The firm
provides counseling for both personal and business needs in the following areas of law: |
Representation in all aspects of litigation
including arbitration, and before all state and federal courts; court appeals from
administrative hearings; real estate foreclosures; condemnation; debtor/creditor actions;
and representation before the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court and the Mohegan Tribal
Gaming Disputes Court.
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Representation in felonies, misdemeanors, and
motor vehicle violations, including D.W. I. cases.
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Formation of stock and non-stock
corporations, as well as limited liability companies, partnerships and limited
partnerships; preparation of buy-sell agreements, pension plans, profit-sharing plans;
dissolutions, mergers, acquisitions and consolidations of corporations; legal
representation concerning all corporate and business needs.
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Development &
Construction |
Representation of Contractors
and Developers including the drafting of construction contracts between owner and
architect, owner and general contractor, and contractor and sub-contractor; joint venture,
general partnership and limited partnership agreements for real estate developments;
construction financing and permanent financing documents; subdivision and site plan
approval.
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General counsel in all areas of
domestic relations; prenuptial and postnuptial agreements; representation in divorce,
legal separation and custody actions; preparation of property settlement agreements;
modification of existing divorce and custody decrees.
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Advising the elderly client on
issues such as Social Security and Supplemental Security Income; Paying for Health Care
including Long-Term Care Insurance, Medicare and Medicaid (Title XIX); Planning for
Incapacity including property management, health care decisions, conservatorship; Health
Care Facilities and Alternatives; Patient Rights regarding admission, quality of care,
transfer and discharge.
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Representation of employers and
employees in matters concerning State and Federal employment laws and regulations,
including wage and hours issues, employment discrimination, disability discrimination and
sexual harassment claims, termination issues, and benefits issues.
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Representation in labor
certifications, green cards, naturalization, alien relative petitions, employment
authorizations. Practice before the Immigration Court and the Board of Immigration
Appeals.
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General counsel in all areas of
property and personal injury claims, defective products claims, and representation in all
aspects of litigation with emphasis on bodily injury claims.
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All transfers of property,
residential and commercial, including the preparation of real estate sales agreements;
options, commercial and residential leases; title examinations; bank mortgage instruments;
loan documents for the Small Business Administration, Connecticut Development Authority
and H.U.D., and condominium development and conversion documents.
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Wills, Trusts, Estate
Planning & Probate |
Preparation of individualized
wills, trusts, living wills and health care instructions, including comprehensive estate
planning; probate of estates, including the preparation and filing of state succession
tax, federal estate tax and gift tax returns; preparation and filing of applications for
guardianship and conservator.
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Representation of employees or
employers in work-related disabilities, illnesses or fatalities in both administrative and
judicial forums.
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Research to determine zoning and
environmental restrictions pertaining to property, preparation of applications and
representation before local, state and federal administrative agencies, including planning
and zoning commissions, zoning boards of appeals, inland wetland agencies, and the
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. |