Sophisticated legal services provided for clients in the following areas:

* Tax planning and consulting services for personal & business taxes and estate & gift taxes;

* Tax problems, including I.R.S. audits & examinations, I.R.S. collections matters, and state franchise tax planning;

* Estate, gift, and probate matters, including estate & gift planning, will preparation, and estate administration;

* Trust planning, including formation & funding of grantor trusts, life insurance trusts, and children's trusts;

* Business matters and commercial transactions;

* Corporate matters and governance issues, including limited liability companies;

* Partnership matters -- general partnerships, limited partnerships, family limited partnerships, and joint venturers;

* Small business matters -- start-ups, buy-outs, redemptions, dissolutions, and liquidations;

* Business expansion and contraction -- purchases, sales, acquisitions, and mergers;

* Contract matters, including employment issues; and

* Asset protection planning and creditor protection matters.