General
Practice
The firm
provides a wide variety of general services to individuals including
representation on the negotiation and closing of residential
real estate transactions, preparation of agreements, litigation,
consumer matters, and forming and advising small businesses,
including limited liability companies. We provide prompt and
efficient representation tailored to our clients' individual
needs.
Contact:
Terrance P. Christenson
(Bio)
Criminal
Defense
Cooper Erving
Savage LLP is prepared to vigorously defend the individual or
organizational client against serious criminal charges, including
class A felony cases and federal investigations of tax fraud
and other financial crimes. We represent clients at both the
trial and appellate levels.
Contact:
Phillip G. Steck
(Bio)
Elder
Law
The firm
assists individuals, families and businesses in identifying
and implementing lifetime and estate objectives of wealth preservation
and succession planning. Such implementation draws upon our
significant experience in drafting and administering wills,
trusts and estates, in counseling closely-held and family enterprises,
in advising not-for-profit corporations and in representing
corporate and individual fiduciaries. Development of a cohesive
strategy involves our coordination with the clients' other professional
advisors such as accountants, brokers and insurance firms.
Contact:
Susan Carroll Picotte
(Bio),
Sharalyn Conner
(Bio),
James
G. Brennan (Bio)
and Richard R. Rowley
(Bio)
Labor
and Employment
Our work in this field includes cases involving discrimination
on the basis of age, race, sex, ethnicity, disability, marital
status, or other similar characteristic. Other cases include
disputes as to sexual harassment, pension rights under ERISA,
employees' rights to overtime pay, equal pay for equal work,
family and medical leave, and whistleblower protection. We have
represented both plaintiffs and defendants, and have advised
clients in the context of employment or severance negotiations.
We also represent one major local industrial labor union.
Contact:
Richard R. Rowley
(Bio)
and Phillip G. Steck
(Bio)
Personal
Injury
The firm
represents persons who have been seriously injured or who have
died as a result of auto accidents, construction accidents,
defective products, workplace accidents, medical malpractice,
and other catastrophic incidents. We also have defended persons
and companies accused of causing such injuries. We find that
our experience working on either side of a personal injury case
better enables us to identify the unique facts and legal issues
involved in a particular case.
Contact:
Terrance P. Christenson
(Bio) and David
C. Rowley (Bio)
Residential
Real Estate
Our services
to you, as either Buyer or Seller, would include preparing and/or
reviewing the purchase contract, obtaining and reviewing all necessary
title insurance and survey documentation, reviewing mortgage commitment
and related documentation, coordinating time and place of closing,
preparation of closing adjustments, attendance at closing and
preparation of final statement of sale. Our firm is an agent of
Chicago Title Insurance Company.
Contact:
Kelly L. Malloy-Pogoda
(Bio)
Securities
and Investment Fraud
We are prepared to represent, either in Court or in arbitration
as appropriate, investors who have been victims of the following
unlawful conduct: unsuitable investments, unduly aggressive
sales tactics, churning an account, broker conflicts of interest,
violations of margin rules, excessive markups, and failure of
brokerage houses to adequately supervise registered representatives.
Contact:
Phillip G. Steck
(Bio), Craig
H. Norman (Bio),
and Richard R. Rowley
(Bio)
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