Practice Areas

Our practice areas are focused on meeting the ongoing commercial needs of our clients—successful businesses, business owners and individuals. No legal issue exists in a vacuum so we work closely with our clients and their other professional advisors to create solutions that achieve their personal or financial goals.

Business Planning/Corporate Law

• Choice of Entity

• Business Transaction Planning and Execution

• Corporate Restructuring

• Business Continuity and Exit Planning

• Non-Qualified Employee Benefit Plans (including Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plans)

• Performance-Based Compensation Arrangements

• Stock Option Agreements

• Stock Repurchase Agreements

• Consulting Agreements and Strategy

• Buy and Sell Agreements

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Sales to Third Parties

• Transaction Documents

• Consolidations

• Employee Buy-outs

• Co-owner Transfers/Sales

• Sales/Transfers to Family Members

• Letters of Intent

• Mergers

Tax Planning

• Tax Dispute Resolution

• National and International Tax Planning

• Transfer Pricing

• IRS Representation

• Merger and Acquisition Tax Planning

• Employment Related Taxation

Contracts

• Employee and Consulting

• Covenants Not to Compete

• Real Estate Purchase and Lease

• Equipment Leases

• Distribution Agreements

• Promissory Notes and Security Agreements

• Purchase or Sale Agreements

• Independent Contractors’ Agreements

• Consulting Agreements

• Buy and Sell Agreements

• Stockholder Separation Agreements

• Agency Agreements

Franchise and Licensing Agreements

• Disclosure Document Preparation and Review

• Master Franchise Agreements

• Franchise Disputes and Litigation

• Antitrust and Price Discrimination Issues

Real Estate

• Purchases and Sales

• Landlord/Tenant Issues

• Lease Review and Negotiations

• Real Estate Development

• Construction Disputes

• Foreclosure

• Land Use Planning

• Real Estate Title

Estate Planning

• Wills

• Trusts

• Charitable Giving

• Powers of Attorney

• Medical and Financial Durable Powers of Attorney

• Living Wills

• Qualified Personal Residence Trusts

• Charitable Remainder Trusts

• Charitable Land Trusts

• Dynasty Trusts

• Defective Grantor Trusts

• Foundation Formation

Litigation

• Commercial

• Contract Dispute

• Construction Defect

• Labor/Employment

• No Compete Agreements and Confidentiality Agreements

• Professional Malpractice

• Personal Injury

• Administrative and Regulatory Law Proceedings

• Intellectual Property

• Patent Infringement

• Disputes regarding Copyrights, Tradenames and Trademarks

Fiduciary Representation and Litigation

• Conservatorships

• Guardian Ad Litem

• Public Adminstrator

• Mental Health

• Elder Law

Probate

• Will Contests

• Administration of Probate Estates