Our Practice Areas

Our firm regularly deals with various corporate law issues. These include everything from corporate governance to acquisitions of businesses.

Our attorneys can assist corporate officers and boards in considering the implications of certain actions or agreements. Advice like this can be critically important in attempting to anticipate and avoid future problems.

We are well-equipped to assist our clients with corporate law issues and help manage legal obligations, coordinate transactions, and resolve disputes.

• Represented corporations on a variety of corporate organization and operation issues.
• Represented corporations in preparation of articles of incorporation, by-laws, and board minutes for use in establishing new businesses or reorganizing existing businesses.
• Represented employers and firearms related businesses in firearms regulations and policy disputes.
• Represented securities broker-dealer in lease negotiations for United States operations.
• Represented employers in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) compliance matters.
• Represented corporations in stock and asset sales.
• Represented corporations in negotiation and drafting buy/sell agreements, options, and voting trust agreements.

We are experienced in defending employment and discrimination claims. There are many things that employees sue employers for, such as claims involving race, gender, disability, religion, or age discrimination, as well as sexual harassment, a hostile work environment, retaliatory discharge, and wage and hour issues. It is important to find an attorney who understands the laws and can assist with a defense against these types of issues.

In addition to defending employers once a lawsuit is initiated, our attorneys can also assist you with putting appropriate policies in place that will help protect the company against future claims.

• Represented officers and directors of company in defending breach of fiduciary duty claims
• Represented employers in defending wrongful termination claims.
• Represented employers in defending employment retaliation claims.
• Represented employers in defending Fair Labor Standards Act claims.
• Represented real estate brokerage in Fair Housing Act Litigation.
• Represented employers in the establishment of workplace procedures, employment manuals, and employee and independent contractor non-disclosure and non-competition agreements.

Our firm has defended commercial banks, lending institutions, and investment banks in a variety of cases. We have defended these types of companies against claims of fraud, negligence, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, misrepresentation, and much more.

The financial industry presents many legal challenges for which our attorneys are more than ready, armed with their expertise in the lending sector and their experience in litigation.

• Represented major issuer of commercial credit cards in defending litigations involving debt collection practices.
• Represented bank in claim for improper financing practices.
• Represented bank in foreclosure of commercial property involving nonpayment and multiple covenant breaches.
• Represented financing company in defending various federal statutory claims.
• Represented real estate developer in connection with dispute involving failure to meet lending criteria.
• Represented real estate developer in connection with dispute involving pretextual covenant defaults.
• Represented real estate developers in defense of commercial foreclosure proceedings.
• Represented guarantors in various workouts and contingent liability litigation.

Our firm can perform a full range of legal services regarding intellectual property agreements and licensing. Intellectual property rights are exclusive rights to ideas and creations that are recognized and protected by law.

Whether you are seeking to license your intellectual property, or acquire such rights, our attorneys are well-equipped to help you with your needs.
 

• Represented and advised owners of intellectual property rights regarding licensing of intellectual property, including, patents, copyrights, and trademarks, and prepared related documentation.
• Represented clients regarding confidentiality and non-disclosure issues and prepared related documentation memorializing agreements on such topics.
• Represented company in negotiation of colocation licensing agreement for off-site servers and data storage.
• Represented musical publishers, producers, and artists in negotiation of recording, work for hire, performance agreements, and gig contracts.

Product liability defense protects companies and manufacturers from unnecessary product liability claims. The main three types of these claims are breach of warranty, strict liability, and negligence.

Our experienced litigators will defend your interests in cases dealing with product liability.
 

• Represented manufacturer of kitchen utensil in defense of action commenced by individual who claimed injury by product.
• Represented clients in defense of numerous product liability actions against manufacturers and sellers relating to airframe and aircraft engine design, manufacture, and installation.
• Represented manufacturers and employers in product liability claims arising from industrial accidents.
• Represented distributor in action claiming cosmetic product caused skin disorder.

