Practice Areas

Business Law

When you start a new business venture, it is an exciting and difficult time. Clients seek our counsel and drafting experience in forming all types of business entities from limited liability companies to professional corporations. We have extensive experience in drafting and reviewing business plans, service agreements, licensing agreements, sales of moveable goods agreements, loan and security agreements, promissory notes, business sale agreements, insurance policies, waivers of liability, and warranties. We carefully protect client intellectual property with technology and licensing agreements, trade secret agreements, and nondisclosure and noncompetition agreements. We handle litigation and collection matters including breach of contract, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, interference with business relations, bad faith insurance denials, and insurance claims.

Personal Injury

We represent wrongfully injured parties with passion and focus. We provide powerful advocacy for clients in cases including automobile accidents, slip and falls, bicycle and pedestrian accidents, construction accidents, wrongful death, loss of consortium, product liability, and ultrahazardous activities. We are experienced litigators having worked in insurance defense and for injured clients. We therefore have a thorough understanding of how to best navigate insurance policies and deal with insurance carriers.

Art Law

Our firm has an extensive history of working with creatives of all mediums, ranging from business formation and advising, to contract review and negotiation, to intellectual property protection and licensing. Our firm is a proud supporter of the arts, representing photographers, painters, designers, and videographers. We are passionate about being a constant and approachable resource for artists and photographers. We have served the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) and its members with a wide array of legal issues.

Estate Planning

Estate planning is a critical part of every person’s journey. We draft and advise on estate planning needs creating together wills, trusts, powers of attorney as well as handling other probate related issues.

Escrow Services

Our firm provides comprehensive escrow services, including business sales and real estate residential and commercial closings. We serve as a neutral third party intermediary to help guide your transaction from inception to closing. Our escrow fees are competitive and we take pride in personal attention to every deal, offering extensive experience in business and real property settlements. If you are a business or real estate stakeholder seeking a streamlined approach to your purchase and sale, we look forward to working with you.

Construction

Our firm assists clients in all phases of public and private construction projects. We work with developers, investors, project managers, contractors, subcontractors, lenders, and design professionals in bid preparation, crafting specifications, drafting construction and design agreements, and authoring loan documents. During the project cycle, we keep projects on track by assisting in early dispute resolution, change orders, and construction claims. We handle many construction disputes, including construction and design defects, building investigation and testing, insurance claims, lien and stop notice claims, payment and performance bond claims, cost overruns, delay and acceleration claims, differing site conditions, change orders, and Bureau of Labor and Industries and Construction Contractors Board complaints. We routinely assist clients in alternative dispute resolution proceedings, including mediation and arbitration.

Real Property

We provide extensive transactional services in real property and leasing. We work with owners, developers, brokers, lenders, tenants, and property managers in the acquisition, management, and disposition of real estate. Our clients look to us for advice and drafting experience in purchase and sale agreements, leases, assignments, land sale contracts, rights of first refusal, easements, licenses, deeds and conveyances, title review, and loan documents. We provide powerful advocacy in real property cases involving quiet title, boundary disputes, ejectment, trespass, nuisance, adverse possession, encroachments, specific performance, nondisclosure and fraud, premises liability, and loan claims.