• Represent business owners in the enforcement of restrictive covenants, including non-compete and anti-piracy provisions
• Help business owners and private investors ethically navigate a variety of regulatory issues
• Represent business owners in ownership disputes
• Assist business owners in the development and implementation of strategic resolutions to issues ranging from ADA website complaints to employee discipline to embezzlement
• Assist professionals in defense of negligence claims
• Prosecution of intentional torts by business owners, including claims based on intentional misrepresentation and fraudulent concealment

Notable Recent Accomplishment: Successfully represented an employer who lost a business opportunity to an employee in violation of contractual restrictive covenants, resulting in a paid settlement in excess of $250,000 negotiated at mediation.

• Assist private investors with the acquisition of real estate and enforcement of secured interests in real estate
• Assist property owners with issues related to deed restrictions, including clearing title of abandoned or unenforceable restrictions
• Assist investment property owners and secured lenders with the defense of title to their property
• Assist property owners with a variety of boundary disputes
• Draft and negotiate easement rights
• Represent landlords and tenants in commercial and retail eviction matters
• Represent landlords in residential eviction matters
• Draft and negotiate commercial and retail leases
• Enforce and defend against commercial and retail leases and guarantees
• Represent brokers, realtors and owners in administrative matters
• Represent property owners in nondisclosure litigation

Notable Recent Accomplishment: Obtained a judgment in excess of $1.5 million against a borrower and two personal guarantors after defeating claims of fraud and negligent misrepresentation. The matter went to verdict after a three-day jury trial held in February 2021 (during the pandemic).

• Draft and negotiate construction contracts for commercial and residential developments as well as custom homes, typically with a value in excess of $2 million
• Represent owners and contractors in payment disputes and lien enforcement issues
• Represent contractors, materialmen, and owners in administrative proceedings
• Represent developers, owners, architects, and contractors in custom home and commercial construction defect matters
• Represent developers, owners, architects, contractors, and lenders in other construction contract disputes
• Represent owners, architects, contractors, and lenders in horizontal construction issues

Notable Recent Accomplishment: Successfully terminated a contractor from a multi-million-dollar, multi-project development contract without litigation and negotiated a new AIA contract with a new contractor to keep construction on track.

• Assist employers in the development and implementation of policies to comply with state and federal law
• Represent employers in the drafting and enforcement of restrictive covenants, including non-compete, confidentiality, and anti-piracy provisions
• Assist employers with implementing safeguards to help protect against the misappropriation of trade secrets and pursue claims when necessary
• Represent employers in claims related to sales commission disputes
• Defend and pursue claims for shareholder and member oppression and freeze-out disputes