Industries + Practices

Our multidisciplinary industry teams and long-established practice areas help drive our clients’ success.

Appellate Litigation and Advocacy
  • Antitrust
  • Banking
  • Bankruptcy/Creditors’ Rights
  • Civil Rights
  • Class Actions
  • Constitutional Law
  • Construction and Surety
  • Consumer Protection
  • Contracts
  • Criminal Matters
  • Environmental Law
  • Family Law
  • Health Care
  • Insurance Coverage
  • Intellectual Property, Including Patent, Copyright, and Trademark Issues
  • Labor and Employment Law
  • Libel and Slander
  • Municipal Law
  • Native American Law
  • Personal Injury
  • Product Liability
  • Property Disputes
  • Public Bidding
  • Securities
  • Tax Law
  • Telecommunications
  • Toxic Tort Claims
  • Zoning
Automotive and Vehicles
  • Acquisitions and Divestitures
  • Attorney General Advertising Guidelines
  • Commercial Real Estate and Finance
  • Dealer-Manufacturer Relationships
  • Eminent Domain
  • Environmental Law
  • Federal Reporting Requirements
  • Franchise Agreements
  • General Liability Defense
  • Hearings Before the DMV
  • Labor and Employment Law
  • Matters Before the Attorney General’s Office
  • Privacy Concerns
  • Real Property Tax Assessment Disputes
  • Site Control
  • Statutory Protections for Dealerships
  • Succession Planning/Partnership
  • Warranty Issues/Lemon Law
Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Antitrust
  • Cable Television and Telecommunications Disputes
  • Commercial and Contract Disputes
  • Commercial Class Actions
  • Commercial Tort Actions
  • Construction and Surety
  • False Advertising
  • Franchise and Licensing
  • Intellectual Property
  • Patent and Trademark Infringement
  • Securities
  • Tax Assessment and Condemnation
  • Trade Regulation
  • Trade Secret and Unfair Competition
Collection Law
  • Collection Litigation
  • Debtor Assets Search
  • Debt Collections
  • Electronic Services
  • Large and Complex Collections
  • Unsecured Debt
Commercial Real Estate
  • Acquisitions and Dispositions
  • Community Association Formation and Offerings
  • Construction and Surety
  • Entitlements
  • Environmental Law
  • Evictions
  • Intellectual Property Protection
  • Joint Ventures and Other Investment Vehicle Structures
  • Labor and Employment Law
  • Leasing
  • Public, Private, and Institutional Financing
  • Remediation and Compliance
  • Tax and Estate Planning
  • Tenant Bankruptcies
Construction and Surety Law
  • Arbitration
  • Bid Process and Contests
  • Contract Administration Issues
  • Contracts and Structuring Transactions
  • Delay Claims
  • Government Regulations
  • Insurance
  • Job-Related Injuries and Claims
  • Labor Disputes and Contract Rights Analysis
  • Mechanics’ Liens
  • OSHA Compliance, Investigation and Defense
  • Payment and Performance Bonds
  • Surety Claims
Corporate
  • Business Contracts
  • Business Planning and Organization
  • Capital Formation
  • Commercial Transactions
  • Computer Contracting
  • Corporate Governance
  • Corporate Reorganization
  • Debt or Equity Financing
  • Emerging and Entrepreneurial Business Planning
  • Franchising
  • International Transactions
  • Joint Venture Agreements
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Public Finance and Economic Development
  • Securities Law, Including IPOs, Reporting, and Compliance
  • Succession Planning
  • Tax Law, Including:
    • Civil Controversies and Tax Litigation
    • Employee Benefits
    • Executive Compensation
    • Exempt Organizations (Creation and Operations)
    • Tax Audits
    • Tax Planning
  • Venture Capital Financing
Criminal Law
  • Criminal Tax Investigations
  • Environmental Investigations
  • Government Contracts and Bank Fraud
  • Internal and External Investigations
  • Medicare and Medicaid Investigations
  • Motions, Hearings, Trials, and Appeals
  • Negotiating with Prosecutors and Law Enforcement
  • Securities and Antitrust Investigations
  • White Collar Crime
Diversity Compliance
  • Best Practices for Meeting MWBE Goals
  • Compliance Policies and Procedures
  • Contractual Review for Diversity Compliance
  • Diversity Compliance Strategies
  • MWBE Partnerships and Alliances
  • MWBE Accreditation
