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Business Law
Business Enterprises: Corporations, Limited Liability Companies
and Partnerships
The attorneys at Langsam Stevens & Silver represent a broad array of structured businesses and entities in a wide variety of industries and professions. While each business is different, most need to prepare and negotiate contracts, litigate breaches, as well as address employment issues, restrictive covenants, and independent contractor status, equipment leases. The firm also defends and prosecutes small, medium and large claims. The primary objective for Langsam Stevens & Silver is to seek to achieve reasonable, attainable results consistent with our clients´ needs as efficiently as possible.
Areas of practice:
• Choosing an appropriate entity
• Structuring the arrangement among the business owners
• Shareholder disputes
• Estate planning for owners
• Corporate law compliance
• Bringing in new partners
• Attracting and retaining employees
• Contracts
• Buying or selling a business
• Dispute resolution and prevention
• Acquiring real estate
As business professionals themselves, the attorneys at Langsam Stevens & Silver recognize, appreciate and provide the same high quality of care that they seek personally.
Litigation
Despite all precautions, disputes arise that can only be resolved through interventions of courts or alternative dispute resolution processes. We handle a wide range of business related litigation from employment claims to complex contractual disputes:
• Casualty insurance defense
• Collections
• Creditors´ rights
• Environmental
• Landlord and tenant
• Personal injury
• Product liability
The attorneys at Langsam Stevens & Silver understand the risks and costs associated with litigation and seek to minimize the collateral disruptions on our clients while vigorously protecting and advancing their interests. Their goal in litigation is to achieve reasonable obtainable business results consistent with their clients´ needs rather than allow the litigation process to take on a life of its own.
The firm’s lawyers are experienced trial attorneys who have handled all types and sizes of commercial disputes including basic contract disputes, collections, fraud and business torts, shareholder and partnership disputes, real estate claims, construction litigation, employment claims including restrictive covenants, insurance claims, environmental litigation and injunctive relief. They use the courts, arbitration, mediation and other alternative dispute resolution techniques and devices to solve commercial disputes as quickly and cost efficiently as possible.
Areas of practice:
• Representation of lenders
• Representation of borrowers
• Alternative forms of finance such as factoring
Contract preparation collection
Real Estate
The Langsam Stevens & Silver real estate practice represents companies and individuals in virtually all aspects of real estate ownership with particular experience in environmental law. They buy and sell homes, multi-family buildings, and commercial sites. They lease properties for their clients and represent tenants in leasing transactions. The firm’s attorneys take a practical yet creative approach to achieving their clients´ near- and long-terms objectives.
Areas of practice:
• Residential and commercial sales
• Environmental issues
• Commercial and residential leasing
• Litigation and dispute resolution
• Representation of cooperatives and cooperators
• Representation of condominium associations and condominium owners
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Finance
With a strong background representing lenders and borrowers, the Langsam Stevens & Silver attorneys demonstrate their skill and efficiency in all aspects of finance including factoring and other forms of alternative finance representation. They seek to provide innovative and cost-efficient financing representation.
Areas of practice:
• Representation of lenders
• Representation of borrowers
• Alternative forms of finance such as factoring
• Contract preparation collection
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Collections
Fast and efficient. That’s the Langsam Stevens & Silver approach to providing collection representation on business debts and consumer receivables for its clients’ businesses. The attorneys will negotiate agreements with debtors that are acceptable to their clients or litigate to judgment. If necessary and appropriate, they will follow up and collect on the judgment. Other services provided by the firm to collect owed funds include: foreclosure and real estate sales, selling personal property, and garnishing on securities and bank accounts when appropriate.
Areas of practice:
• Representation of creditors with business receivables
• Representation of creditors with consumer receivables
• Small claims representation
• Major claims representation
• Counseling on preparation of contracts that aid in collection
• Use of modern tools and technologies to evaluate debtors and potential collection options
• Click here to download "Collection Placement Form"
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Healthcare
With a long history of representing hospitals, professional practices, providers and businesses in the healthcare industry, the attorneys at Langsam Stevens & Silver provide quick, practical and efficient service to their clients.
Areas of practice:
• Employer-employee agreements
• Sales, acquisitions and mergers of practices
• Estate planning
• Ownership arrangements and agreements
• Admitting and terminating partners
• Litigation and dispute resolution
• Contracts
• Fraud and abuse and other regulatory requirements
• Buying or leasing real estate
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Bankruptcy
The firm offers a full range of bankruptcy-related services to businesses and individuals facing financial difficulties whether as debtors or creditors. These sometimes difficult situations typically call for swift, prompt and well thought through actions. The firm’s attorneys are experienced in protecting the interests of their clients while assisting them to obtain the most advantageous outcome.
Areas of practice:
• Debtor representation
• Advice and counseling
• Asset protection
• Creditor representation
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General Commercial Practice
In addition to the many other legal services detailed in this section, the general commercial practice also includes providing counsel for:
• Establishing and staffing advisory positions at the Board and Officer level
• Creating solutions for employment needs and issues, including restrictive covenants, engagement agreements and contractor agreements
• Solutions for insurance needs and analysis
• Representation in sales and purchases
• Environmental due diligence
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