COUNSELING AND TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES
Master Project Planning and Development | Real Estate-Commercial and Residential | Business Services Employment | Trusts, Estates and Elder Law Consulting | Litigation | Business Litigation | Defense and Insurance Litigation | Individual Litigation
MASTER PROJECT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
We have provided advice to clients concerning:
- Coastal area management, inland wetlands, coastal wetlands, zoning and subdivision approval for a large development on a peninsula in Long Island Sound.
- Combination of grant and private funding for mixed use for profit and not-for-profit organizations.
- Successful regulatory applications for various Connecticut WalMarts and Home Depot.
- Extensive industrial and residential subdivisions.
- Planning of the first and second Planned Unit Developments in Middletown in the late 1960s and 1970s.
- Local, state and federal approval work for a massive commercial-industrial riverport project where a fresh water quarry was to be connected with the Connecticut River in the early 1990s.
- Rezoning of an Interstate Hotel and Office Complex in the 1980s.
- Rezoning and development for Elder Citizens complex in the 2000s.
- Development of the city of Middletown's downtown hotel complex
REAL ESTATE - COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL
Generally, the firm's experience includes:
- Acquisitions, mortgage financing and leasing
- Counseling
- Development, construction and management
- Environmental law and regulation
- Local, state and federal regulatory approvals
- Sale/leaseback transactions>
Our firm counsels developers, investors and lenders involved in residential, commercial and industrial real estate projects. Our attorneys have counseled clients involved in hotel property acquisitions, sales of corporate headquarters, construction of new office buildings, shopping center development and industrial and non-profit (IRS Section 501(C)(3) entities).
Our residential closing department handles over 300 transactions each year representing individual buyers and sellers as well as subdivision developers, banks and title insurance companies. Jean Anderson, office manager and paralegal in charge of the closing department, has worked for the firm for 19 years. Should you have any questions concerning the closing process, feel free to contact Jean.
BUSINESS SERVICES
Overall, our service and advice regarding:
- Business planning and structuring
- Contract negotiations and drafting
- Creation and maintenance of corporate, limited liability company and joint venture organizations
- Franchising structures and businesses, negotiations and transactions
- General corporate and business representation
- Health care law
- Loan workouts and bank issues
- Intellectual Property audits
Our clients span a broad range of business activity, from various medical groups, financial, general manufacturing, construction and service businesses to such growing industries as computer hardware and software, and robotics. We have represented financial institutions and banks, assisted lenders and borrowers in structuring and negotiating complex financing agreements and documenting transactions.
EMPLOYMENT
Our staff has experience in the following areas:
- OSHA and safety concerns
- Privacy issues, including drug testing
- Reduction in employees and severance issues
- Wrongful discharge and at-will employment issues
TRUSTS, ESTATES AND ELDER LAW CONSULTING
The trusts, estates and elder law section has a long history of counseling individuals and families in estate planning and administration. Efficiently combining trust and estate development and administration with effective tax planning is essential to a comprehensive approach to meeting the legal needs of families, particularly those owning closely-held businesses. The close attention to client family development in various businesses has assisted business and asset transition from grandparents to parents, children and grandchildren. Brenda Dube has worked as a paralegal in the office handling probate estates, wills and trusts for 10 years. Should you wish to make an appointment with an attorney to discuss any of these matters, please feel free to call Brenda who will direct you concerning the initial information which you should bring with you and schedule a convenient appointment.
LITIGATION
The firm is actively involved in the prosecution or defense of cases in the following areas:
BUSINESS LITIGATION
Our firm represents business clients in litigation regarding real estate transactions, employment contracts and disputes over the sale of goods and businesses in which claims of misrepresentation have been made.
The range of our business litigation includes:
- Business torts
- Construction litigation
- Contracts
- Finance
- Landlord/Tenant litigation
- Management and partnership disputes
- Product liability and warranties
- Professional malpractice
- Trade Secret and Intellectual Property protection
- Environmental issues
DEFENSE AND INSURANCE LITIGATION
A portion of the firm's current litigation practice is devoted to defense of negligence and other claims on behalf of insured, self-insured and uninsured parties.
INDIVIDUAL LITIGATION
The Law Offices of Michael F. Dowley & Associates has a long and successful history representing individuals injured through the conduct of others.
Because of our reputation in this field, the firm receives referrals from other attorneys in the region with whom we share our expertise, resources and research capabilities in the representation of injured parties. Overall, the firm has broad experience in:
- General individual tort claims
- Medical malpractice
- Personal injury claims
- Wrongful death actions
Master Project Planning and Development | Real Estate-Commercial and Residential | Business Services Employment | Trusts, Estates and Elder Law Consulting | Litigation | Business litigation | Defense and Insurance Litigation | Individual Litigation
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