Banking
We extensively represent financial institutions in such areas as commercial lending, transactional matters, creditor/debtor relationships, secured transactions, foreclosures, debt restructuring and workouts, and consumer credit documentation and compliance.

Business Law:
We represent and advise individuals in the formation and organization of new businesses, as well as in reorganizations of existing businesses, including corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint ventures, and other entities.  We regularly counsel our clients as to the advantages and disadvantages of the different types of entities, including tax administration, and estate planning advantages.

Business Litigation
We represent businesses and individuals in business litigation over a broad range of issues including defending and enforcing our clients rights in contracts and other commercial disputes as well as employment issues.

Collections
We represent businesses and individuals and enforce their rights of collection upon delinquent accounts.  In addition, we mount an aggressive and effective defense on behalf of our clients subject to collection lawsuits.

Commercial Law
We represent purchasers and sellers of businesses, borrowers and lenders, and others in commercial transactions. We advise and counsel on all aspects of operations including such matters as buying, selling and leasing of goods and services.

Contract Law
Our attorneys advise business and individual clients in negotiating contracts for the purchase and sale of commercial and residential real estate and business assets, contracts for the provision or acquisition of services, employment contracts, consulting contracts, construction contracts, licensing agreements, non-competition agreements, franchise agreements, and a variety of other legal contracts.  In addition, we advise and represent individuals and business entities in litigation and arbitration concerning disputes that arise from contracts of all kinds.

Corporate Law
Our corporate practice focuses on the representation of businesses by providing a complete range of advice with regard to the information and management of corporations.  We handle a wide variety of corporate matters, including corporate structure, reorganization, purchase and sale of assets, corporate financing, buy-sell arrangements, employment matters, and other key aspects of the management and operation of corporations.  Our attorneys work together to provide a complete spectrum of services to our corporate clients.

Elder Law
Our clients represent elder persons with financial planning, including Medicaid, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Custodial care and Post Mortem actions.

Estate Planning
We are active in a wide range of fields, including estate planning, lifetime giving, trust administration, probate, life insurance planning, estate and fiduciary tax return preparation, charitable giving, business succession planning, multi-generation planning, probate and tax litigation, elder law and discount valuation planning.

Family Law
We represent clients in all aspects of family law representation, including divorce, dissolution, child custody, child support proceedings, and in the preparation of prenuptial agreements.

 Our approach to your case is dictated by the goal to aggressively represent your interests, while being sensitive to the personal, practical, and financial issues involved in these domestic matters.

Insurance Law
We vigorously represent our client’s interest against Insurance companies to insure our clients are properly compensated for their loss.  We skillfully identify the critical issues in each case, in an effort to determine the potential for success, and then develop both a litigation and settlement strategy with a goal of resolving the client’s dispute while maximizing the benefit to the client in the most practical and cost effective manner.

Liquor Law
We extensively represent clients in buying, selling, transferring and TREX transferring liquor licenses.

Litigation
We vigorously represent our client’s interests in a broad range of issues, including contract and other commercial disputes, employment disputes, insurance litigation, intentional tort, defamation and product disparagement, and personal injury.

 Our experience includes both prosecution of your rights and mounting an aggressive and effective defense.  We skillfully identify the critical issues in each case, in an effort to quickly determine the potential for success, and then develop both a litigation and settlement strategy with the goal of resolving the client’s dispute while maximizing the benefit to the client in the most practical and cost effective manner.

Medical Law
We regularly assist Medical, Dental and Veterinary Doctors in the establishment of their businesses.  We further assist our professional clients in all matters of their practice including contractual, personnel, practice growth, office leasing and ownership matters.  As their professional practices grow and mature, we are able to counsel our professional clients on the orderly transition of ownership as they approach retirement from practice.

Personal Injury
We represent injured parties on a broad range of issues including automobile accident, premises liability, and other types of personal injuries.  Our attorneys will mount an aggressive prosecution of your rights.  We skillfully identify the critical issues in each case, in an effort to determine the potential for success, and then develop both a litigation and settlement strategy with a goal resolving the clients dispute while maximizing the benefit to the client in the most practical an of cost effective manner.

Probate
We are active in a wide range of fields, including estate planning, lifetime giving, trust administration, probate, life insurance planning, estate and fiduciary tax return preparation, charitable giving, business succession planning, multi-generation planning, probate and tax litigation, elder law and discount valuation planning.

Professional Law
We regularly assist Medical, Dental and Veterinary Doctors in the establishment of their businesses.  We further assist our professional clients in all matters of their practice including contractual, personnel, practice growth, office leasing and ownership matters.  As their professional practices grow and mature, we are able to counsel our professional clients on the orderly transition of ownership as they approach retirement from practice.

Real Estate
The Real Estate Section supports a growing practice in the areas of residential, commercial and industrial transactions and development.  We represent individuals, developers, contractors, real estate brokers, lenders and title insurance companies in all aspects of transactions ranging from the sale and purchase of single-family residences and condominiums to large-scale commercial and industrial projects.  Our attorneys have significant experience in negotiating and closing transactions under advantageous financing, liability and tax structures.  Our attorneys also represent clients in eminent domain, zoning, annexation and construction projects and litigation.

We currently own two Real Estate Title Companies.  Tuscarawas County Title Company located in New Philadelphia, Ohio and Premier Title Company, located in Cadiz, Ohio.

Trusts
We are active in a wide range of fields, including estate planning, lifetime giving, trust administration, probate, life insurance planning, estate and fiduciary tax return preparation, charitable giving, business succession planning, multi-generation planning, probate and tax litigation, elder law and discount valuation planning.

Wrongful Death
We represent the victims and their families of wrongful death incidents.  We immediately identify the critical issues in each case, in an effort to quickly determine the potential for success, and then develop both a litigation and settlement strategy with the goal of resolving the clients dispute while maximizing the benefit to the client in the most practical and cost effective manner.