Hackensack, New Jersey, Attorneys Serving Businesses and Individuals
Schiffman, Abraham, Kaufman & Ritter, P.C. has tremendous experience assisting New Jersey and New York businesses and individuals in a wide variety of legal fields, including:
- Civil Litigation: Our business litigation attorneys assist clients with disputes involving employment, contracts, warranties, real estate, libel and slander, construction law, the Uniform Commercial Code, banking securities, RICO, claims against public entities and more.
- Commercial Real Estate: including contracts, easements, rights of way, construction agreements, leasing, litigation, acquisitions, site plans, variances, governmental plan approvals, environmental issues and more.
- Corporate and Commercial: including business formation, contracts, employment issues, governmental compliance and all other tasks that an "in-house" attorney would provide.
- Shareholder/Partnership: This very delicate, distinct area of law requires knowledge of applicable regulations and careful negotiation and planning. Our effectiveness is evidenced by the fact that fellow lawyers frequently make use of our dissolution services.
- Employment Law: Our lawyers represent employees with discrimination litigation, wrongful discharge cases, and employment contract issues.
- Environmental Law: including agency proceedings, leaking underground storage tanks, wetlands delineations, flood plain issues, Non-Applicability Determinations, Negative Declarations Approvals, Approved Cleanup Plans and more.
- Estate Planning and Administration: including preparation of wills, trusts, guardianships, life insurance trusts, living trusts, living wills, health plan directives and durable family power of attorney, as well as administration of wills, trusts and probate proceedings.
- Estate and Probate Litigation: including will contests, intestate disputes, holographic wills, inter vivos transfers and more.
- Family Law and Divorce: including divorce, legal separation, child support, child custody and visitation, spousal support and alimony, prenuptial agreements, modification of prior divorce judgments, adoption, name changes, cohabitation agreements, non-marital partnership agreements and disputed paternity proceedings.
- Franchise/Distributorship Law: including litigation, negotiation and transactions involving franchises of hotel chains, fast food chains, gasoline/oil company franchises and motor vehicle dealership franchises.
- Personal Injury: including personal injury and wrongful death claims resulting from defective products, construction or workplace accidents and other serious accidents.
- Professional Malpractice: including claims involving doctors, dentists, lawyers, chiropractors, engineers, architects and other professional persons.
- Mold infestation: Exposure to toxic mold can lead to heath conditions, property damage and other problems. Our attorneys pursue liability for mold infestation.
- Taxation: including audits and disputes, Tax Court petition filing, settlement negotiations, installment agreements, criminal investigations and more.
- Alternative Dispute Resolution: Our team of mediators and arbitrators work to reach a cost effective and workable resolution.
- Chancery Practice: Our lawyers represent clients in chancery proceedings, handling injunctions and temporary restraining orders in business disputes, real estate disputes and other disputes.
- Appellate Practice: Our firm is accustomed to the complexities of the appeals courts and procedures. We represent clients in civil appeals involving corporate litigation, commercial/business litigation, family law disputes and other civil litigation.
Of course, many of these areas are interrelated. Our attorneys are experienced with multiple practice areas and each case is handled by a team of experienced lawyers. This approach benefits our clients in many ways. For example, our business litigation attorneys lend their experience to ensuring that corporate transactions are handled in such a way as to proactively minimize the likelihood of future court battles.
Contact us for skilled legal representation. Our clients are individuals and businesses throughout New Jersey and the Metropolitan New York area.
Please visit our monthly Family Law Newsletter for more general legal information about various topics in this area.
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