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CIVIL LITIGATION

Business Litigation

  • Breach of contract

  • Breach of warranties

  • Business disputes

  • Dissolution or break up of a business

  • Employment Litigation

  • Fraud

  • Mechanics' leins

  • Non-compete covenants

  • Securities matters

  • Trade Secrets

  • Unfair business practices

Personal Litigation

  • Asbestos-related injuries

  • Medical malpractice

  • Nursing Home abuse and neglect

  • Personal Injury

  • Product liability

Injunctions

  • Preliminary injunctions

  • Permanent injunctions

Representing clients before administrative agencies, alternative dispute resolution proceedings, including mediation or arbitration, state and federal court jury or court trials, and proceedings before appellate court.

  • Administrative Law

  • Liquor license violations

Adminstrative

Real Estate and Construction Litigation

  • Real Estate litigation

  • Landlord-tenant litigation

  • Construction defects

  • Premises liability

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Draft/Review/Negotiate

Business Contracts

  • Service contracts

  • Releases and waivers

  • Buy/sell agreements

  • Property agreements

  • Shareholder agreements

  • Operating agreements

  • Lease agreements

BUSINESS LAW/DISPUTE LITIGATION 

Business Startup Services

  • Subchapter C-corporation formation

  • Subchapter S-corporation formation

  • Limited liability company (LLC) formation

  • Partnership formation (including LLP)

  • Stock purchases

  • Asset purchases

  • Joint Ventures

  • Advise on/draft: shareholder agreements, membership agreements, partnership agreements 

Corporate

Dispute Resolution

  • Contract disputes

  • Shareholder or partnership disputes

  • Disputes with other companies

  • Government compliance

  • Shareholder agreements

  • Operating agreements

  • Lease agreements

  • Sales, mergers or acquisitions

Business: Purchase/Sell

  • Advising on the structure of the transaction

  • Negotiation of terms and drafting of the deal memorandum

  • Advising sellers on legal strategies to address issues raised during the due diligence process

  • Advising buyers on conducting legal due diligence

  • Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating business transaction documentation, e.g., asset/stock purchase agreements, security agreements 

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Estate and Inheritance Tax Plan

  • Development and                 Implementation of effective strategies to reduce or eliminate estate and inheritance taxes

Providing for Minor Children

  • Designation of a person or persons as legal guardians

  • Determination of asset distribution to beneficiaries, regarding receipt of assets directly or placing assets in trust and distributing them subject to specific conditions and circumstances

ESTATE PLANNING AND

LITIGATION/ELDER LAW

Probate Avoidance

Estate Litigation

Elder Law

  • Elder Law includes such areas as: estate planning, business succession planning, asset protection, Medicaid planning, veterans benefits, healthcare planning, public benefits, conservatorships, guardianships, prevention of financial exploitation, elder abuse.

Incapacity Provisions

  • Preparation and creation of legal documents designating a person or persons of your choice with the authority to handle your financial affairs and your medical treatment options.

  • Preparation and creation of a durable power of attorney for health care designating a person or persons of your choice

  • Creation of a Living Will

Coordination of Charitable Bequests/Planned Giving

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PERSONAL INJURY/

DEFAMATION

Personal Injury

  • Motor vehicle accidents

  • Slip/trip and falls

  • Dog bites

  • Intentional infliction of emotional distress

  • Wrongful death

  • Claims involving: negligence, causation, malicious intent, product liability

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MATRIMONIAL/

FAMILY LAW

Divorce

Child Custody

Child Support

Family Offense

  • Harassment

  • Assault

  • Stalking

  • Disorderly conduct

  • Criminal mischief

Special Immigrant

Juvenile Status

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US CITIZENSHIP/

IMMIGRATION

Visa Applications

Applications

Deportation Defense

Guardianship Petitions

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Surgeries

Birth Injuries

Emergency Room Errors

Lack of Informed Consent

Nursing Home Neglect

Post-surgical Infection

Negligence

Medical Device Injuries

Gastroenterology Errors

Prescriptions

Misdiagnoses

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

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DEBT SETTLEMENTS

Favorable Debt Settlement Assistance

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GUARDIANSHIPS/

CONSERVATORSHIPS

Right to Due Process

Guardianship of the

Person

Guardianship of the Estate or Property

Guardianship of Minors

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Cases

  • Land use

  • Easements

  • Zoning

  • Permit appeals

  • Tax-free exchanges

  • Foreclosures

  • Property tax protests 

  • Breach of contract

  • Buyer/seller disputes

  • Landlord/tenant disputes

  • Real estate sales transactions

  • Closings

  • Construction contracts

  • Leases

  • Mortgage-based financing transactions

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Real Estate Litigation

Residental/Commercial Issues

Residential Real Estate

REAL ESTATE

Commercial Real Estate

  • Purchase of real property

  • Sale of real property

  • New construction

  • Renovation construction

  • Financing

  • Zoning and variance approval

  • Drafting and negotiation of leases

  • Mortgage issues

  • Forclosure and eminent domain issues

  • landlord and tennant matters

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Schaeffer & Sands

Law Firm

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NY, NY

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