Areas of Practice

• Business & Corporate Law
• Estate Planning
• Divorce
• Litigation
• Real Estate
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Natural Resource Law
• Business Formations
• Municipal Representation & Counseling
• Tax Planning & Representation

Tax Planning & Representation

The firm's tax practice involves counseling, planning, and representing clients' to achieve favorable tax treatment. Our lawyers work on all tax aspects of domestic business transactions; secure tax exemption status for religious, charitable, educational, and other organizations; provide counseling on individual income, estate, and gift tax matters; and prepare and administer trusts and estates. Our clients include privately-held businesses, individuals, trusts and estates, tax-exempt organizations, and governmental and quasi-governmental entities.

Corporate, Individual and Gift Tax Planning

• Estate Tax Planning;
• Tax Planning for the Acquisition/Disposition of Real Estate;
• S Corporation Tax Planning;
• Tax Planning for the Termination of a Business;
• Single Member Limited Liability Companies;
• Real Property Taxation;
• Tax Deferred Exchanges;
• Real Estate Tax Planning;
• Tax Planning for Entity Conversion;
• Succession Planning for the Business Owner;
• Tax Planning to enable the Family Farm to stay in the Family;
• Tax Planning for Intra-Family Sales to address the amendments in carryover and step up in basis rules;
• Preparation and Counseling regarding Buy-Sell Agreements;