Our Business & Corporate Transactions Practice Group is committed to understanding our clients' industries and business objectives so that we can advise clients regarding the legal options that are best suited to meeting those objectives.
The Estates & Trusts Practice Group assists clients, including multigenerational families, with all aspects of estate planning. The planning process may involve preparation of living trusts and wills, financial powers of attorney, advance healthcare directives, charitable trusts, special needs trusts, as well as marital property and domestic partnership agreements.
Our Franchise Practice Group counsels clients from a variety of industry segments in domestic and international franchise matters and licensing and intellectual property issues including regulatory and transactional matters.
Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley offers innovative solutions to traditional trademark and copyright issues, as well as guidance in approaching new intellectual property issues raised by cyberspace mediums and the internet.
The Labor & Employment Practice Group offers proactive business and legal strategies to ensure both legal compliance and a productive workforce. When employee-related claims arise, FAB works efficiently to use the tools of the litigation process to move disputes toward an effective resolution - ideally before they go to trial.
With government regulations affecting every aspect of land and resource use, the ownership, use and development of land has become exceedingly complex.
Because litigation implies risk, uncertainty and expense, it is in those times that you need honest, dependable and capable legal counsel. Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley has more than a century of experience in successfully representing the interests of clients in court proceedings.
Nonprofit organizations and the donors who support them have unique legal needs ranging from tax and governance compliance requirements to concerns regarding institutional advancement, employee/volunteer relations and land use matters.
The Real Estate Practice Group represents owners, investors and developers in all aspects of their commercial real estate portfolios, including the acquisition, financing, development, construction, leasing, management and disposition of commercial office, industrial, retail and mixed-use projects, hotels, shopping centers and agricultural, ranch and other rural lands.
Our tax attorneys represent clients in all aspects of estate and gift taxation, corporate, partnership, trust, fiduciary and individual federal and state income taxation, as well as sales and use taxation, ERISA and executive compensation, and the taxation of nonprofit entities.