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PRACTICE AREAS / The Individual Client Services Practice
The Firm’s Individual Client
Services Practice provides representation to individuals in connection with
their business and personal matters. The Firm’s Individual Client Services
Practice provides counsel in the following areas: Director
and Officer Liability, Employment,
Bankruptcy, Trusts and Estates,
Immigration, Real Estate
and Matrimonial, Family Law
and General Civil Matters.
DIRECTOR
AND OFFICER LIABILITY
In conjunction with its
Corporate
Practice, the Firm provides advice to
directors and officers of companies, when such individuals seek outside
representation beyond what the companies with which they are affiliated may provide.
In such instances, the Firm may advise them of the scope of their fiduciary
obligations under applicable statutes and case law.
The Firm’s
Litigation Practice may represent directors and
officers in actions brought by companies or shareholders against them
individually for breach of their fiduciary duties.
EMPLOYMENT
In conjunction with its
Corporate Practice, the Firm provides advice to
top-level management and consultants seeking to evaluate their rights and
obligations under employment agreements. The Firm also assists clients in the
negotiation of employment agreements and provides advice with regard to company
incentive programs, including stock option plans and profit-sharing
arrangements.
The Firm, through its
Litigation Practice, may represent top-level
management and consultants in connection with disputes with their current or
former employers.
BANKRUPTCY
The Firm provides advice to
individuals seeking the protection of the U.S. bankruptcy laws. Through its
Litigation Practice, the Firm may appear on behalf
of individuals in bankruptcy court proceedings.
TRUSTS
AND ESTATES
The Firm provides advice in
connection with estate planning. Particularly for high net worth individuals,
the Firm may work in conjunction with the client’s financial advisors.
The Firm establishes trusts,
including living or revocable trusts, and prepares wills for its individual
clients. For some clients, pre-nuptial agreements and ante-nuptial agreements
also may be prepared as part of the personal representation.
The Firm advises on matters of
health law and the long-term care of its individual clients. The Firm prepares
living wills and health care proxies on behalf of individual clients.
IMMIGRATION
The Firm provides advice in connection with immigration law matters. The Firm
advises immigrants (those who intend to remain in the U.S. permanently) and
non-immigrants (those who intend to return to their country of origin after a
relatively short period of time). The Firm works with clients seeking visas,
green cards and citizenship.
REAL
ESTATE
The Firm provides advice in
connection with the purchase of residential real estate. The Firm
represents buyers and sellers in transactions involving houses, cooperative
apartments and condominiums.
MATRIMONIAL, FAMILY LAW AND
GENERAL
CIVIL MATTERS
The Firm represents individuals
in connection with a variety of general civil matters, including, among others,
matrimonial and family law matters. Many of these general
civil matters are handled in conjunction with the Firm’s Corporate
Practice, Intellectual Property Practice and
Litigation Practice. The Firm does not represent
individuals in any criminal matters.
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