Real Estate Litigation Services Include:

• Adverse possession, easements and title issues
• Condemnation/Eminent Domain
• Construction Litigation
• Financing and investor disputes
• Land Use and Zoning
• Landlord-tenant disputes
• Lease interpretation and enforcement
• Seller and Broker Liability
• Real estate development partnership issues
• Real estate agent/broker liability

Legal Services Related to Business Litigation:

• Business divorce
• Business valuation disputes
• Compensation/profit distribution issues
• Shareholder/Member/Partner disputes
• Partnership disputes
• Purchase/sale litigation

Legal Services Related to Commercial Litigation:

Our Commercial Litigation Group negotiates, litigates, arbitrates, and mediates a wide range of corporate, commercial and other disputes, including:

• Business Control Disputes

• Breach of Warranty or Representation

• Buy – Sell Agreement Conflicts
  
  

• Commercial and contract disputes

• Collection
  
  
• Commercial torts including trade disparagement, interference with current or
  potential contractual relationships and commercial defamation
  
  
• Construction Contracts
  
  
• Environmental claims
  
  
• Insurance bad faith
  
  
• Lender liability
  
  
• Patent litigation
  
  

• Protection of Proprietary Information

• Trade Secrets

• Trade Name Conflicts

• Unlawful use of confidential information

   

   

   

   

Employment Litigation Services Include:

• Benefits Litgation
• Employment contract claims
• Enforcement of non-compete agreements, non-solicitation covenants and non-disclosure agreements
• Harassment and discrimination claims
• Wrongful discharge claims

Estate Litigation Services Include:

• Appointment of Guardians
• Claims by and against Executors, Administrators, Trustees and Beneficiaries
• Claims by and against Guardians
• Estate tax issues
• Orphans' Court proceedings: Will, trust and inheritance disputes

From the representation of large business clients in complex contract disputes, to the defense of small, privately-held companies against claims of wrongful discharge, to serving individuals involved in estate litigation, Antheil Maslow & MacMinn attorneys are aggressive advocates for our clients.  Our litigators practice both in the federal and state courts.  Where appropriate to our client's goals, we pursue alternative means of dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation.

In order to improve our clients' prospects for success and to hold down the costs of litigation, we believe in forming an active partnership. Our clients have direct, frequent contact with the attorney in charge of their case, who listens to exactly what they hope to accomplish and involves them in all aspects of the litigation. Our Litigation Practice Group offers the following areas of experience:

• Bucks County Local Counsel
• Business Litigation
  • Business Divorce
  • Business Valuation Disputes
  • Buy-Sell Agreement Conflicts
  • Shareholder/Member/Partner Disputes
  • Partnership Disputes
• Collections
  • Collection of Overdue Accounts
  • Confessed Judgment
  • Mortgage Foreclosures
• Commercial
  • Commercial and Contract Disputes
  • Commercial Torts including: Trade Disparagement; Interference with Current or Potential
    Contractual Relationships; and Commercial Defamation
  • Non-Compete Agreements
  • Non-Solicitation Agreements
  • Trade Name Conflicts
  • Trade Secrets
  • Unlawful Use of Confidential Information
• Condemnation/Eminent Domain
  • Construction Contracts
  • Defective Construction
  • Mechanics’ Liens
  • Payment and Performance Bond Issues
• Employee Benefits Disputes
• Employment Litigation
  • Employment Contract Claims
  • Harassment and Discrimination Claims
  • Wrongful Discharge Claims
• Estate Litigation
  • Claims by and against Executors, Administrators, Trustees and Beneficiaries
  • Guardianships
• Insurance
  • Coverage Litigation
• Lender Liability Litigation
• Professional Liability
  • Legal, Accounting and other Professional Malpractice
• Real Estate
  • Adverse Possession, Easements and Title Issues
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes
• Seller Non-Disclosure Liability
• Broker Liability
• Tax Litigation

Today’s employment law landscape has become increasingly challenging and complex for business owners and employees alike.  The stakes have never been higher - with ever-changing regulatory requirements, market forces and an evolving workplace environment, the advice of an experienced employment attorney is invaluable in protecting the best interests of your business or career.  Our team constantly monitors developments in the law as well as labor and employment practices to provide our clients with a comprehensive analysis of their options and guide them to the best strategies to avoid risk and achieve their goals.

AMM attorneys offer timely, knowledgeable, and creative advice and solutions resulting in productive, cost-effective business outcomes for employers in the Greater Philadelphia area including Bucks County and Montgomery County.

