Practice Areas
BUSINESS LAW • REAL ESTATE LAW • WILLS & TRUSTS • DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Entity Formation
• Advise and assist clients with formation and maintenance of S and C corporations, Limited Liability Companies, Limited Liability Partnerships, Limited Liability Limited Partnerships, and non-profit organizations
• Provide clients with corporate/LLC specific and pro forma post-formation documents, with clear instructions as to their use, to keep clients in compliance with legally-required corporate/LLC/LLP formalities
Contracts
• Draft, review, and negotiate vendor/supplier and business-to-business contracts
• Draft buy/sell agreements for management succession issues
Purchase/Sale of Businesses
• Represent buyers and sellers of businesses
Advice and Counsel
• Advise clients as to their legal rights and options, including advice on what makes best “business sense”
Landlord/Tenant
• Draft/review/negotiate residential and commercial leases
• Represent client in mediation or arbitration of landlord/tenant or neighbor/neighbor disputes
• Act as mediator/third party neutral in neighbor/neighbor disputes and/or landlord/tenant disputes
Boundary Disputes
• Advise clients, negotiate, and draft letters regarding boundary issues
• Draft easement agreements
• Represent client in mediation or arbitration regarding boundary disputes
Purchase/Sale of Real Estate
• Draft/review/negotiate purchase agreements, escrow instructions and loan and sale documents, serving as either a listing agent, a buyer’s broker, or representing both parties as a neutral party
• Represent client in mediation or arbitration involving undisclosed defects, and other buyer/seller issues
Advice and Counsel
• Advise clients as to their legal rights and options, including advice on what makes best “business sense”
Light/Air/Nuisance Disputes
• Draft settlement letters
• Act as mediator or arbitrator
• Represent client in mediation or arbitration
Estate Planning — Trusts
• Advise client regarding the need for a trust or alternatives; explore options on types of trusts
• Provide advice, and draft trusts to minimize gift, estate, probate and death taxes, working with client’s tax advisor
• Transfer assets to trust as needed
Estate Planning — Wills
• Counsel client/explore options on various types of wills
• Provide advice, structure and draft wills to minimize estate, probate and death taxes, working with client’s tax advisor
Purchase/Sale of Real Estate
• Act as broker for probate/trustee transfers between heirs and known buyers for a fixed fee including the following:
• Drafting/reviewing/negotiating purchase agreements, escrow instructions and loan documents
Advice and Counsel
• Advise client as to legal rights and options, including what makes best “business sense”
• Draft settlement letters
• Act as mediator or arbitrator