To provide our clients with the utmost service, our firm is comprised of departments, all of which provide expert legal advice. Each department works independently and together if necessary to provide our clients with comprehensive legal services.

Our Business Transactions and Tax Planning Department offers business clients a full range of legal services. We have depth and experience in handling all forms of business transactions, such as designing, negotiating and documenting business sales, acquisitions, mergers, financings, joint ventures, distribution and licensing arrangements, executive compensation, and business formations. Our experience covers a broad range of industries and includes domestic and international transactions. We also provide innovative tax structuring and planning services designed to minimize the client's taxes and maximize after-tax returns.

Our Charitable and Non-profit Organizational Planning Department provides services in the development of program assessments, strategic endowment and campaign planning, board consultation and retreats, fund raising policy design, staff training and consultation, and legal audits of existing planned gifts. Our Donor and Prospect Advisory services include individual donor consultations and proposals, consultation with donor advisors, tax deduction reports or proposals, and planned gift instruments, such as charitable trusts.

Our Employment Department represents employers and executives in claims involving wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, and wage and hour issues before the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of Labor and other administrative agencies, as well as in state and federal court. We offer extensive experience in counseling employers regarding hiring, employee discipline and termination, workplace investigations, wage and hour issues, discrimination and harassment, WARN Act and reduction in force issues, and in the preparation of employee handbooks and related employment documents. We are also nationally recognized for representing securities professionals (financial consultants, branch office managers and regional managers) in employment disputes with broker-dealer firms and in regulatory proceedings within the securities industry.

Our Estate Planning Department is nationally recognized for its expertise in estate planning for highly compensated and high net worth individuals. In addition to traditional trust planning, we counsel clients in the use of more sophisticated estate planning devices, such as family partnerships, qualified personal residence trusts, business succession planning and gifting programs. Our client base is extremely diverse and we strive to accommodate the needs of both small and large clients. We are widely acknowledged as a leader in assisting individuals to achieve their philanthropic objectives through outright and planned giving arrangements. We also provide counsel to non-profit institutions in developing and operating their fund-raising programs.

Our Litigation Department handles cases at all stages and levels, from the inception of matters through the appellate process. In addition to commercial litigation, we have attorneys who are experienced and expert in probate and trust litigation. We practice in all state and federal courts as well as in arbitration and mediation forums, including the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

Our Probate & Trust Administration Department provides a complete array of probate and trust administration services, including formal court-supervised probate, summary administration and informal probate, conservatorships and guardianships, post-mortem trust administration, preparation of state and federal estate tax returns, probate and trust litigation, gift tracking and remedies for elder abuse.

Our Real Estate Department is also nationally recognized for its sophisticated and high quality work product in virtually every phase of real estate, including sales and acquisitions, financing, development, commercial and industrial leasing, property management and multi-part tax-deferred exchanges. In addition, environmental issues are addressed and, if need be, handled in conjunction with our Litigation Department. We take special pride in devoting the same expertise and attention to smaller matters more common to individual clients as we devote to larger projects.