  • Minority & Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) Counsel
  • State Agency/Authority Diversity Compliance Requirements
E-Discovery (e-info℠)
  • Database Management
  • ESI Data Preservation
  • ESI Collection
  • ESI Processing
  • ESI Review
  • Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
  • Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP)
  • Litigation Holds
  • Strategic Information Records Management Counseling
  • Working in Conjunction with IT
Educational Institutions
  • Administrative Agency Matters
  • Arbitration and Negotiation
  • Architect Contracts and Construction Issues
  • Board Governance Issues
  • Civil Service Law Issues
  • Commissioner of Education Appeals
  • Competitive Bidding Issues
  • Constitutional Issues
  • Crisis Communications
  • CSE Issues
  • Discrimination Issues
  • District Meetings, Elections, Budgets, and Board Powers
  • Employee Benefits
  • Employee Disability Issues
  • Employee Discipline and Discharge
  • Endowments
  • Environmental Impact Statements
  • Environmental Issues
  • Estate and Trust Planning
  • Finance and Bond Matters
  • Freedom of Information Issues
  • General Education Law Issues (Public, Private, Higher Education) 
  • General Municipal Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • Litigated Matters
  • Policy Drafting and Review
  • Public Meetings Law Issues
  • Strategic Business Alliances
  • Student Issues
  • Tax Certiorari Proceedings
  • Teacher Certification and Tenure Issues
  • Technology Commercialization
  • Title IX 
Emergency Medical Services and Fire Protection Providers
  • Application to Regional Emergency Medical Service Councils
  • Bylaws and Other Corporate Matters Including Tax-Exempt Status
  • Certificate of Need Applications and Renewals
  • Corporate Matters Including Tax-Exempt Status
  • Department of Health and Public Health Law Compliance
  • Development and Review of Standard Operating Procedures and Guidelines
  • Fire Apparatus and Equipment Acquisition and Financing 
  • Fire Department Bylaws
  • Fire District Bond Issues and Other Municipal Financing
  • Fire District Creation
  • Firehouse Construction, Renovation, and Financing
  • Inter-Agency Service Agreements
  • Labor Relations
  • Medicare and Medicaid Billing Compliance
  • Negotiation and Drafting of Contracts with Municipalities
  • Negotiation of Fire and EMS Contracts Between Municipalities and Fire Departments
  • Personnel and Membership Issues
  • Potential and Actual Liability
  • Training and Education Services Including Seminars and Operational Compliance Programs
  • Transfer of Ambulance Service Operations
Employee Benefits
  • Benefits Litigation
  • Executive Compensation
  • Pension Investments
  • Tax-Qualified Plans
  • Welfare Benefits
Employment Litigation
  • Age, Gender, Sexual Harassment Matters
  • Arbitration Hearings Representation
  • Disability and ERISA Claims Matters
  • Employee Representation Against Unions
  • Employment Discrimination Defense
  • National Origin, Race, Religion Matters
  • Negotiating Collective Bargaining Agreements
  • Non-Compete and Whistleblower Claims
  • Unfair Labor/Improper Employer Practice Defense
  • Wage, Overtime, Labor, Conditions Violations
  • Wrongful Discharge Accusations
Energy
  • Acquisitions, Divestitures, Joint Ventures, New Business Entities
  • Alternative Energy Tax Credits
  • Bid Evaluations and Management
  • Commercial Real Estate and Project Management
  • Communications and Crisis Management Services
  • Community Relations
  • Competitive Energy Markets and Trading
  • Contracts, Agreements, Restructuring, Marketing, and Merchant Power Arrangements
  • Eminent Domain Procedure Law (EDPL), Including Arbitration, Condemnation Proceedings, Public Hearings, and Litigation Counsel
  • Environmental Matters and Compliance–State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) Statute and Other Regulations
  • Financing Packages, Equity, Syndications
  • Labor and Employment Law
  • Project Development and Agreements
  • Public Finance and Economic Development
  • Public Service Commission (PSC) Issues
  • Rate Cases
  • Regulatory Filings, Compliance, and Oversight
  • Tax Incentives
  • Utility Restructuring
Environmental Law
