Routinely represents spouses in bringing and defending divorce cases Routinely advises on new and reoccurring child custody issues Advises business owners regarding issues of value and ownership created in divorce cases Represents individuals when spouses have fled the Continue Reading
Litigation – Class Actions Experience
Defended consumer lenders in class action lawsuits asserting violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and successfully negotiating resolution in advance of efforts to certify a class. Successful defense of manufacturer in California wage and hour class action alleging Continue Reading
Special Needs Planning Experience
Asset preservation, including First-Party Special Needs Trusts (d4A trusts) and Third-Party Special Needs Trusts Benefits planning, including Medicaid, Medicare, SSI/SSDI/CDB, and maximizing Social Security retiree benefits Disability and incapacity planning, including guardianships, Continue Reading
General Counsel Experience
Serve as outside general counsel for major national and international companies, working with management on a variety of employment-related questions and issues on a day-to-day basis Act as outside general counsel for McKee Foods Corporation and Astec Industries Inc. and its subsidiaries, Continue Reading
Gregory D. Willett Experience
Preparation of various types of estate plans, which may include the following documents: Administration of a decedent's revocable or irrevocable trust Representing executor, trustee, beneficiaries and/or creditors of a decedent's estate and/or trust Preparation of Federal estate tax Continue Reading
Logan C. Threadgill Experience
Negotiated and drafted a master subcontract agreement and core contract documents for a steel fabrication contractor engaged on a large-scale data center project involving more than $15 million in contracted work. Structured the agreement to protect the client's interests across pricing, scheduling, Continue Reading
Michael J. Stewart Experience
Assisted an apartment investment group with the acquisition of an apartment complex and the structuring of the ownership entity to allow for the inclusion of investors through the use of 1031 like-kind investment funds Represented a worldwide automobile manufacturer with the financing of its Continue Reading
Michael N. St. Charles Experience
Represented a specialty welding and machining company serving the hydropower industry and other leading power generators in its recapitalization with a private equity-backed buyer entering the Southeast market Asset, real estate and stock acquisition and sales Business planning and Continue Reading
Kathleen M. Siciliano Experience
Provide day-to-day proactive counsel for employers of all sizes Advises educational institutions on issues involving Title IX and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and LGBTQ+ issues as they relate to the workplace, dorms, and classroom; assists and advise on the ever Continue Reading
William H. Pickering Experience
Successful defense of Tennessee health care provider in federal age discrimination suit; jury verdict for defendant following four-day trial Successful defense of separate class actions in California, Florida and Massachusetts in suits involving alleged violations of wage-and-hour Continue Reading