Corporate/Business

• Advising clients about the benefits and detriments of operating through various business entity forms (e.g., sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability corporation, professional corporation, etc.) and then providing services necessary to create the form best suited for the individuals and the mission of the business;
  
  
• Reorganizations, affiliations, joint venture mergers and acquisitions of small to medium size business entities;
  
  
• Intellectual property issues with an emphasis on confidentiality, trade secret, non-competition, and non-solicitation agreements;
  
  
• Corporate governance matters;
  
  
• Providing services to corporate executives including executive compensation, changing control arrangements, golden parachute agreements and estate planning;
  
  
• Environmental services including compliance advice and assistance with federal, state and local regulatory obligations and litigation and enforcement management and defense;
  
  
• Corporate governance including services such as counseling Boards and special committees, design and implementation of corporate policies, voting and proxy matters and selected services in the area of take overs;
  
  
• For small and medium size business entities, federal and state tax matters and personal tax services;
  
  
• Non-profit services including tax exempt financing, acquiring and maintaining tax exempt status, a myriad of counseling services regarding fiduciary obligations and issues related to fund raising;
  
  
• Labor and employee benefit services including creating and maintaining benefit plans, ERISA compliance, independent contractor issues, all human resource counseling and litigation issues, liability prevention and litigation and defense, insurance, and federal and state compliance issues.