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
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