We represent clients in connection with a variety of labor and employment matters from both a management and employee perspective:

Representation from a Management Perspective

AMM has decades of practice experience assisting business owners and managers across a wide range of corporate legal needs.  Our attorneys have the sophistication to understand current risks and market forces, and understand the risks inherent in employment relationships.   We regularly guide clients through the maze of regulations to assure compliance with Federal, State and Local employment laws to keep protect their business and minimize risk.

Representation from an Employee Perspective

Our employee clients need to protect their interests should they experience discrimination, harassment, or termination issues.  We can help them negotiate a fair resolution that safeguards their compensation and future earning capacity, including, for example, equity and retirement benefits, in the event of a termination.  Likewise, they must assure themselves that they can find new employment without the impediments of poor references and restrictive covenants.  We assist our clients by negotiating these terms as part of a severance agreement.  As part of this analysis, we work with our employee clients to evaluate any available claims. 

Executive and Professional Services Employment Agreements

AMM has a practice emphasis and extensive experience in representation of complex and nuanced legal needs of C-Suite executives and professional service providers.   Executive and Professional compensation agreements are highly complex, and require the assistance of an experienced legal review to ensure your contract is fair and  in line with industry standards to that you are equipped to enter — and later exit — the company as smoothly as possible.

We assist clients by representing them in litigation, creating employment manuals, developing employment policies and procedures, and negotiating and preparing employment contracts. Our clients benefit from our extensive experience with difficult employment law problems. We provide sound advice and comprehensive legal services across a wide variety of areas in this complicated field of law, including:

• Restrictive Covenants, Covenants Not to Compete and Non-Solicitation Agreement
• Trade Secrets and Confidential Information
• Wage and Hour Law Compliance and Violations
• Drafting and Negotiating Employment and Severance Agreements
• Employment Litigation
• Employee Handbooks, Policies and Procedures
• Hiring, Discipline and Termination
• Employment Discrimination and Workplace Investigations
• Federal and State Family and Medical Leave Statutes
• Compensation Strategies, Employee Benefits and Equity Based Compensation Plans
• Risk Management Training Guidance for Employers
• Human Resources policies and advice Independent Contractor and Employee Classification
• Exempt and nonexempt employees
• Independent contractor/employee classification

Employer respresentation services to protect the interests of individual corporate officers and directors:

• Representation addressing harassment claims
• Guidance regarding risk assessment and prevention
• Assistance to employers in developing and implementing fair employment practices
• Compliance with state, federal and local laws and ordinances to insulate against exposure to employee claims and lawsuits

Services to employers related to Policy Manuals and Procedures include:

• Drafting, implementation and annual review of important business policy manuals and procedures
• Compliance policies
• Compensation packages
• Benefits policies
• Human resources practices
• Hiring and termination
• Employee discipline procedures

Our Estates & Trusts Group offers a wide array of experience and assistance in the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration, and charitable giving. Our Estates & Trusts Group is one of the largest and most sophisticated of its kind in our area.

We work with our clients to develop estate plans that seek to maximize the preservation of wealth both during life and upon death, and that also seek to minimize the potential for future conflicts among heirs and other future stakeholders. This planning often includes advice on how to protect clients’ assets from erosion by death taxes, long-term care costs, and other future claims. While our planning is focused on individual wealth, much of our planning work is with entrepreneurs and investors, where we work with our Business & Finance Group to meld private wealth planning with business planning.

Our Group also spends a great deal of time assisting our client’s personal representatives (i.e., Executors, Trustees, Guardians, etc.) in the management of wealth transfer, helping them to administer decedents’ estates, trusts, and guardianships of minors or incapacitated persons.

This Group’s services include assistance for clients in the following areas:

• Asset Protection Planning
• Charitable Giving
• Elder Law & Medicaid Planning
• Estate Planning & Family Wealth Preservation
• Estate Planning for Non-Citizens and Expatriates
• Estate & Trust Administration
• Guardianships
• Planning for Individuals with Disabilities and Special Needs Trusts
• Planning for IRAs and Other Retirement Benefits
• Probate, Estate and Fiduciary Litigation

Our Estates and Trust practice area has a broad geographic range, representing clients in the Greater Philadelphia area and Bucks County and Montgomery County, and throughout Central Pennsylvania, Eastern Pennsylvania, Central New Jersey and South Jersey.