toxic and environmental torts, breach of commercial contracts (private and government), real estate, mechanic's liens, FHA related claims, false adverstising and unfair competition, business dissolutions, intellectual property, fraud, trade libel, lender liability, product liability, directors and officers, employment and labor issues such as ADA, ADEA and Title VII.
• Handle other business claims such as alleged violations under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Telephone Consumer Projection and Act, and Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Real Estate

• Purchase and Sale
• Development/Zoning for residential and commercial properties
• Financing transactions, as well as liens, foreclosures and workouts
• Easements/Licenses/Restrictive Covenants
• Leasing-office/retail/industrial flex
• Lease Maintenance - including support and advice related to lease enforcement matters, non-material amendments, financing related requests (SNDA/Estoppels)and other matters related to terms of in-force lease agreements.
• Property and boundary disputes, including nuisance and trespass matters
• Common interest community law, including residential and commercial condominiums and planned communities

Tax

• IRS, state and local tax disputes
• Corporate and Partnership Tax
• Employment related taxes and benefits (equity grants, stock options, deferred compensation)
• 1031 Exchanges and other real estate focused tax matters
• Asset Protection, Special Needs, Buy/Sell Agreements, and Gift & Estate Tax Planning