To effectively serve our business and individual clients, it is necessary for us to have a thorough understanding of many diverse areas of the law. At the same time, the Firm believes that each attorney must have a concentrated knowledge base and focus his or her efforts on specific areas of the law.

To achieve these objectives and ensure the most effective representation of all our clients, Antheil Maslow & MacMinn, LLP has established the following concentrated practice areas:

Business Practice:

Business and Finance
Tax and Estates
Real Estate
Litigation
Labor and Employment
Healthcare
Non-Profit Organizations

Business and Finance:

The Firm represents national corporations, regional and local businesses as well as closely held family businesses, entrepreneurs and individuals at the Federal, State and International level in the following areas:

General Corporate Representation
Business Financing
Business Succession
Securities Offerings

Our firm assists clients in all phases of general business work including corporate and partnership transactional and finance documentation. We provide expert insight to the following:

Stock, Asset and Business Acquisitions
Real Estate Purchase and Development
Joint Ventures
Banking Negotiations
Mergers and Consolidations
Secured and Unsecured Financings
Equity Infusion

The firm consistently works with regulatory boards including Federal and State Securities and Liquor License Commissions. We handle zoning applications and capital arrangements for businesses, non-profit hospitals and healthcare providers, and negotiate on behalf of the owners of intellectual property rights to create distributorship and license arrangements. The firm routinely counsels clients and provides legal services in the formation of partnership and shareholder agreements and equity infusion documents.

Tax and Estates:

This practice group is widely recognized for its breadth of experience and knowledge. Whether it be a sophisticated tax or estate planning strategy, or the administration of a small estate, the Firm prides itself on providing timely and personable assistance to all its clients. The group includes four attorneys, two of whom have advanced degrees in Taxation, and one who is also a CPA. Services provided by this practice areas include:

Taxation

           Tax Planning for Individuals
           Tax Planning for Businesses, including tax planning in               connection with business formations, business               reorganizations, dispositions, and acquisitions.
           Tax Exempt Organization Qualification
           Qualification of Retirement Plans
           IRS Audits, Examinations, and Appeals
           Federal and State Tax Litigation
           IRS Collection Actions, including Offers in Compromise

Estates and Trusts

           Estate Planning, including:
                    Married and Unmarried Couples
                    Business Owners
                    International and Interstate Residents
           Preparation of Estate Planning Documents, including:
                    Wills and Living Wills
                    Trusts
                    Durable Powers of Attorney
            Guardianships/Long-Term Care Planning
            Arrangement for Charitable Giving
            Probate, Estate, and Trust Administration
                    Administration of estate for executors and administrators
                    Administration of trusts for trustees
            Post-mortem Tax Strategies
            Preparation of death and fiduciary income tax returns
            Beneficiary Representation

Tax, Trusts and Estate Litigation

See the Firm’s Litigation practice area for more information regarding our handling of litigation disputes involving taxation, trusts and estates.

Real Estate and Land Use:

Real Estate Development and Land Use

We represent clients in all phases of commercial and residential real estate development, including:

Entity Formation, including REITs
Zoning, Subdivision, and Land Development Matters
Real Estate Sale, Acquisition & Financing
Like-Kind (Section 1031) Exchanges
Title Issues
Eminent Domain and Condemnation
Code Enforcement

Leasing

The Firm represents both landlords and tenants in all aspects of property management, including:

Drafting and Negotiating Leases
Options to Purchase Real Estate
Security Agreements
Representation of Landlords and Tenants in     Connection with Bankruptcy Proceedings

Condominium and Homeowners Associations

The Firm has attorneys experienced in all phases of condominium development and representation, including:

Creation and Formation
Preparation of Association Documents
Development and Enforcement of Rules and Regulations
Assessment Collection

Real estate Litigation

See the Firm’s Litigation practice area for more information regarding our handling of litigated disputes involving real estate.

Litigation:

The Firm has earned a well respected reputation for offering aggressive and resourceful representation. Our clients range from businesses involved in worldwide commercial disputes to insurers and individuals requiring legal representation in personal injury and commercial matters.

