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Changes in laws, client expectations, business structures and medical advances continue to make the practice of veterinary medicine increasingly complicated. Harris Beach attorneys are at the forefront of veterinary law and ethics nationwide, assisting veterinarians with developing a solid business plan to managing a healthy practice. We also counsel on financial asset analysis and accessing available incentives, acquiring real estate, leasing, licensing, drafting and reviewing contracts, labor and employment issues, environmental issues, asset and retirement planning and, if necessary, litigation.

Veterinary medicine has advanced considerably with veterinarians offering services comparable to health care for humans, including more complicated procedures like cancer treatments and kidney transplants.

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Corporate and Business Operations

Our strategic approach to working with veterinary practices supports all phases of their growth and helps define and meet their business objectives:

  • Identify financial incentives and structure financing and bond transactions
  • Negotiate purchase, sale and lease agreements
  • Counsel on construction issues and agreements
  • Counsel on insurance coverage
  • Negotiate partnership formations
  • Advise on mergers and acquisitions
  • Advise on financial planning and asset analysis
  • Resolve investor issues
  • Advise on expansion and moving plans
  • Counsel on retirement and succession planning, including estate planning and estate and trust administration
  • Monitor ongoing compliance with state and federal regulations, including ongoing updates to ensure continued compliance
  • Provide federal and state tax structuring advice related to veterinary practice transactions nationwide

Environmental Matters

Our law firm has decades of experience counseling on evolving local, state and federal environmental statutes, regulatory compliance and permitting processes needed to successfully complete projects. Harris Beach attorneys counsel on:

  • The State Environmental Quality Review Act and land use issues
  • The appropriate disposal of medical-related chemicals
  • Zoning and development approval issues, including coordinating with municipal authorities

Intellectual Property

Harris Beach attorneys are at the forefront of Intellectual Property counseling and new issues, having chaired and spoken at national conferences and served on national committees. Our law firm advises on:

  • Trademark registration and enforcement
  • Copyright registration and enforcement
  • Trademarks and copyright licensing
  • Intellectual Property provisions of merger and sale agreements; drafting and reviewing
  • Theft of intellectual property, proprietary and/or confidential information
  • Intracompany investigations and management of electronically-stored information

Labor and Employment

Our law firm has one of New York’s largest and most active labor practices. We have extensive experience representing management in labor and employment disputes, and advising owners and practice managers to prevent employment claims. Our services include:

  • Doctor and staff employment contracts
  • Partnership issues and business divorce
  • Development of non-compete, non-solicitation, confidentiality, nondisclosure and other employment-related agreements
  • Affordable Care Act compliance
  • Employee benefits matters
  • Union avoidance, collective bargaining and arbitrations
  • Immigration law counseling
  • Wellness visits to assess employee management systems and recommend improvements, including hiring and firing, employee discipline, workplace safety, policies and training
  • Unemployment, workplace safety, wage-and-hour claims
  • Discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims
  • Employee and manager training seminars
  • Employee leave, disability and reasonable accommodation matters
  • Employee manual and employment policy drafting and revisions
  • Complaints dealing with employee theft or other criminal conduct
  • Internal investigations

Litigation

Harris Beach attorneys have extensive experience litigating all types of business disputes including:

  • Actions to enforce employment, buy-sell, nonsolicitation and other contracts
  • Veterinary malpractice
  • Licensing investigations
  • Improper business transactions
  • Debt collection
  • Environmental matters
  • Tax assessment issues
  • Disputes involving discrimination, harassment and retaliation allegations
  • Handled the $80 million private equity roll up of practices in 12 states across the nation.  At the time, this transaction was widely considered the most significant aggregation of practices within the industry.
  • Represented a large, multi-owner small animal veterinary practice in the sale of its assets to a corporate aggregator for a purchase price, including equity participation, in excess of $15,000,000.
  • Counseled owner and provider of multiple technology platforms in the small animal hospital industry. Successfully prosecuted federal court claims against seller of the technology, obtaining an injunction and favorable settlement for breaches of asset purchase agreement
  • Counseled small animal hospital in land rights dispute, obtaining an injunction that shut down neighboring defendant’s encroachment upon the client’s property
  • Counseled a northeast regional provider of business management and operation services in the small animal hospital industry against a former practice owner and employee for breaches of noncompetition, nonsolicitation and nondisparagement covenants
  • Counseled a large veterinary practice at multiple administrative trials and hearings before the New York State Department of Labor
  • Drafted services agreement between major consumer company and vendor for placement of veterinary practices in stores nationwide
  • Counseled a large veterinary practice for discrimination, harassment and retaliation matters at multiple administrative trials and hearings before the New York and United States Departments of Labor, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and state and federal commissions/divisions
  • Prepared and counseled a national veterinary hospital practice on policy matters and issues for employee handbook to proactively address employment matters
  • Prepared and counseled a national veterinary hospital practice in employment agreement for veterinarians and owners of various practices
  • Counsel to many small (one to four doctor) veterinary practices in efficient operations, employee conflict management, and preparing a business for sale
  • Experienced in advising on the unique issues faced by bovine, equine, and exotic animal practices

