Non-Litigation Law,, often referred to as transactional law, encompasses legal practice areas that involve advising clients, drafting documents, and facilitating transactions outside of the courtroom. Heres an overview of some common areas within the scope of non-litigation law:
Our Corporate lawyers advise businesses on a wide range of legal matters, including entity formation, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, corporate finance, compliance with regulations, and commercial contracts.
Commercial law focuses on transactions between businesses, including contract negotiation and drafting, sales and distribution agreements, licensing agreements, franchising agreements, supply chain management, and international trade
Our Real estate lawyers handle legal matters related to property transactions, such as buying, selling, leasing, and financing real estate. They assist clients with property acquisitions, title examinations, land use and zoning issues, construction contracts, and property development.
Our Intellectual property (IP) lawyers help clients protect their intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. They advise on IP registration, licensing agreements, infringement disputes, and IP portfolio management.
Our Employment lawyers advise employers and employees on a wide range of employmentrelated issues, including employment contracts, workplace policies, discrimination and harassment claims, wage and hour compliance, employee benefits, and workplace investigations.
Our Tax lawyers provide guidance on tax planning strategies, compliance with tax laws and regulations, tax audits, tax disputes, and tax-efficient structuring of business transactions, estates, and investments.
Our Banking and finance lawyers advise financial institutions, borrowers, and investors on banking regulations, lending transactions, project finance, asset-based financing, syndicated loans, securities offerings, and regulatory compliance.
Our Estate planning attorneys assist individuals and families with planning for the distribution of assets upon death, including wills, trusts, powers of attorney, healthcare directives, and estate administration. Probate lawyers handle the legal process of administering estates and resolving disputes over wills and trusts.
Our Healthcare lawyers advise healthcare providers, insurers, pharmaceutical companies, and medical device manufacturers on regulatory compliance, healthcare transactions, healthcare reform, privacy laws (such as HIPAA), fraud and abuse laws, and healthcare litigation.
Our Environmental lawyers counsel clients on compliance with environmental regulations, environmental permitting, land use planning, environmental impact assessments, pollution control measures, and environmental litigation.
Our non-litigation lawyers,, work closely with clients to understand their objectives, provide legal advice, negotiate agreements, draft contracts and other legal documents, and ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations. Their primary focus is to prevent legal disputes and facilitate transactions to achieve our clients goals.
The scope of litigation law is broad and encompasses various types of disputes that may arise between parties. Heres a breakdown of some common areas within the scope of litigation law:
Civil litigation involves disputes between individuals, businesses, or other entities that seek monetary damages or specific performance rather than criminal penalties. Examples include contract disputes, personal injury claims, property disputes, employment disputes, and landlord-tenant disputes.
Commercial litigation focuses on disputes arising in the business context, such as breach of contract, shareholder disputes, partnership disputes, intellectual property infringement, and competition law matters.
Insurance litigation involves disputes between policyholders and insurance companies over coverage, claims, bad faith practices, and other insurance-related matters.
Employment litigation encompasses disputes between employers and employees, including wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage and hour disputes, and violations of employment contracts or labor laws.
Intellectual property litigation involves disputes over patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and other forms of intellectual property infringement.
Real estate litigation involves disputes related to property ownership, boundaries, leases, landlord-tenant relationships, zoning and land use regulations, and construction defects.
Probate and estate litigation involves disputes over wills, trusts, inheritance rights, guardianship, conservatorship and other matters related to the administration of estates.
Class action litigation allows a group of individuals with similar claims to sue as a collective group. These cases often involve consumer protection, securities fraud, product liability, or mass torts.
Environmental litigation involves disputes related to environmental regulations, pollution, toxic torts, land use, natural resource management, and environmental impact assessments.
Administrative and regulatory litigation involves disputes between individuals or businesses and government agencies over regulatory compliance, permit applications, enforcement actions, and other administrative matters.