Newman & Simpson, LLP has extensive experience representing businesses and individuals in a host of contexts.
Major Practice Areas:
Corporate and Business:
- Business organization, including shareholder, partnership and limited liability company agreements
- Acquisition and sale of businesses
- Employment and non-competition agreements
- Franchise, sales representation and distributorship agreements
- Joint ventures
- Resolution of disputes among owners of closely-held businesses
Real Estate:
- Negotiate agreements for sale or purchase
- New construction
- Due diligence for commercial acquisitions, including, office, retail and industrial
- Negotiate commitment letters with and for lenders, and handle all aspects of loan closings
- Sale-leasebacks
- Tax-free exchanges
- Leasing - office, retail and industrial
- Joint ventures
- Commercial tax appeals, office, retail and industrial
- Residential sales, purchases and refinances
Litigation:
Commercial Litigation
- Trials and appeals in State and Federal courts
- Actions for temporary restraining orders, preliminary and permanent injunctions
- Represent banks and other lenders, including
- Commercial real estate foreclosures and workouts
- Enforcing security interests in personal property, including replevin and other actions to obtain possession of collateral
- In personam claims against borrowers and guarantors
- Representation of secured creditors, landlords and other creditors in Chapter 11 reorganization process, from cash collateral orders through and including confirmation or conversion, including complex bankruptcy litigation
- Representation of health care providers whose services are ultimately paid by governmental programs
- Contractual disputes
- Complex claims involving construction defects, including actions against insurers for coverage and defense costs
- Actions involving real estate issues, including breaches of leases and other agreements and specific performance
- Dissolution of closely-held businesses, including corporate and partnership deadlock and oppression
- Employment, representing either employer or employee
- Environmental claims including actions to obtain the costs of remediation from other responsible parties
- Actions in lieu of prerogative writs
Personal Injury
- Represent plaintiffs in general liability and automobile negligence claims
- Defend self-insured businesses
Probate
- Represent parties in will contests and claims of improper gifts
- Represent fiduciaries and beneficiaries in actions involving claims of breach of fiduciary duties, including contested accountings
Alternate Dispute Resolution
- Represent clients in arbitration and mediation proceedings
- Service as mediators and arbitrators in commercial and personal injury cases
Estate Planning
- Preparation of wills, living wills and powers of attorney
- Preparation of trusts, including revocable living trusts, life insurance trusts, GRATs, Qualified Personal Residence Trusts and trusts for minors
- Family limited partnerships and limited liability companies
- Lifetime gift planning