Business & Finance

Business
Corporate finance
Intellectual property

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Acquisition of Intellectual Property Rights
Alcoholic Beverage Distribution and Control Issues
Antitrust
Article 9 Foreclosures
Asset Acquisitions and Sales
Asset Protection Planning
Asset-Based Lending
Bad Faith Claims
Brand Development and Maintenance
Breweries, Wineries and Vineyards Alcohol Beverage Control Act Compliance
Business and Commercial Litigation
Buy-Sell Agreements
Capital Transactions
Charitable and Philanthropic Planning
Commercial Real Estate, Finance and Project Development
Company Policy, Public Records, Employee Discipline
Compliance Programs, Policies and Procedure
Construction and Surety
Contracts and Licensing
Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents and Trade Secret Protection
Corporate Governance and Compliance
Corporate Planning and Tax Advice
Corporations, Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies, and Not-For-Profit Entities
Creditor’s and Debtor’s Rights
Cross-Border Transactions
Data Privacy and Identity Theft
Debt or Equity Financing
Defense against Union Organizing
Directors and Officers Liability
Discrimination Issues
Due Diligence
Economic Development Incentives and Transactions
ERISA and Employee Benefits
Employment Wage and Hour Advice and Litigation Claim Defense
Energy and Utility Matters
Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
Entity Selection
Environmental Issues
Equipment Purchasing Transactions
Equity Owner Disputes
Estate and Trust Planning
Evictions
Executive Compensation
False Advertising
Family Owned Businesses
Federal and State Tax Matters
Finance and Bond Transactions
Franchise and Licensing
Fraud Audits and Investigations
Government Compliance and Investigation
Health Care Compliance
Health Care Facilities, Physicians and Other Health Care Providers
Housing Projects
Information Technology
Intellectual Property Creation, Maintenance, Licensing and Enforcement
Intellectual Property Infringement
Internet and Electronic Commerce Matters
Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances
Labor and Employment Matters
Labor Audits and Disputes
Leasing and Licensing
Letters of Credit
Limited Liability Companies
Libel, Slander and Defamation
Manufacturing Facilities
Mechanics’ Liens
Medical Staff and Professional Licensure and Discipline Matters
Mergers, Acquisitions and Joint Ventures
Misappropriation
Mergers, Acquisitions, Reorganizations and Dispositions,
Mortgage Transactions
Municipal Finance and Economic Development
Municipal Law
Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Certification and Contracts
New York State Medical Marijuana Law (Compassionate Care Act) Representation
NLRB, PERB, OSHA, EEOC, and SDHR Matters
Not-For-Profit Organizations and Charitable Status
Privacy Issues
Public and Private Financing
Private Placements and Initial Public Offerings
Retirement Planning
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance and SEC Matters
Securities Law, Including Private Placements, IPOs, Reporting, and Compliance
Severance and Separation Agreements
Small Business Financing
Special Needs Planning
Start-Up and Family-Owned Business Representation and Entrepreneurial Business Planning
Succession Planning
Tax and Estate Planning
Tax Disputes and Certiorari Proceedings
Tax Planning
Taxes, Pensions, and Benefits
Technology Commercialization, Transfer and Licensing
Trade Secret and Unfair Competition
Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets
UCC and Contract Rights
Unfair Competition
Utility Restructuring
Venture Capital Transactions
Water, Steam, Electrical and Sewer Facilities
Wealth Strategies Planning

Employment

Age, Gender, & Sexual Harassment
Americans with Disabilities Matters
Arbitration and Mediation

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Administrative Audits, including Department of Labor
Civil Litigation
Civil Service Law Issues
Commissioner of Education Appeals
Communications and Crisis Management Services
Compliance Policies and Procedure
Contractual Review for Diversity Compliance
Crisis Communications
CSE Issues
Data Privacy and Identity Theft
Defense against Collective Bargaining
Developing Compliance Programs
Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Matters
Disablity Matters
Diversity Compliance Strategies
EEOC and Human Rights Division Representation
Electronic Employment Verification Issues
Employee Handbooks
Employee Benefits Matters and Litigation
Employment Disability Issues
Employment Discipline and Discharge
Employment Due Diligence Matters
Employment Misclassification Disputes
Employment Contracts and Employee Benefits
ERISA and Tax Matters
Executive Compensation and Severance Arrangements
Family Medical Leave Act Matters
Human Rights Law Violations and Proceedings
Immigration Law
Independent Contractor Status
Job-Related Injuries and Claims
Labor and Employment Matters
National Origin, Race, & Religion Matters
Negoitiating Collective Bargaining Agreements
Policy Drafting and Review
Regulatory Compliance and Oversight
Sexual Harassment Matters
Social Media Policies and Procedures
Substance Abuse and Testing
Student Issues
Succession Planning
Taxes, Pensions, and Benefits
Tax-Qualified Plans
Teacher Certification and Tenure Issues
Title IX
Title IX Issues
Wage and Hour Law Disputes
WARN Act proceedings
Welfare Benefits
Whistleblower and non-compete claims

Litigation

Commercial and Contract Disputes
Shareholder and Partner Disputes
Labor & Employment

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Intellectual property disputes
- Trade secret
Trademarks, Copyrights, & Patents
Unfair competition
Antitrust Matters
- Price fixing
- Sherman act disputes
Surrogate Court Proceedings
- Will contests
- Termination of trusts
- Disputes among beneficiaries
Personal injury
Internet and domain name disputes
Declatory judgement actions
Libel, Slander, & defemation actions
Labor & Employment
- Union organizing defense
- Employment discrimination
- Wage & hour litigation
- Missclassification of employee litigation
- Wrongful discharge claims
Product liability litigation
Tax & ERISA litigation
Collection litigation
Real property tax assessment litigation
Arbistration & Mediation Proceedings

Real Estate

Commercial Buy/Sell
- 1031 Exchanges
- Sale/Leaseback
- Sale of REO (Real Estate Owned)
Residential Buy/Sell
Commercial Lending

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Mortgages
Asset based lending (non-real estate)
Collections
Representing borrowers in financing transactions
Residential Lending
Project Finance (assistance seeking public funding)
- IDA Lease/Leaseback
- PILOT Negotiations
- Bond Financing
Easements
Leasing
- Negotiation
  - Ground Lease
  - Lease/Leaseback
  - Commercial
  - Shopping Center
  - Industrial
  - Residential
  - Multi-Use Properties
  - Oil & Gas
  - Wind
  - Solar
  - Conservation easements
- Drafting
- Enforcement
Municipal Easements
Right of Way Dedications
State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA)
Title Issues
Zoning/Land Use
- Applications
- Planning Boards
- Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA)
- Village/Town Board
- Accountability Review Board (ARB)
- Subdivision and Development Approvals
- Special Use Permits
- Variances
- Certificates of Appropriateness
- Water Rights Disputes
- Boundary Lines
- Uniform Docking & Mooring Law
  - DEC approvals
- Article 78 proceedings