Services
Business and Transactional Law
Our attorneys advise businesses and individuals in a wide variety of business matters. Our goal is to help our clients achieve their business goals while minimizing the risk of disputes, liability and lawsuits. We have substantial experience representing clients in everything from review of routine customer and vendor contracts to planning, negotiating and structuring strategic alliances or complex corporate and commercial transactions.
- Selection, Formation and Structure of the Appropriate Business Entities
- Financing
- Equipment Leasing
- Customer and Vendor Agreements
- Intellectual Property
- Licensing Agreements
- Corporate Compliance
- Employment Agreements
- Confidentiality & Non-Disclosure Agreements
- Protecting Trade Secrets
- Venture Capital Investments
- Entrepreneurial Business Development
- Distribution and Sales Agreements
- Commercial Real Estate Leases
- General Business Planning
Labor and Employment Law
Our attorneys represent clients in a wide range of labor and employment law matters. Our labor and employment law practice can be divided into two components: (1) dispute resolution, such as trial and administrative proceedings, and (2) preventive measures such as policy preparation, HR training and corporate compliance. We have considerable trial and appellate court experience in state and federal court, and we assist clients with hearings and investigations by administrative agencies including the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, the Tennessee Human Rights Commission, and Department of Labor. Our attorneys speak frequently to trade associations and at legal seminars on labor and employment law topics such as wrongful termination, discrimination, ADA, FMLA, FLSA overtime regulation, and drafting and enforcing covenants not to compete.
- Discrimination and harassment claims
- OSHA inspections and violations
- Covenants not to Compete (enforcing and defending)
- Protecting trade secrets and confidential business information
- Unfair competition and usurping corporate opportunities
- Retaliation claims
- Workers’ compensation claims
- ERISA violation claims
- Pre-dispute HR advice and counsel
- Management and employee in-house training on detection and prevention of sex harassment
- Preparation of employment-related documents
- Short-term and long-term disability policies
- Negotiating and drafting severance agreements
- Application of wage and hour laws (FLSA and state law)
- Application of FMLA and ADA to particular cases
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA)
- Polygraphs
- Outsourcing of traditional employee functions
- Plant closures and reductions in force (WARN Act)
- Military leave and reemployment rights (USERRA)
Entertainment
Our attorneys have extensive experience in many creative fields, including music, film, television, and visual art. Our professionals provide assistance in copyright, trademark, contract negotiations, estate planning and corporate planning for creative fields. In addition, we provide litigation services with professionals that understand the unique needs of creative persons and entities.
Domestic Relations
Our attorneys have extensive experience representing clients in all areas of family law. We seek to provide our clients with a favorable result in a timely and efficient manner. Tact and expertise are required to navigate this emotionally charged area of law. We are capable of representing clients in matters ranging from the simple to the complex.
- Prenuptial Agreements
- Divorce (uncontested and contested)
- Child Custody and Support
- Emergency Injunctive Relief
Taxation and Estate Planning
Our attorneys provide expertise in the areas of federal, state, and local taxation for both companies and individuals. Whether you are planning your corporate structure, or need assistance with a tax problem, we have professionals with the expertise to guide you in your tax decisions.
We also provide estate planning services. If you are entering into a life change, such as marriage, same-sex union, divorce, beginning a family, or planning for retirement, you should ensure that your assets, including your creative property and creative rights, as well as your loved ones, are protected. We provide services including prenuptial agreements, wills, trusts, living wills, powers of attorney, and the additional planning that is necessary to protect your assets. For creative people, we provide plans that will protect your intellectual property, including copyrights, trademarks, patents, grand rights, merchandising rights, musical and literary compositions, master recordings, recording contract rights, publishing contract rights, and performance rights.
Financial Crisis - Reorganization - Insolvency Litigation
Our attorneys handle financial crisis, reoganization and insolvency litigation which is essentially the identification and analysis of issues surrounding business, real estate projects, and certain high-income professions or individuals and the litigation of disputes within insolvency process. In the past 20 years we have represented companies in over 70 separate industries in either workouts or the filing of Chapter 11 cases. A substantial number of our Chapter 11’s have reached successful conclusions either by dismissal, confirmation of a plan of reorganization, or sale of assets pursuant to section 363 of the bankruptcy code. Among these successful reorganizations were real estate developers who controlled assets up to 500 million dollars.
The Chapter 11 business debtor practice is a special area of practice that requires years of experience as well as knowledge of the bankruptcy code, bankruptcy rules and the federal and local rules of court. It’s important to have an experienced Chapter 11 lawyer and federal court litigation attorney dealing with all workouts and adversary proceedings at the very earliest stage as actions taken during a workout or examination of insolvent entity can substantially impact the outcome of a Chapter 11 case. more...
Litigation
Our attorneys have considerable trial and appellate court experience in state and federal court, as well as with arbitration, mediation, and before administrative or regulatory governmental bodies. Our litigation practice involves a variety of areas of law, such as employment litigation, adversary proceedings in bankruptcy court, corporate officer and director liability, fraud, theft of trade secrets, breach of contract, copyright infringement and antitrust violations.