  • Audits and Assessments
  • Brownfield Redevelopment
  • Clean Air Act Issues
  • Criminal Defense
  • Defense of Enforcement Proceedings
  • Environmental Impact Statements
  • Environmental Review/Land Use Representation
  • Government and Communications Strategies
  • Health and Safety
  • Insurance Coverage Litigation
  • Lender Liability
  • Permitting
  • Project Management
  • State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) Representation
  • Superfund Allocations and Litigation
  • Toxic Tort Litigation
Family Law
  • Adoptions
  • Assisted Fertility
  • Marital and Divorce Law
  • Other Family Law
Financial Institutions and Capital Markets
  • Asset-Based Lending
  • Branch Acquisitions and Dispositions
  • Financing Transactions
  • General Corporate Planning
  • Leasing and Lease Sales
  • Letters of Credit
  • Mergers, Acquisitions, and Joint Ventures
  • Municipal Finance
  • Portfolio Sales and Asset Securitization
  • Product Development
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Securities, Including Mutual to Stock Conversions
  • Syndicated Financing
  • Venture and Mezzanine Fund Investments
Financial Restructuring, Bankruptcy, and Creditors' Rights
  • Asset Acquisitions and Sales Inside and Outside of Bankruptcy Proceedings
  • Attachments and Seizures
  • Bankruptcies and Assignments for Benefit of Creditors
  • Bankruptcy Litigation
  • Collections
  • Commercial Foreclosures and Receiverships
  • Corporate Fraud Audits and Investigations
  • Corporate Reorganization
  • Creditors’ Rights
  • Debt Collection
  • Debtor Assets Searches
  • Foreclosure
  • Fraudulent Transfer Litigation
  • Loan Documentation
  • Piercing the Corporate Veil
  • REO Sales and Developments
  • RICO and Lender Liability Defense
  • Risk Analysis
  • UCC and Contract Rights
  • Unsecured Creditors' Committees Workouts
Foreclosure
  • Bank Representation
  • Clients’ Rights
  • Distressed Properties
  • Forbearance Agreements
  • Foreclosure Defense
  • Investigations and Litigation
  • Judicial Foreclosures
Government Compliance and Investigations
  • Accounting Irregularities
  • Alcoholic Beverage Distribution and Control Issues
  • Antitrust
  • Bank Privacy Issues
  • Construction
  • Consumer Protection Issues
  • Corporate Compliance/Sarbanes-Oxley
  • Criminal Defense
  • Crisis Communications
  • DEC/EPA Investigations and Actions
  • E-Discovery (e-info℠)
  • Energy
  • Environmental
  • Ethics
  • Federal and State Tax Investigations
  • Federal False Claims Act Investigations
  • Government Contract Violations and Disputes
  • Health Care Compliance
  • Immigration Petitions
  • IT Systems and Forensic Recovery
  • Labor Standards Investigations
  • Medicare/Medicaid Fraud
  • Obstruction of Justice Charges
  • Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) Investigations
  • PATRIOT Act Issues
  • Professional Sports Integrity
  • Public Officers’ Compliance
  • RICO Charges
  • SEC Investigations or Enforcement Actions
  • Securities
  • Third Party Reimbursement
  • Trade Secrets – Misappropriation
Health Care
  • Antitrust
  • Corporate Compliance
  • Environmental Law
  • Financing and Refinancing
  • General Corporate Law
  • Labor and Employment Law
  • Medical and Dental Malpractice Defense and Risk Management
  • Medical Staff and Professional Licensure and Discipline Matters
  • Mergers, Acquisitions, and Joint Ventures
  • Operations and Management
  • Organization and Reorganization
  • Public Finance and Economic Development
  • Real Estate
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Representation Before Administrative and Disciplinary Boards including Department of Health and OPAC
  • Tax, Pension, and Benefits
  • Third Party Reimbursement
Health Law
  • Affiliations and Reorganizations
  • Antitrust
  • Financing Services
  • General Corporate
  • Labor
  • Media Relations
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Operations
  • Real Estate and Environmental
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Tax, Pensions, and Benefits
  • Third Party Reimbursement
Immigration Law
  • Business Immigration Systems
  • Electronic Employment Verification Issues
  • Health Care Sector Immigration
  • I-9 Auditing
