Appeals ^ 

We handle appeals with excellence. This requires a specialized set of skills and considerations. The emphasis moves from developing and presenting facts before a fact-finder to arguing persuasively the legal issues that decide the case. 

 

We have a premier appellate practice and possess  the expertise and competency necessary to increase our client’s chances of winning on appeal. Whether defending a victory attained in the trial court or challenging errors committed at the trial level, we prepare each appeal with distinction, exploring the contours and implications of the legal issues, and presenting persuasive, well-crafted arguments to appellate courts. 

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Our attorneys have extensive experience briefing and arguing cases at all levels in the state and federal appellate courts. And our appellate experience spans a broad range of issues, including commercial, governmental, environmental, product liability, real estate law,  attorneys’ fees, labor and employment, professional liability, and constitutional law.

 

Clients who have entrusted us with their appellate matters include multinational companies, high-ranking public officials, government agencies, and licensed professionals, among many others. 

 

​Commercial Transactions ^

We offer advice on commercial transactions  with the in-depth knowledge and care required to achieve the level of protection and practicality they are intended to provide. 

 

This includes a wide array of transactional services, including secured and unsecured transactions; asset sale and purchase agreements; equipment leasing, commercial loans, letters-of-credit, development, construction loans documenting and closing mortgages; asset-based financing; loan modifications; commitment letters; restructuring and disposition of non-performing loans; residential and commercial condominium documentation; lease negotiation; real property tax issues; landlord/tenant disputes; realtor commission disputes; residential/commercial purchase and sales negotiation; developer representation; commercial leasing; drafting and review of construction agreements; and representation of foreign investors.

 

We also offer estate planning services, including tailor-made wills; revocable trusts (living trusts); charitable contributions and charitable trust; family and business entities including family limited partnerships (FLPs), corporations, and limited liability companies (LLCs); grantor trusts; life insurance trusts; asset protection strategies; and other structures and plans to reach our clients’ specific needs. 

 

Corporate Representation ^

We advise clients on domestic and multinational transactions. In doing so, we anticipate your needs and use our knowledge to achieve the goals you establish. We have handled a wide range of transactions in both complexity and scale, without compromising the quality of our service. Our guidance is based on a thorough understanding of your company’s commercial goals as well as the industry and environment in which it operates.

 

We serve a broad range of corporate clients, from large national companies and their directors, to overseas companies, privately owned entities, entrepreneurs, and family-owned businesses.

 

Our advice may be sought in a broad-range of issues, including:

• mergers and acquisitions

• company formation and constitution

• general company administration 

• regulatory compliance

• directors’ duties and conflicts of interest

• derivative actions by shareholders

• antitrust laws

• employment

• intellectual property

• information technology and cybersecurity 

• compensation and remuneration structures

• enforcement of restrictive covenants

• disputes involving professional practices

 

Cyber Security ^

With increased reliance on technology evolving over the last two decades, clients have experienced growing cyber threats and attacks targeting the security, availability, confidentiality, and integrity of their information systems for financial gain or to cause disruption. Such occurrences are common across a broad range of industries.  

 

These challenges have given rise to this new legal field of cybersecurity law, in which we have been called to represent clients in investigations, crisis response to data breach incidents, emergency litigation, and counseling. Our attorneys have expertise with laws most commonly used as methods for safeguarding protected personal information, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), and have effectively mitigated cybersecurity attacks leveraging rapid-response litigation efforts.

 

We can help you walk through the steps you can take in response to potential or actual cyber intrusions.

 

Labor & Employment ^

We have vast experience advising on all areas of employment law, both contentious and non-contentious. 

 

We advise clients across a range of sectors and matters, including: 

• day-to-day HR issues

• discrimination at work

• employee terminations

• restrictive covenants

• internal investigations

• employment litigation and disputes

 

We advise clients on these and other employment matters utilizing our intimate knowledge of issues arising under the NLRA, Title VII, ADEA, FLSA, OSHA, ADA, FMLA, federal and state investigations, and regulations and guidelines promulgated by state and local employment agencies. 

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General Counsel Services ^

Whether your entity or company operates without an in-house legal department or you are looking to supplement your in-house team with expert services, we can serve as general counsel. We can help you address the day-to-day challenges you face supporting your business with solutions to legal, risk management, contracts, and compliance issues.Serving as general or in-house counsel requires more than legal perspective, but a holistic view of your business. 

 

We have served as general counsel or in-house legal counsel for private-sector clients in various stages of company operations, providing advice in reference to distributor agreements, complex mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, strategic partnership negotiations, major dispute resolutions, and various other challenges that arise.  

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Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution ^

 

We ease the burdens of all types of legal disputes by deploying our skills, experience, and strategic advice in your service.  

Many disputes can be resolved without the need for court proceedings, and we are proficient in conducting pre-suit investigations and negotiations to achieve that result where advisable. We also have vast experience in all forms of alternative dispute resolution to advise you on when and how to make use of these methods.  

 

When litigation ensues, we have the breadth of experience to recommend the best strategy and achieve the best outcome. Many times this is accomplished without the need to litigate a case through trial. But when ​​the cause does require it, you can rest assured that we are not merely litigation counsel, but savvy trial lawyers. 

 

We have been called to represent clients in a broad range of litigation matters, including:

• RICO

• defamation

• business disputes

• real estate litigation 

• nuisance and trespass

• professional negligence 

• insurance claims and coverage 

• class actions

• products liability 

• land disputes

• eminent domain

• torts

• civil rights violations

• constitutional claims

• Bivens actions

• state and federal statutory claims 

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Trial Support ^

Our appellate experience and acumen is also often put to service in providing trial support. 

We are enlisted to collaborate closely with trial attorneys to develop a strong record for appellate review and to ensure that arguments are preserved and that a winning strategy is developed. We also regularly assist in crafting effective motions on substantive legal issues before, during, and after trial. 

 

When the situation calls for it, we also help build unique or sophisticated legal theories from the outset of a case in anticipation of future appellate challenges.