General Business - A large part of the firm's practice involves representing business enterprises and business people involved in commercial and/or contractual disputes. Many of these cases involve health law or related matters. The firm also provides legal assistance with the drafting and negotiation of contracts. We can likewise provide legal help with corporate compliance, incorporation and the formation of partnerships and limited liability companies, issues of governance, business taxation issues, dissolutions and acquisitions, buy-sell agreements, etc.
Estate Planning and Various Legal - In serving individual clients from all walks of life, the firm provides a wide variety of personal legal services, including the following: Preparation of estate plans (ranging from the preparation of wills and trusts to more sophisticated planning involving generation-skipping transfers, charitable gifts, and insurance trusts); probate administration and litigation; formation and operation of corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies; drafting and analysis of purchase agreements for businesses or specific assets; drafting and analysis of service, employment and independent contractor agreements; employment matters (including issues regarding wage and hour and termination) for both employees and employers; preparation and review of real estate purchase agreements and leases; drafting and analysis of agreements regarding health law matters.
Civil/Business Litigation accounts for more than half of Sawyer & Sawyer’s practice. The firm’s litigators handle jury and non-jury trials in state and federal courts, as well as arbitrations, throughout the State of California and sometimes beyond.
A large part of the firm's work, however, involves the giving of legal advice, opinions and assistance regarding problems, disputes or other matters which are not in litigation. Most such matters either are business-related or fall under the heading of personal legal services (such as trusts, wills, probate, employment and contract issues).
Real Estate and Construction - The firm has considerable experience in handling most of the types of disputes which can arise out of real property transactions. For example, several of our lawyers have broad expertise in construction defect litigation. The firm has represented buyers and sellers of real property--both commercial and residential--and real estate agents and other professionals, in disputes arising out of property transactions. The firm also represents landlords and tenants in disputes involving commercial leases.
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