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Labor and Employment
General Employment Advice and Counseling
We advise employers on a broad range of day-to-day employment matters, including hiring practices, employment agreements, workplace policies, employee discipline, performance management, terminations, wage and hour compliance, leaves of absence, disability accommodations, harassment prevention, discrimination concerns, retaliation issues, and workplace investigations.
Employment Litigation and Dispute Resolution
When disputes cannot be avoided, we represent clients in litigation and administrative proceedings involving wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour claims, contract disputes, and other employment-related matters. We also assist with pre-litigation strategy, demand responses, settlement negotiations, mediation, arbitration, and matters before government agencies.
Our litigation strategy is designed to be both strong and pragmatic. We evaluate each matter carefully, identify key risks and opportunities early, and pursue outcomes that align with the client’s legal, financial, and operational goals.
Real Estate
Transactions
Whether you are buying, selling or leasing real estate or obtaining or conveying an option or grant to acquire real estate, or issuing or obtaining a loan secured by real property, our attorneys offer expert legal representation from the due diligence process through the closing of your transaction.
Litigation
Our attorneys have a breadth of experience in handling various real estate disputes, including, but not limited to breach of purchase and sale agreements, quiet title to conflicting claims, easement disputes, residential and commercial landlord/tenant disputes, and broker and agent disputes.
Intellectual Property
Litigation
Our experienced litigators have handled trademark, copyright, right of publicity, first amendment, and trade secret disputes in federal, state and appellate courts throughout the United States and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. We also strategize with our clients to develop alternative dispute resolutions to avoid litigation, if necessary.
Trademark Services
Our attorneys advice clients on a wide variety of trademark issues, including but not limited to, the trademark selection and clearance process, trademark enforcement, cease and desist letters, trademark registration, joint use agreements, and the transfer and licensing of trademarks.
We collaborate with our clients to educate them about their ideas for trademarks, slogans, and logos before significant expense is undertaken by our clients to brand their products or services, only to learn down the road that someone else already has the right to use their brand.
Copyright Services
Our attorneys advise clients on a wide variety of copyright issues, including, but not limited to, the subject matter of copyright, requirements for copyright protection, copyright infringement, obtaining registration of copyrights and the transfer and licensing of copyrights.
Licensing
Our attorneys have assisted and strategized with clients on the licensing of their intellectual property rights. We have extensive experience with negotiating and drafting licensing agreements.
Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Our experienced litigators have handled various types of claims involving our client's businesses in federal, state and appellate courts throughout the United States. These claims, include, but are not limited to the following: breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, unfair competition, shareholder disputes, partnership and corporate dissolutions, and misappropriation of trade secrets.
Corporate and Business
Entity Selection and Formation
Whether you are an executive at a company launching a subsidiary or an entrepreneur starting a new business, our attorneys will guide you through the entity selection process and advise you on the advantages and disadvantages of various corporate structures.
We offer legal representation in the following areas:
- Entity Formation
- Limited Liability Companies (LLCs)
- S-Corporations (S-Corps)
- C-Corporations (C-Corps)
- Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs)
- Joint Ventures
- Business Succession Planning
Mergers and Acquisitions
Whether you are buying or selling a business, we offer expert legal representation from the due diligence process through the closing of the transaction. We also assist with the dissolution and winding up of entities.
General Counsel Services
Our attorneys offer a cost-effective solution to those businesses that determine that the the cost of an in-house legal team outweighs their benefit. We provide the necessary legal advice expert on every day issues faced by a business, including, but not limited to contract negotiation, drafting, intellectual property issues, employment policies, and compliance.
Contracts
We have extensive experience in drafting and reviewing contracts to solve the needs of our clients. Our representative work includes, non-disclosure agreement, customer contracts, employment contracts, terms and conditions, privacy, and all other business contracts.
Executive and Equity-Based Compensation
We provide our clients with counseling and implementation of executive and equity based compensation arrangements. These include, stock option agreements, bonus plans, and other incentives to attract and maintain quality employees.