Areas of Practice

Banking Law

Lawmakers create banking regulations in order to ensure that banks conduct regulations in a fair and transparent way. When banks struggle, the effects spread to consumers and can possible create needs for legal action.

Business Planning & Corporate Law

Many people find they need legal help with banking and finance law when forming a new business. There are many laws, contracts, and regulations. Finding a lawyer from the beginning can help to ensure compliance with all legal rules.

Commercial/Residential Landlord & Tenant Law

Understanding legal issues surrounding landlord and tenant rights is a valuable resource for you when you need it most. Legal expertise can guide even the most prepared landlord or tenant through the challenges involved in rental property.

Estate & Gift Taxation

Estate and gift taxes are imposed by the federal government on the transfer of property from person to another, either at death (estate tax) or while the giver of the property is still alive (gift tax).

Fiduciary Law

A fiduciary is a person who holds a legal or ethical relationship of trust with one or more other parties (person or group of persons). Typically, a fiduciary prudently takes care of money or other assets for another person.

General Civil Litigation & Appeals

If you or your business becomes involved in a legal dispute, such as estate or probate litigation, real estate disputes, contract disputes, corporate and business matters, and other civil disputes, we provide the knowledge necessary to help you negotiate and try to resolve the matter.  We understand that civil litigation can be stressful, costly, and time-consuming; therefore, we will work closely with you in guiding you through this process with a combination of professionalism and commonsense.

Mesothelioma

The onset of mesothelioma, a serious form of cancer resulting from swallowing or inhaling asbestos fibers, is usually slow and many not appear for many years after initial exposure. If you or someone close to you has been exposed to asbestos in the past and now feels sick, please contact our firm to discuss your medical condition. We will help guide you through the process and attempt to assist you in obtaining compensation for this disease which presently has no cure.

Probate & Trust Administration

Probate is a court-supervised process for distributing assets of a deceased person.  Assets are distributed to beneficiaries in accordance to the instructions written in the person’s will.  Trust administration is not court-supervised and is the process for distributing assets from a trust to its intended beneficiaries.

Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning

Estate planning is the process of anticipating and arranging, during a person’s life, for the management and disposal of that person’s estate during and after death, while minimizing gift, estate, generation skipping transfer, and income tax.  Experienced knowledge in complex trust and estate law and planning allows us to evaluate the issues, including tax consequences, and to advise our clients in a manner that both protects their interests and preserves the assets of the estate or trust.

Worker’s Compensation

If you have been injured during the course and scope of your employment, we are here to assist you in presenting a claim to help obtain compensation for your monetary losses.  Benefits may also be available for dependents of those workers who are killed because of work-related accidents or illnesses.  Although such benefits assist employees injured on the job, they are usually not sufficient to fully compensate injured workers for all damages sustained as a result of their work-related accident.