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Frank Muggia

Frank C. Muggia

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Veterinary Medicine

Industry Team

■ Profile

Changes in laws, client expectations, business structures and medical advances continue to make the practice of veterinary medicine increasingly complicated. Harris Beach attorneys are at the forefront of veterinary law and ethics nationwide, assisting veterinarians with developing a solid business plan to managing a healthy practice. We also counsel on financial asset analysis and accessing available incentives, acquiring real estate, leasing, licensing, drafting and reviewing contracts, labor and employment issues, environmental issues, asset and retirement planning and, if necessary, litigation.

Veterinary medicine has advanced considerably with veterinarians offering services comparable to health care for humans, including more complicated procedures like cancer treatments and kidney transplants.

■ Services

Corporate and Business Operations

Our strategic approach to working with veterinary practices supports all phases of their growth and helps define and meet their business objectives:

  • Identify financial incentives and structure financing and bond transactions
  • Negotiate purchase, sale and lease agreements
  • Counsel on construction issues and agreements
  • Counsel on insurance coverage
  • Negotiate partnership formations
  • Advise on mergers and acquisitions
  • Advise on financial planning and asset analysis
  • Resolve investor issues
  • Advise on expansion and moving plans
  • Counsel on retirement and succession planning, including estate planning and estate and trust administration
  • Monitor ongoing compliance with state and federal regulations, including ongoing updates to ensure continued compliance
  • Provide federal and state tax structuring advice related to veterinary practice transactions nationwide

Environmental Matters

Our law firm has decades of experience counseling on evolving local, state and federal environmental statutes, regulatory compliance and permitting processes needed to successfully complete projects. Harris Beach attorneys counsel on:

  • The State Environmental Quality Review Act and land use issues
  • The appropriate disposal of medical-related chemicals
  • Zoning and development approval issues, including coordinating with municipal authorities

Intellectual Property

Harris Beach attorneys are at the forefront of Intellectual Property counseling and new issues, having chaired and spoken at national conferences and served on national committees. Our law firm advises on:

  • Trademark registration and enforcement
  • Copyright registration and enforcement
  • Trademarks and copyright licensing
  • Intellectual Property provisions of merger and sale agreements; drafting and reviewing
  • Theft of intellectual property, proprietary and/or confidential information
  • Intracompany investigations and management of electronically-stored information

Labor and Employment

Our law firm has one of New York’s largest and most active labor practices. We have extensive experience representing management in labor and employment disputes, and advising owners and practice managers to prevent employment claims. Our services include:

  • Doctor and staff employment contracts
  • Partnership issues and business divorce
  • Development of non-compete, non-solicitation, confidentiality, nondisclosure and other employment-related agreements
  • Affordable Care Act compliance
  • Employee benefits matters
  • Union avoidance, collective bargaining and arbitrations
  • Immigration law counseling
  • Wellness visits to assess employee management systems and recommend improvements, including hiring and firing, employee discipline, workplace safety, policies and training
  • Unemployment, workplace safety, wage-and-hour claims
  • Discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims
  • Employee and manager training seminars
  • Employee leave, disability and reasonable accommodation matters
  • Employee manual and employment policy drafting and revisions
  • Complaints dealing with employee theft or other criminal conduct
  • Internal investigations

Litigation

Harris Beach attorneys have extensive experience litigating all types of business disputes including:

  • Actions to enforce employment, buy-sell, nonsolicitation and other contracts
  • Veterinary malpractice
  • Licensing investigations
  • Improper business transactions
  • Debt collection
  • Environmental matters
  • Tax assessment issues
  • Disputes involving discrimination, harassment and retaliation allegations