The litigation department is conscious in providing value. Our experienced attorneys help clients avoid unnecessary litigation and achieve a timely and satisfactory settlement whenever possible. Where litigation is required, we vigorously pursue our clients' interests.

The firm's litigation team is experienced in many areas, including:

Commercial Litigation - Our attorneys have successfully litigated cases involving:

Unlawful Use of Proprietary Information
Covenants Not to Compete
Commercial Disputes
Commercial Torts
Construction Contracts
Breach of Warranty or Representation

Employment Litigation - Our attorneys are experienced in a wide spectrum of employment litigation, including:

Wrongful Discharge
Harassment/Discrimination

Personal Injury - Our personal injury attorneys are experienced litigators representing injured parties in claims caused by:

Defective Products
Motor Vehicle Accidents
Under and Uninsured Motorists
Premises Accidents
Death and Serious Injury Cases

Insurance - Antheil Maslow & MacMinn, LLP has longstanding relationships with nationally known insurers, representing the companies and their insureds in cases involving:

Products Liability
Property and Casualty Losses
Motor Vehicle Accidents, including Third Party     Liability, First Party Benefits and Under and     Uninsured Motorist Claims.
Coverage Litigation
Premises Liability

Professional Liability - Our attorneys are experienced in cases involving legal, accounting and other areas of professional malpractice.

Collections - We regularly represent a number of clients, primarily business clients, in connection with actions to collect accounts and other forms of indebtedness.

Tax Trusts and Estates - The Firm represents clients in connection with a wide variety of matters involving taxation, trusts, and estates, including representation in the United States Tax Court and the local Orphans’ Court Divisions within Pennsylvania. The Firm serves as court-appointed legal counsel in certain guardianship proceedings, and one of our attorneys is a co-author of the Bucks County Orphans’ Court Manual.

Real Estate - The Firm’s real estate litigation practice includes:

Landlord-Tenant Disputes, including Evictions and     Collections
Construction Litigation
Seller and Broker Liability
Mortgage Foreclosures
Condemnation/Eminent Domain
Lender Liability Litigation
Adverse Possession, Easements and Title Issues

Labor and Employment

The Firm represents clients in connection with a variety of labor and employment matters, with an emphasis on representing employers. We offer assistance with the creation of employment policy manuals, job descriptions and the development of employment and safety procedures in accordance with Federal, State and Local law and regulation. We advise employers concerning ongoing employee discipline and other employee relations issues.

Our attorneys are experienced in a wide spectrum of employment law topics including:

Employment Contract Review
Benefits Administration Issues
Employee Policy Manuals and Procedures
Wage and Hour Issues
Electronic Monitoring of Employees
Manager/Supervisor Training on Employment Law

As in all other areas of our practice, our goal is to do everything possible to prevent our clients' employment issues from becoming employment litigation issues.

Healthcare:

The attorneys at Antheil Maslow & MacMinn, LLP bring knowledge and experience to handle the legal issues in today's healthcare environment. Our experience includes:

• Hospital and health systems representation


• Corporate and group practice representation


• Risk management
  
• Employment contracts and personnel issues


• Joint Ventures
  
• Medical staff and credentialing matters


• Healthcare litigation
  
• Regulation and licensing matters


• Tax matters
  
• Federal and state tax exemption issues


• Compliance programs


• Fraud and abuse

Lawyers at our Firm are available as speakers to physicians, hospitals, physician groups and healthcare administrators on a variety of healthcare law topics.

Non-Profit Organizations:

The Firm represents non-profit organizations in a wide variety of circumstances, including:

• Entity Formation and Corporate Governance


• Tax Exemption Qualification/Maintenance at Federal, State and Local Levels


• Joint Ventures with For-Profit Entities
  
• Planned Giving


• General Ongoing Business Representation
  
• Private Inurement Issues

In addition, many of our attorneys and staff have significant personal involvement with area non-profit organizations as volunteers. As a community service, the Firm maintains a directory of local charities on its web site.