Practice Areas

Practice Areas

Our practice is focused on a few subject areas so as to maintain a clear focus of resources and knowledge.   We focus on the following areas of law:

Business

  • Entity Selection & Formation (partnerships, for-profit corporations, non-profit corporations, and limited liability companies)
  • Operating Agreements and Articles of Incorporation
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Purchase/Sale Agreements
  • Asset Purchase Agreements
  • Dissolution & Wind Down
  • Contract disputes
  • Litigation

Real Estate

  • Contracts (easements, residential & commercial leases, land installment contracts, purchase agreements)
  • Commercial transactions (negotiation and contract drafting)
  •  Residential transactions  (negotiation and contract drafting)
  • Cognovit Promissory Notes / Warrants of Attorney
  • Deed preparation
  • Condominium Law
  • Planned Community Law
  • Eminent Domain / Inverse Condemnation / Appropriation
  • Landlord-Tenant
  • Land Use, Zoning & Planning
  • Litigation

Labor & Employment (we represent employers & employees)

  • Employee Benefits under ERISA
  • Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) [wage and salary disputes]
  • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
  • Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
  • Race, Sex, Age Discrimination in employment
  • Retaliation in employment
  • Whistleblower protection
  • Wrongful Discharge
  • Government Employee Rights
  • Academic Tenure
  • Non-Competition Agreeements
  • Interviewing, Recruiting, and Advertising Advising
  • Hiring process Advising
  • Employer Performance Appraisal Advising
  • Employer Handbooks Policies
  • Compensation Practice Advising
  • Promotion Policy Advising
  • Discipline and Discharge Advising
  • Post-discharge Advising

Administrative/Governmental Law

  • State Personnel Board of Review
  • Political Subdivisions/Municipal Boards (i.e., city planning commissions, city civil service commissions)
  • Schools
  • Township Boards
  • Licensing Agencies (i.e., the Department of Liquor Control, professional boards)
  • Taxpayer Actions

Civil Rights

  • Claims against Governments, their Agencies and employees for Constitutional Violations
  • Police Misconduct (false imprisonment, false arrest, excessive force, assault & battery)
  • Constitutional Challenges to Legislation

General Litigation

  • OVI/DUI
  • Personal Injury
  • Construction Defects
  • Product Defects/ Warranties
  • Appellate Advocacy – both civil and criminal cases in State Courts; civil matters only in Federal Courts.