Lowe, Stein, Hoffman & Allweiss, L.L.P.
Practice Areas

Lowe, Stein, Hoffman, Allweiss & Hauver L.L.P. offers extraordinary service, quality, and value. Our attorneys are aware of the many challenges facing today’s businesses and strive to help clients make business decisions that contribute to growth and profitability. We have the knowledge, skill, and experience to effectively evaluate legal issues, formulate strategies, and implement the best possible plan of action for the continued success of the business. We provide sound legal counsel and help clients avoid costly legal entanglements. In the event litigation does arise, our attorneys are well versed in all litigation venues, including trials, appeals, mediation and arbitration and are recognized by other members of the bar as skilled negotiators and by the judiciary as excellent trial attorneys.

CORPORATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES

We offer a comprehensive range of legal services to businesses.

* Buying or selling a business
* Bringing in a new partner or investor
* Raising capital
* Contracts and licenses
* Dissolving a business
* Starting a new business
* Mergers and Acquisitions
* Securities offerings and regulation
* General corporate representation and governance
* Formation of corporations, limited liability companies and other entities
* Purchases and sales of businesses and professional practices
* Professional corporations and practices
* Computer and technology issues
* Corporate restructuring, reorganizing and dissolution
* Venture capital investment
* Financing transactions
* Joint ventures
* Equipments and other types of leasing
* Licensing and distribution
* Employment and compensation matters
* Federal securities litigation/RICO
* Consumer credit litigation
* Real Estate Acquisition, Sale and Financing

TAX, TRUST & ESTATES

* Corporate and individual, federal and state tax planning
* Formations, purchases and sales of offshore investment vehicles
* Structuring estate tax savings techniques
* Preparation of wills and trusts
* Estate settlement and post mortem tax planning
* Tax consequences of mergers and acquisitions
* Structuring estate tax savings techniques
* Preparation of wills and trusts
* Elder law planning
* Generation skipping transfer tax planning
* Business succession planning
* Family limited partnerships and qualified personal residence trusts
* Charitable giving techniques

FAMILY LAW

We represent parties in every phase of family and matrimonial law and are experienced in representing high profile clients in a discreet yet aggressive fashion. Recognizing the sensitivity and uniqueness of a family law dispute, we work directly with clients to resolve domestic disputes in a highly effective and individualized manner. The goal is to develop a pragmatic and effective approach to resolve the domestic dispute, while providing aggressive representation to the individual client. We are recognized as experts in the field of family law, and several members of the firm are Board Certified Family Law Specialists.

* Dissolutions
* Separations
* Annulments
* Child Custody and Visitation
* Pre-nuptial agreements
* Alimony and support
* Name Changes
* Termination of parental rights
* Child support
* Post judgment modification
* Paternity actions
* Conservatorship
* Guardianships

LITIGATION SERVICES

We have significant litigation and trial experience and have handled countless litigations matters in virtually every context in which such cases have been brought. The responsible attorney promptly assigns an attorney - staff team for investigation and evidence gathering so that the most effective strategies can be developed at the earliest stages of litigation. This strategic approach allows a client’s litigation team to quickly focus on pivotal issues and to prepare the strongest possible case in the most efficient manner.

Insurance Litigation

* Insurance defense
* Professional liability defense
* Premises liability defense
* Product liability defense
* Interpretation and analysis of insurance policies
* Life insurance policies
* Business liability policies
* Motor vehicle policies
* Homeowner policies
* Industrial accidents and workers compensation
* Unfair insurance practices
* Negotiation of insurance claims

Business and Commercial Litigation

* Shareholder disputes
* Fights for corporate control in closely held corporations
* Actions arising from and relating to buying and selling a business
* Shareholder derivative actions
* Class actions
* Securities litigation
* Restrictive covenants and covenants not to compete
* Civil RICO
* Lender liability
* Takeover litigation
* Actions to collect debts
* Foreclosures
* Recovery of personal property
* Enforcement of judgments
* Representation of lenders and borrowers in foreclosure of real property
* Foreclosure of mechanics liens and judgment liens
* Contract disputes
* Technology issues
* Real estate Issues

Tax Litigation

* Real estate and personal tax appeals
* Business and personal tax court proceedings
* IRS collections
* State and local tax issues

Probate Litigation

* Will contests
* Claims by or against estates
* Breach of fiduciary duty claims
* Accountings
* Probate appeals

Products Liability

* Defective design claims
* Failure to warn
* Manufacturing defects

Employment Discrimination and Wrongful Termination

* Wrongful termination
* Sexual harassment
* Wage and hour claims
* The Americans with Disabilities Act
* ERISA Claims
* Employment contract claims
* Claims for healthcare benefits
* Enforcement of restrictive covenants and covenants not to compete
* Trade secrets
* Non-disclosure and invention agreements

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