  • Immigrant Visas
  • Immigration Function Review and Organization
  • Immigration Options
  • Immigration Options for Foreign Students
  • Non-Immigrant (Temporary) Visas
  • Outbound Immigration
  • Review and Establishment of Written Immigration Policies and Procedures
  • State Licensing of Foreign Professionals
  • Status Maintenance
  • Taxation of Foreign Nationals
Individuals and Families
  • Civil Litigation
  • Criminal and Civil Taxes
  • Criminal Law
  • Family Law
  • Mortgage Refinancing
  • Real Estate Controversies
  • Residential Real Estate
  • Small Business
  • Succession Planning
  • Tax Planning
  • Trusts, Estates, and Wills
Industrial and Consumer Manufacturing
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate Planning and Tax Advice
  • Development Incentives
  • Employment Contracts and Employee Benefits
  • Environmental Law
  • General Corporate Law
  • Intellectual Property Protection and Licensing
  • Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances
  • Labor and Employment Law
  • Mergers, Acquisitions, and Joint Ventures
  • Nanotechnology
  • Product Liability Litigation
  • Project Financing and Economic Development
  • Taxes, Pensions, and Benefits
Insurance Coverage

 

  • Additional Insured Claims
  • Bad Faith Claims
  • Contribution and Indemnification Claims
  • Declaratory Judgment Actions
  • Directors and Officers Liability Claims
  • Errors and Omissions Liability Claims
  • Environmental Liability Claims
  • Insurance Coverage Analysis - All Lines
  • Insurance Coverage Litigation - All Lines
  • Insurance Premium Disputes
  • Multi-Layered First and Third-Party Claims
  • Occurrence Analysis
  • Reformation and Rescission Claims
Insurance Litigation and Product Liability Defense
  • Civil Rights
  • Employment Discrimination
  • Fraudulent First Party Claims
  • General Negligence
  • Insurance Coverage
  • Labor Law
  • Medical, Dental, and Professional Malpractice
  • Personal Liability
  • Pharmaceutical Defense
  • Premises Liability
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Liability
  • Subrogation
  • Toxic Torts Including Asbestos Defense
Intellectual Property Law
  • Acquisition of Intellectual Property Rights
  • Anti-Counterfeiting Programs
  • Brand Development and Maintenance
  • Counseling for Technology-Related Businesses
  • Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
  • Exploitation of Intellectual Property Rights
  • False Advertising Litigation
  • Inter Parte Proceedings
  • Internet and Domain Name Issues
  • Litigation of Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets
  • Patent Applications
  • Technology Protection
  • Technology Transfer and Licensing
  • Trademark and Copyright Applications
  • Unfair Competition
  • Valuation of Intellectual Property
Internet Law
  • Contracts and Licensing Content
  • Company Policy, Public Records, Employee Discipline
  • Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents
  • Defamation
  • Domain Names
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Information Technology
  • Jurisdiction
  • Non-Legal Reputation Management/Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Labor and Employment Law
  • Civil Rights
  • Collective Bargaining
  • Defense of Union Organizing
  • Downsizing and Layoff Issues
  • Employee Benefits
  • Employee Policies and Handbooks
  • Employment Discrimination Avoidance and Claims Defense
  • Employment Litigation
  • ERISA
  • Grievance and Arbitration Proceedings
  • Immigration Law
  • Labor Audits
  • Labor Contract Analysis
  • Labor Issues in Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Labor Law Issues
  • Management/Supervisor Training
  • NLRB, PERB, OSHA, EEOC, and SDHR
  • Preventive Labor Relations
  • Proceedings
  • Safety and Health Matters
  • Severance and Separation Agreements
  • Wage and Hour Advice and Litigation Claim Defense 
  • Wrongful Discharge Claims
Life and Asset Planning
  • Business Succession Planning
  • Elder Law and Medicaid Planning
  • Estate Administration
  • Florida Law
  • Personal Tax Planning
  • Retirement Planning
  • Trust Services
Mass Torts and Industry-Wide Litigation
Defense includes occupational toxic exposures as well as consumer toxic exposures.