■ People

Team Leaders

Frank C. Muggia

Member
(716) 200-5131
fmuggia@harrisbeach.com

Team

John R. Buhrman

Member
(585) 419-8651
jbuhrman@harrisbeach.com

Bartholomew Chacchia

Senior Counsel
(585) 419-8926
bchacchia@harrisbeach.com

Sean M. McCabe

Senior Counsel
(585) 419-8571
smccabe@harrisbeach.com

Frank C. Muggia

Member
(716) 200-5131
fmuggia@harrisbeach.com

Tyler A. O'Reilly

Member
(585) 419-8634
toreilly@harrisbeach.com

Nicole Ozminkowski

Member
(585) 419 8602
nozminkowski@harrisbeach.com

Scott D. Piper

Member
(585) 419-8621
spiper@harrisbeach.com

Danielle M. Rizzo

Member
(716) 200-5149
drizzo@harrisbeach.com

Neal L. Slifkin

Member
(585) 419-8636
nslifkin@harrisbeach.com

Stuart R. Smith

Associate
(716) 200-5104
ssmith@harrisbeach.com

Kevin W. Tompsett

Member
(585) 419-8738
ktompsett@harrisbeach.com

Harris Beach and its subsidiaries provide a full range of legal and professional services for clients across New York state, as well as nationally and internationally. Harris Beach is among the country’s top law firms as ranked by The National Law Journal and is among the BTI Elite law firms based on in-depth interviews of more than 600 corporate counsel at the world’s largest and most influential companies. Our clients include Fortune 100 corporations, privately-held companies, emerging businesses, public sector entities, not-for-profit organizations and individuals. Principal industries we represent include education, energy, financial, food and beverage, health care, insurance, manufacturing, medical and life sciences, real estate developers, and state and local governments and authorities.

Industry Teams
Automotive and Vehicle Dealerships
Blockchain and Digital Assets 
Cannabis
Construction and Surety
Educational Institutions Higher Ed
Educational Institutions K-12
EMS and Fire Protection Providers
Energy
Financial Institutions and Capital Markets
Food and Beverage
Health Care
Industrial and Consumer Manufacturing
Medical and Life Sciences
Municipalities and Local Agencies
Nanotechnology
Photonics
Racing and Gaming
Real Estate Developers
Science and Technology
Telecommunications and Media
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
USA Collegiate Sports
Veterinary Medicine

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Appellate
Business and Commercial Litigation
Collection Law
Commercial Real Estate
Corporate
Cybersecurity Protection and Response
Diversity Compliance
E-Discovery (e-infoSM)
Employee Benefits
Employment Litigation
Environmental Law
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
Financial Restructuring, Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights
Government Compliance and Investigations
Health Law
Immigration Law
Insurance Coverage
Intellectual Property Law
International Trade Law
Internet Law
Labor and Employment Law
Mass Torts and Industry-Wide Litigation
New Markets Tax Credit
Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law
Product Liability and Comprehensive General Liability
Public Finance and Economic Development
Real Property Valuation Litigation
Residential Real Estate
Tax Law
White Collar Crime
Wills, Trusts and Estates

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HB Solutions LLC
Collegiate Sports Compliance
Data Privacy and Cybersecurity
Economic Development and Public Affairs
Educational Institution Assistance
EMRG® (E-Discovery Management Resources Group)
Energy
Health and Human Services
Human Resources
Information Technology
Marketing and Communication Services
Municipal and Local Agency Assistance

HB Cornerstone LLC
Owner Representation
Design Services
Facilities Consulting
Move Management

Caetra.io
CyMetric (Cybersecurity Regulation Compliance Software)

Offices throughout New York:

Albany
677 Broadway
Albany, NY 12207
518-427-9700

Buffalo
726 Exchange Street
Buffalo, NY 14210
716-200-5050

Ithaca
119 East Seneca Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-273-6444

Long Island
333 Earle Ovington Boulevard
Uniondale, NY 11553
516-880-8484

New York City
100 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
212-687-0100

Rochester
99 Garnsey Road
Pittsford, NY 14534
585-419-8800

Saratoga Springs
513 Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
518-587-0551

Syracuse
333 West Washington Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
315-423-7100

White Plains
445 Hamilton Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
914-683-1200

Offices also in:

New Haven, CT
195 Church Street
New Haven, CT 06510
203-784-3159

Newark, NJ
One Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102
973-848-1244

Washington, DC
800-685-1429

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