Practice Areas
From creating new business entities to negotiating sales contracts to drafting and revising leases of all kinds, our corporate and commercial practice is experienced and ready to support your needs. Our firm has significant experience helping clients evaluate, form, acquire and sell new companies, partnerships and joint ventures; negotiating and drafting mezzanine funding and private equity finance transactions; negotiating and drafting equipment, commercial use and land access leases; negotiating a wide variety of sales and license agreements; and providing post-acquisition and transition support services for private equity transactions.
Litigation
Sometimes the fight comes to you, sometimes you need to take the fight to them. From nuisance suits to “bet the company” claims, our team has over twenty years experience handling a broad array of litigation matters for large and small companies. We’ve helped auto manufacturers, chemical companies, utility companies, advertising agencies, contractors, custom home-builders, trucking companies, hairstylists, media companies and a host of service providers defend and pursue commercial and business litigation; products liability, warranty and consumer claims; collection matters and tort claims; as well as class-action, qui-tam, consumer fraud and price-fixing claims.
Employment Law
The attorneys at our firm have helped companies defend and respond to EEOC inquiries, Title VII, harassment, ADA and wrongful termination claims for over 15 years. We help companies contend with employee theft and employee poaching from competitors. We also have extensive experience conducting and supporting audits and internal investigations into OSHA violations and systemic employee-relations issues for personnel and HR departments. We’re ready to put this knowledge and experience to work for you.
Just like Fortune 500 companies, start-ups and young companies need quality legal counseling they can access at a moment’s notice. But resources are too precious and limited to hire in-house legal counsel, and consulting lawyers on an ad-hoc basis can run up legal fees at an alarming rate. That’s where our firm comes in- we act as your company’s general counsel, giving you access to knowledgeable, experienced and creative legal resources on a predictable, cost effective basis. You’ll know exactly who to call to help you predict, forecast and manage expected and unexpected legal and compliance risks of all kinds, and you’ll know how much your bill is going to be before you get it- no surprises.
As general counsel, we’ve helped clients negotiate and draft contracts, fight off predatory leases and business practices, respond to regulatory compliance investigations, locate and screen specialty service providers, negotiate acquisitions and mergers, secure funding to promote growth and expansion, negotiate executive compensation and buy-outs, conduct internal investigations, advise on workforce reduction strategies, handle personnel issues, deal with insurance and tort claims, and assess the legal and business risks related to enforcing and/or terminating a wide variety of contracts.
Risk Management & Avoidance Counseling
Let’s face it- everyone has some level of apprehension, maybe even disdain, when it comes to lawyers- even those on your side! That’s because most people and companies don’t interact with an attorney until problems have already come home to roost. By then, that besieged feeling has already taken hold, and the pressure and tension can be immense. But consulting with legal counsel proactively before a problem manifests itself provides an opportunity to work with an attorney in more of a team-oriented, cooperative setting.
That is why our firm specializes in helping companies predict and forecast legal issues and risks in their daily operations before they morph into costly impediments and challenges. We also do the same for negotiations involving special deals and contracts. Understanding where the legal risks are and the costs associated with them allows you to prepare and plan, which in turn limits the potential for surprises.
Regulatory Compliance and Internal Investigations
Whether it’s an EEOC complaint, regulatory compliance audit, law enforcement subpoena, GSA contract violation, EPA Enforcement Letter or court-issued subpoena, how you respond, and the first steps you take in preparation to respond, are critical. Our firm has the knowledge, experience and resources to partner with you to investigate the matter, identify the associated risks and develop a strategic plan to respond to the inquiry. Our attorneys have helped Fortune 500 and privately held companies, partnerships and joint ventures respond to a wide variety of subpoenas and regulatory compliance investigations. We’ve also helped management teams internally identify and proactively deal with matters that, if left unaddressed, could lead to costly and crippling regulatory compliance problems.
Knowledge is power- always has been, always will be. For many companies, knowledge and know-how are their lifeblood. We have helped start-ups, tech companies and blue-chip companies develop and implement strategies for the collection, retention and protection of their intellectual property, trade secrets and confidential information for two decades. If you have proprietary information, you know that confidentiality, non-disclosure and non-compete agreements are the primary tools businesses use to protect and preserve sensitive information and data. But drafting and deploying these tools without a well thought, pragmatic, strategic plan renders all these tools useless. Our firm specializes in understanding your company’s needs and risks when it comes to sensitive and proprietary information, then crafting and implementing a cohesive strategy that helps preserve the competitive advantages that your knowledge and information give you.