  • Biomedical Products
  • Chemicals and Chemical Products
  • Cosmetics, Health, and Beauty Products
  • Food and Food Supplements, Pet Food
  • Indoor Air Quality
  • Medical Devices and Equipment
  • Nanotechnology
  • Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs
 We also provide crisis counseling and risk management such as:
  • Advising on Regulatory Changes and Coordinating Regulatory Compliance
  • Defending Investigations on Enforcement Actions
  • Developing Compliance Programs
We assist our clients with reducing liability risk in:
  • Labeling
  • Marketing
  • Packaging
  • Sales
  • Testing
Medical and Life Sciences
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Communications, Crisis Counseling, and Risk Management
  • Corporate Law
  • Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Risk Analysis, Management, and E-Discovery
  • Environmental
  • Government Compliance and Ethics
  • Intellectual Property Licensing and Enforcement
  • Mass Torts Litigation Defense
  • Nanotechnology
  • Patent Infringement Litigation, IP Property Licensing, Illicit Trade Issues
  • Pre-Product Launch Risk Analysis and Management
Municipalities and Local Agencies
  • Acquisitions and Dispositions of Property
  • Construction and Surety
  • Communications and Crisis Management Services
  • Community Planning
  • Energy
  • Environmental Law
  • General Municipal Law
  • Government Consolidation
  • Grant Writing and Administration
  • Labor and Employment including Collective Bargaining Negotiations
  • Public Finance and Economic Development
  • Real Estate and Property Management
  • Real Estate Transactions
  • Real Property Valuation and Tax Assessment Litigation
  • Regulatory Compliance and Oversight
  • Zoning and SEQRA Compliance
Nanotechnology
  • Corporate Law: Doing Business with Nanotechnology Industries
  • Corporate Strategy and Communications
  • Energy
  • Immigration Law
  • Incentives for Investors/Economic Development
  • Intellectual Property
  • Risk Assessment and Management
  • The Regulatory Environment
New Markets Tax Credit
  • CDFI and IRS audit/compliance reviews
  • Closing of transactions enhanced by NMTC Program
  • Developing specialized programs in use of the NMTC
  • Helping to track allocations
  • In-house NMTC training
  • NMTC compliance services
  • Negotiating allocation agreements
  • Reviewing and preparing CDE Application
  • Reviewing and preparing NMTC Allocation Application
  • Reviewing the considerations in forming a Community Development Entity (CDE)
  • Structuring the CDE organization
Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law
  • Appellate Litigation and Advocacy
  • E-Discovery Solutions for Litigation Support
  • Filing and Obtaining Trademarks and Copyrights
  • IP Litigation and Protection
  • Litigation of Patents, Trademarks, Copyright, and Trade Secrets
  • Online Infringement by:
    • Web Site Owners
    • Bloggers
    • Affiliate Marketers
    • User-Generated Content Developers
Public Finance and Economic Development
  • Educational Facilities
  • General Obligation Financings
  • Hospitals, Nursing Homes, and Other Health Care Facilities
  • Housing Projects
  • Manufacturing Facilities and Exempt Facility Financings
  • Municipal Tax-Exempt Leases
  • Public Facilities
  • Retirement and Adult Care Facilities
  • Water Distribution and Sewer Facilities
Racing and Gaming
Compliance
  • Gaming Licensing and Regulatory Compliance
  • Risk Management

Operational Matters

  • Corporate and Business Law
  • Immigration Law
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Labor and Employment Law
  • Tax Law

 Project Development
  • Commercial Real Estate
  • Construction and Surety, and Bid Process
  • Financing Strategies
  • Public Finance and Economic Development
Real Estate Developers
  • Brownfield Redevelopment
  • Due Diligence
  • Environmental Compliance
  • Financial Restructuring
  • Financing
  • Pre Closing Review and Title Insurance
  • Project Development
  • Property Acquisitions
  • Litigation
Real Property Valuation Litigation
  • Acquisition and Disposition Counseling
  • Appraiser Selection
  • Dispute Negotiations and Litigation
  • Evaluation of Claims
Residential Real Estate
  • Closings
  • Customer Service
  • Loan Production
  • QuikClose℠
  • Regulatory
Science and Technology
  • Administrative and Regulatory Law
  • Business Planning and Modeling
  • Capital Transactions
  • Choice of Entity
  • Economic Development Financing
  • Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)
  • Intellectual Property Licensing, Protection, and Enforcement
  • Internet Law
  • Labor and Employment Law
  • Private Placements
  • Securities Law
  • Strategic Business Relationships and Joint Ventures
  • Venture Capital Transactions
Tax Law
  • Civil and Criminal Representation
  • Corporate Transactions
  • Counseling Partnerships andLimited Liability Companies
  • Employee Benefits
  • Personal Tax Planning
  • Public Finance
  • Representing Not-For-Profit Organizations
Telecommunications and Media
  • Arbitration Proceedings Representation
  • Collective Bargaining Negotiations
  • Commercial Real Estate, Construction, and Environmental Issues
  • Contract Development and Administration
  • Equipment Purchasing Transactions
  • Financial Restructuring
  • Franchise Agreement Negotiation
  • Government Compliance and Investigations
  • Intellectual Property
  • Interconnection with Incumbent Carriers
  • Labor and Employment Law
  • Market-Opening Competition Counseling
  • Mergers, Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, and Divestitures
  • Municipal Ordinances
  • Public Finance and Economic Development
  • Regulatory Compliance and Oversight
  • Representation Before the Federal Communications Commission and State Public Service Commissions
  • Tax Planning, Including Federal Excise Tax Issues
  • Vendor Financing Agreements
  • Zoning, Land Use, and Permitting