SAMPLING OF REAL PROPERTY RELATED LEGAL SERVICES

Purchase and Sale of Property

• Residential and Vacation homes
• Condominium and Time Shares
• Vacant land
• Commercial buildings
• Sites for future development
• Transfer of leasehold interests
• Lease with option to purchase
• Review of financing and closing documents
• Assistance with disclosure forms
• Due diligence matters

Landlord -Tenant Matters

• Residential evictions
• Commercial evictions
• Residential lease review and drafting
• Shopping Mall and other Commercial Leases
• Estoppel Certificates
• Assignment and subletting
• Lease negotiations
• Repair and damage issues
• Abandonment and Termination
• Familiar with HUD and FmHA/RD properties

Access and Use Agreements/Easements

• Road maintenance agreements
• Access easements
• Water well use and maintenance agreements
• View easements
• Restrictive covenants
• Utility easements
• Septic system easements and agreements
• Cross parking agreements

Boundary Line Disputes

• Temporary restraining orders and injunctions
• Quiet title lawsuits
• Adverse possession claims
• Agreed boundary line adjustments
• Settlement negotiations
• Trespass and damage claims
• Quit claim deeds

Foreclosure/Forfeiture Matters

• Work out agreements
• Deeds in lieu of foreclosure
• Negotiations with debtors and creditors
• Foreclosing deeds of trust
• Contract forfeiture
• Rescission agreements
• Foreclosure of mortgages
• Enforcement of judgments

Condominium and Homeowners' Associations

• Drafting of project documents
• Amending existing documents
• Advising board members and officers
• Review of Covenants and Bylaws
• Maintenance of non-profit corporations
• Negotiations between association and members
• Conduct of annual meetings
• Vendor and employee issues
• Compliance with relevant laws
• Expansion and future development matters

Real Property Financing

• Drafting financing documents
• Due Diligence investigations
• Recording documents
• Title investigations and claims
• Opinion letters
• UCC issues

Litigation Regarding Real Property

• Breach of Contract/Misrepresentation Claims
• Quiet title and ejectment lawsuits
• Unlawful detainer (eviction) actions
• Actions to enforce agreements, contracts or covenants
• Lien foreclosures
• Interpleader actions
• Settlement negotiations and agreements

Environmental and Land Use Issues

• Assistance with brownfields clean up
• Responsible party and title investigations
• Negotiations with governmental agencies
• Litigation and settlement agreements
• Administrative hearings and processes
• Water rights

Construction and Development

• Construction contracts
• Liens
• Title issues
• Platting and subdivision matters
• Negotiating with governmental agencies
• Permitting
• Pre-submission conferences
• Administrative hearings, processes and appeals
• Construction financing
• Annexation
• Zoning and variance issues
• Development agreements

Condemnation/Eminent Domain

• Valuation and appraisal
• Negotiation with governmental agencies
• Obtaining experts
• Drafting agreements
• Litigation and settlement agreements

SAMPLING OF BUSINESS LAW RELATED LEGAL SERVICES

New Business Formation

• Closely-held corporations and Limited Liability Companies (LLCs)
• Limited and General Partnerships
• Support with state and local agency licensing requirements
• Secretary of State filings
• Stock Buy-Sell Agreements

Support of Business Operations

• Negotiation and documentation of real estate purchases and sales
• Purchase and Sale of Businesses
• Documentation of corporate resolutions and minutes
• Distributor relationship creation and documentation
• Employee contracts
• Sales representative agreements
• Interpretation of state and local laws and regulations
• Negotiations with state and county government agencies
• Confidential information exchanges
• Intellectual property and trade secret protection
• Commercial leases
• Letters of intent
• Due diligence investigations

Business Financing

• Drafting business plans and related documents
• Negotiating with lenders
• Negotiating with loan guarantors
• Working with sources of private funds
• Private placements and limited securities
• Drafting and review of financing documents
• UCC issues
• Opinion letters

Business Transactions

• Sales of stock
• Sales of assets
• Mergers
• Reorganizations
• Due Diligence investigations
• Franchising agreements
• Compliance with Governmental regulations
• Trademarks
• Trade secrets
• Confidentiality agreements
• Intellectual property

Employment Matters

• Employment agreements
• Hiring and firing
• Compliance with governmental regulations
• Employee Manuals
• Drug testing
• General legal advice

Collections

• Enforcement of Promissory Notes and Judgments
• Supplemental Proceedings
• Execution on real and personal property
• Coordinating with sheriffs' office
• Garnishments
• Attachments
• Negotiating settlements of claims

Termination and Winding up of Business

• Evaluating and structuring termination
• Withdrawal and disassociation from LLC
• Winding up of partnership
• Dissolution of corporation
• Stock redemptions
• Assignment or sale of interests
• Negotiating creditors claims
• Coordination with bankruptcy counsel
• Judicial dissolution
• Fraud investigations
• Owner gridlock
• Termination of business following sale
• Company liquidations
• Buy-sell agreements
• Estate planning for "closely held" businesses

Dispute Resolution

• Mediation and arbitration representation
• Settlement negotiation support
• Settlement agreements
• Litigation