Real estate litigation encompasses a broad range of issues. Issues dealing with the sale or management of real estate, as well as legal actions dealing with title to real property, are included within the scope of real estate litigation. We also handle matters involving disputes between landlords and tenants.

Sometimes claims are brought against real estate agents or brokers for failing to act in accordance with laws regulating those entities.

Foreclosures, of course, are a very common issue in real estate litigation. There are procedures that must be properly carried out before a foreclosure can be considered legal and permissible, and if possible, extinguish other liens and encumbrances on a property.

Whether you have a problem with the sale or management of real estate, need to restructure financial obligations, recover secured or unsecured assets, manage or enhance assets, change the relationship of debt and equity, or acquire new assets, our firm can assist you.

• Represented petitioner in New York appeal of administrative ruling preventing reasonable land use.
• Represented plaintiff in action to cancel real estate contract relating to development property in New York State.
• Represented party in proceeding to determine proper title to real estate.
• Represented landlord in eviction proceeding of state sponsored charter school for life safety and building code violations.
• Represented landlord in commercial eviction proceeding involving multiple sub-lessees on premises after master tenant default.
• Represented landlord in eviction proceeding involving technical college’s non-payment of increased rent.
• Represented landlords in multiple proceedings involving retail and manufacturing tenant evictions.
• Represented tenant in eviction proceeding involving noise and security related nuisance claims.
• Represented tenant in eviction proceeding involving non-payment of CAM assessments and rent increases.
• Represented landlord in multiple residential evictions to clear property of holdover tenants for development purposes.
• Represented tenant in eviction proceeding involving anchor tenant.
• Represented tenant in eviction proceeding relating to delayed build-out of leased space.
• Represented landlord in eviction proceeding involving failure of build-out of premises.
• Represented commercial tenants and landlords in negotiation of leases for shopping malls, retail strip centers, storefront warehouses, agricultural premises, and restaurants.

Securities are sold in many forms, including stocks, notes, and bonds. There are many laws that regulate securities, at both the state and federal level. Finding your way through the complications can be very difficult if you try to do it on your own.

We assist both private and publicly traded corporations, as well as the officers, directors, and other employees of these types of companies. Our firm can assist you in various matters involving securities, including disputes concerning securities laws or regulations.
 

• Represented broker-dealer in defense of litigation involving alleged fraud in connection with the sale of securities.
• Represented former executive and founder of a pharmaceutical manufacturer in the prosecution of a securities and business fraud claim and defense of privatization of a public company.
• Represented issuer of variable annuity in arbitration involving allegations of improper calculation of death benefit.
• Represented manufacturing company in dispute regarding leveraged buyout.

Disasters such as fires, hurricane destruction, accidental death or injury, or the deaths of loved ones as a result of negligence are difficult situations. Our firm can assist you in navigating such claims, whether you are considering bringing such a claim or you are faced with being potentially liable for such a claim.

There are many types of defenses that can be used in these types of cases, including comparative negligence and disputed causation. It is important to consider such defenses in evaluating the claim.

• Represented lessor of industrial equipment in defense of action in which worker was killed by a forklift.
• Represented manufacturing company in defense of claim for catastrophic injury sustained by worker in facility.
• Represented prior owner of used manufacturing equipment in defense of product liability claim resulting from disfiguring injury.
• Represented railroad in action involving wildfire burning adjacent lands.
• Represented agricultural landowner involving multiple wrongful deaths due to claimed hazard on property.
• Represented defendants in cases involving aircraft accidents caused by pilot error.
• Represented owners of commercial vehicles in automotive and truck collisions.
• Represented railroad in personal injury claims arising under FELA.
• Represented construction equipment owner in accident involving collapse of equipment and catastrophic destruction of property.
• Represented estate of deceased pilot in claims against aircraft maintenance company.
• Represented commercial building owner in hurricane related wind and flood claims.