While our firm handles a wide range of legal matters, the following is a list of the areas we concentrate our practice:
Estate Planning
Drafting wills, trusts and powers of attorney are just the beginning. We primarily plan for multi-million dollar estates. These estates many times include the analysis of and actual use of irrevocable gift trusts, family limited partnerships and charitable trusts where appropriate. We also plan for nontaxable estates, for people concerned about guardians and for clients concerned with medicaid issues.
Estate and Trust Administration
We represent individual and professional fiduciaries in all of their potential capacities. We assist in the preparation of all tax filing and court filing necessary for the proper administration of an estate. These services also include domestic and foreign adoptions and guardianships.
Estate Trust and Litigation
We have counseled our clients through trust construction cases, trust reformation cases and will and trust contests. We have also handled contested claims in probate administration.
Taxation
We prepare federal and state estate tax returns. We also prepare federal gifts tax returns and fiduciary income tax returns.
Commercial Real Estate Transactions
From before contract to after closing we represent our clients in all areas they request, including due diligence issues, zoning issues and environmental issues. We also provide representation in 1031 exchanges.
Residential Real Estate Transactions
From before contract to after closing we represent our clients who are broker represented or selling by owner. Our services include an attorney contract review, attempting to resolve any attorney review issues, attempting to resolve any inspection issues and attempting to resolve any title issues.
Business Practice
Business clients starting a new business, ongoing business owners looking for a new attorney or never had an attorney, we would be able to assist you in setting up your business plan. We draft corporate buy sell agreements, limited liability operating agreements, purchase agreements and sale agreements. We also act as registered agent and prepare state annual reports.
Family Law
We offer comprehensive, result-oriented, family law services. Our practice encompasses dissolution, separation, custody disputes, child support calculations, property divisions and maintenance negotiations. We understand the law and our depth of experience enables us to effectively meet our clients’ goals and clients’ family’s unique needs. We are capable of zealous advocacy when family law litigation is warranted; we however also recognize the value of alternative techniques for dispute resolution such as mediation and collaborative law. We diligently assist our clients to determine what approach will best suit their individual needs. Our practice includes thoughtful prenuptial planning services as well as fervent post-nuptial negotiations and litigation.
Other
Over the years we have developed relationships with other attorneys. Our referral attorneys concentrate their practices in personal injury, employment law, and bankruptcy law. We can always provide our clients with quality referrals whenever necessary.