The firm focuses its practice in seven general areas. Taken together, they provide our individual and corporate clients a full range of services, designed to assist the client in achieving the desired goals.

Banking & Finance
The firm’s banking and finance practice serves the needs of corporate and banking clients in all aspects of financial transactions. The firm represents numerous banks, credit unions and other financial institutions statewide in the following areas: commercial and consumer lending, reclamation and protection of collateral, defense of claims, pursuit of lawsuits, commercial and consumer bankruptcy, collections and foreclosures

The firm’s banking and finance attorneys are often called upon to assess internal banking policies and practices, including in dealing with customers and with employment issues. The firm's attorneys regularly give advice related to banking policies, garnishments, check law and the Uniform Commercial Code.

Business Formation & Representation
The firm assists its clients in organizing corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and other entities. We structure shareholder and partnership agreements, buy-sell agreements, management agreements, employment agreements and franchise agreements. We also advise and represent our clients with respect to sales and purchases of businesses, mergers and other business combinations, as well as financing transactions.

Business Litigation
The firm represents companies in contract actions, employment disputes, environmental matters, bankruptcy claims, insurance coverage issues and the collection of accounts receivable. We also counsel companies in asserting or defending claims arising from tortious business conduct, personal injuries and property damage. The firm provides advice on preventative actions to avoid business disputes.

Construction Law
The firm represents businesses in all areas of construction, including owners, developers, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, insurance carriers and surety companies. We assist our clients in matters ranging from the negotiating and drafting of contracts to the resolution of disputes through mediation, arbitration and litigation. The firm handles collection matters, productivity and delay claims, contract termination actions, insurance and surety disputes as well as the filing of mechanics liens and foreclosure lawsuits.

Employment Law
The firm’s employment law practice provides a full complement of employment related services. Starting from the philosophy that a preventative approach is best, the firm's employment attorneys routinely assist clients in reviewing and implementing policies and procedures that emphasize prevention, early detection and resolution of employment related disputes. In keeping with the preventative philosophy, the firm also offers training and compliance audits in all areas of employment law, including harassment in the workplace, proper hiring, discipline and discharge techniques, prevention of negligent hiring and retention, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance and workplace violence. The firm provides clients with sound and practical counseling and advice on everyday employment related issues.

The firm's employment lawyers also draft policies, employment agreements, non-compete agreements and other restrictive covenants. The overall goal is to implement policies and practices and to react swiftly to sensitive situations to avoid costly litigation, workforce disruptions and bad publicity. Early intervention and appropriate responses permit the firm’s employment attorneys to tailor a reaction to defuse a scenario or put the client in the best possible position before an employee (or potential plaintiff) even begins to consider litigation.

When disputes cannot be avoided, the firm's employment attorneys transition to skilled litigators who aggressively defend client interests before state and federal courts, in mediation and arbitration proceedings, before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Department of Labor and other state and federal agencies. The firm's experience in defense of employment claims includes claims arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 based on race, gender, color, national origin and religious discrimination, as well as claims of age discrimination in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), claims under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The firm's employment lawyers have also litigated restrictive covenants, non-compete agreements, trade secret protection agreements and other contractual protections of an employer's vital market share and hard earned base of information from disloyal or defecting employees.

Landlord-Tenant Law
The firm represents office, retail, multi-family, industrial and self-storage property owners, management companies and tenants in reviewing and preparing lease agreements and outlining loss control measures. We also handle actions on behalf of owners for eviction of tenants and defend owners and managers against tenant loss and damage claims and personal injury suits.

Real Estate
The firm provides a full range of commercial real estate services, including structuring and negotiating real estate partnerships, development deals, sales and purchases, and leases. The Firm represents lenders and borrowers in real estate transactions, providing depth of understanding the strategies, pitfalls and complexities of all types of transactions and properties, including land development, shopping centers, business parks, multi-family, and office.

Secured Lending
The firm represents numerous financial institutions in a variety of secured lending transactions, including traditional real estate loan, secured loans, mezzanine financing, participations and co-funded loans. The firm has closed countless loans for all types and sizes of financial institutions and prides itself on working hard to keep the borrowing customer satisfied so that it returns to the lender for repeat business.

Self Storage Law
The firm counsels storage owners and managers on issues including corporate formations, real estate purchases, contracting for construction and defending tenant claims. The firm also offers advice on control measures and operational safeguards to reduce the likelihood of loss and damage claims.