Practice Areas
- BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
- REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS:
- LITIGATION:
- ESTATE PLANNING, TAXATION PLANNING, ASSET PROTECTION:
- FAMILY LAW:
BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
- General Business Activities
- General business planning
- Negotiation and preparation of business agreements - mergers, acquisitions, sale of stock
- Negotiation of bank loan facilities, including all related documents and lending agreements
- All lending transactions, including asset based and factoring
- Escrow transactions and pledge and security agreements, together with UCC documentation
- Antitrust counseling
- Unfair competition counseling
- Labor relations counseling and human resource advice
- Federal Trade Commission counseling and state and federal consumer affairs counseling in connection with seller assisted marketing plans, multi-level marketing and telemarketing
- Advertising and marketing placement and sales law, including all related agreements
- Trademark registration and dispute resolution
- Copyright registration and dispute resolution
- Corporations
- Incorporations
- Shareholder stock purchase, subscription and settlement agreements and releases
- Preparation of private placement offering memoranda
- Buy-sell agreements
- Corporate minutes and resolutions
- Charter amendments and structuring of new classes of shares
- Representation of management
- Representation of shareholders,
- Employment agreements
- Issuance and sale of shares
- Executive compensation plans: options, SARS, bonus programs
- Purchase and sale of assets
- Corporate dissolutions and liquidations
- Resolution of shareholder deadlocks and installation of provisional directors
- Non-Profit
- Formation of non profit entities
- Filing for and obtaining 501(c)(3) and other exempt status
- Federal and State compliance
- Corporate governance – compliance with Federal and State laws
- Planned giving programs
- Internal structuring
- Attorney General compliance
- Partnerships and Joint Ventures
- Partnership agreements
- Joint venture agreements
- Purchase and sale of partnership interests
- Dissolution agreements
- Limited Partnerships
- Partnership agreements
- Joint venture agreements
- Purchase and sale of partnership interests
- Dissolution agreements
- Limited Liability Companies (LLCs)
- Formation, including operating agreements
- Representation of management
- Operational advice; compliance
- Member disputes
- Dissolution
- Representative Agreements
- Sales representatives
- Distributors
- Area representatives
- Independent contractor agreements
- License agreements
- Employment Agreements
- Representation of management
- Representation of key employees
- Executive compensation programs
- Stock option plans
- Franchising
- Preparation of franchise documentation
- Franchise registration
- Advice on franchise law compliance, structuring and planning
- Intellectual Property
- Trademark licensing
- Patent licensing
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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS:
- Purchase and sale agreements for real property
- Commercial
- Retail
- Industrial
- Residential
- Commercial and retail leases for landlords
- Commercial and retail leases for tenants
- Residential leases for landlords
- Easements and licenses
- Resolution of title problems
- Partnership and LLC operating agreements
- Construction contracts
- Condominium and planned development documentation and counseling
- Like kind "1031" exchanges
- Representation of commercial borrowers
- Representation of private lenders
- Real property charitable gifts
LITIGATION:
- Dispute Resolution
- Arbitrations, mediations, judicial references
- General Business Litigation
- Contract disputes
- Collections, including attachments and writs of possession
- Breach or fraud in purchase and sale of businesses or assets
- Trademark infringement
- Copyright infringement
- Antitrust
- Corporate and Partnership Litigation
- Minority shareholder squeeze outs
- Corporate, LLC and partnership lockouts
- Corporate, partnership and LLC accountings
- Corporate elections
- Corporate, LLC and partnership dissolutions
- Real Estate
- Specific performance of purchase agreement
- Breach or fraud in real estate purchase and sale
- Quiet title
- Slander of title
- Partition actions
- Construction disputes
- Mechanic's lien and s notice actions
- Boundary disputes
- Lease disputes
- Commercial evictions and defense of evictions
- Condominium association matters
- Commission disputes - owner/broker
- Commission arbitration between brokers
- CC&R enforcement
- Wrongful Termination
- Defense of employers
- Prosecution on behalf of employees
- Shareholder and partner disputes
- Personal and Financial Injury
- Lawyer malpractice
- Real estate agent malpractice
- Insurance agent malpractice
- Bankruptcy
- Chapter 7 Creditors
- Chapter 11 Creditors
- Preference defense
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ESTATE PLANNING, TAXATION PLANNING, ASSET PROTECTION:
- Estate Planning
- Preparation of wills, revocable and irrevocable private trusts, charitable trusts, durable powers of attorney for financial matters and for health care matters
- Business succession planning
- Estate and trust administration involving probate and non-probate procedures
- Estate and trust account and dispute resolution
- Taxation
- Taxation, including United States, California, and international transfer tax planning
- Corporate, partnership, and individual income tax planning
- Sales, use and property taxation
- Charitable tax planning, including formation and representation of tax-exempt organizations
- Tax planning in the course of a variety of transactions.
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FAMILY LAW:
- Prenuptial agreements
- Divorces in association with certified specialist estate plans