Civil and Business Litigation
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Business and contract disputes |
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Civil litigation and litigation avoidance |
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Insurance defense |
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Arbitration and mediation |
Employment Law and Employment Discrimination
Employment law representing employers and employees:
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Review and draft employment contracts, handbooks and separation agreements |
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Risk prevention |
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Contract disputes |
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Wage/hour and compensation disputes |
Employment discrimination, representing employees and defending employers
Estates, Trusts, Wills, Conservatorships, Guardianships & Probate
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Wills and trusts |
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Estate and disability planning |
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Probate |
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Elder law, including conservatorships and guardianships |
Investor/Broker Disputes
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Securities litigation, representing investors |
Educational Concerns and Special Education Law
Education law representing students and their families:
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Special education law to secure appropriate educational services for disabled students |
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Accommodations for students with disabilities (including standardized testing accommodations) |
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Disciplinary issues for students in schools |
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Other school-related issues, such as meeting graduation requirements |
We also advise and represent private and charter schools |
Family Issues
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Premarital agreements and postnuptial agreements, including voluntary separation and property agreements |
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Divorce and separation |
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Child custody, visitation and relocation issues |
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Child support |
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Spousal support |
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Modification of custody and support |
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Property issues, including equitable distribution, debt distribution, pension and retirement benefit issues |
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Enforcement of awards and settlements |
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Arrearage and contempt proceedings |
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Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), including mediation and
voluntary agreements |
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Collaborative Law |
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Domestic violence and protective orders, representing victims and defendants |
Adoption, Reproductive and Child Welfare Law
Adoption, representing birth parents, adoptive parents and adoption agencies:
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Domestic, interstate and international contested and uncontested adoptions |
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Step-parent, grandparent and other family relative adoptions |
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Private and agency adoptions |
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Single parent and same-sex couple adoptions |
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Artificial reproduction technology law |
Foster care:
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Preventing removal |
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Representation regarding the adoption of foster children |
Child services agencies:
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Organization creation and general legal advice, tax-exempt status,
contracting with the government and risk management |
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Social worker licensing and disciplinary issues |
Child abuse and neglect:
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Defending against allegations of child maltreatment |
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Mandatory reporting issues |
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