Every business owner knows, whether your company is large or small there are legal considerations that should factor into most everything you do.

Lefkowicz & Gottfried, LLP attorneys are available to your business from "cradle to grave." Our attorneys have years of experience with every legal issue that can confront a business. Let us help you effectively and affordably handle every legal issue facing your business, from the most common to the most complex.

Example of How Lefkowicz & Gottfried Can Help your Business
If your business outsources work, you can be sure that the vendor you contract with had a lawyer draft the agreement you signed for services. You would like your business to develop a "web presence" and you have hired an outside company to design your site. What you may not realize is that the contact you are considering should be negotiated. Contracts are rarely "take-it or leave-it." By having Lefkowicz & Gottfried, LLP's attorneys negotiate or review that contract for your business you can not only get the true benefit of the bargain, but you may very well save yourself the headache of litigation down the road if something goes wrong. Nobody enters into a new business relationship hoping something will go wrong, but by allowing one of our lawyers to help you plan for that contingency will not only help you avoid headaches, but will save you money.

What services can Lefkowicz & Gottfried, LLP attorneys provide to my business and how can I benefit ?

• Bankruptcy
• Business Planning
• Commercial Landlord/Tenant
• Commercial Real Estate
• Contract Negotiation - Between vendors and your business, Between your business, as a service vendor, and other companies to whom you sell
• Corporate Formation
• Criminal Defense
• Debt Collection/Defense
• Employment Contract
• Franchises
• Intellectual Property - Copyrights, Patents - Design/Utility, Service Marks, Trademarks, Trade Secrets, Unfair Competition
• Internet Litigation
• Licensing Agreements
• Non-disclosure Agreements
• Landlord/Tenant
• Partnership Formation
• Patents - Design/Utility
• Purchase/Acquisition of a New Business
• Sale of Business
• Sale of Business Assets
• Trademarks/Copyrights

Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a federal court process that can be used to eliminate or repay the debts of a business under the protection of the Bankruptcy Court. If it is determined that filing for protection under the Bankruptcy laws is the best choice for your business, Lefkowicz & Gottfried is ideally suited to guide your business through every step of the complex maze of the Federal Courts.

Businesses
New/Small Businesses
Most new businesses cannot afford to keep a lawyer on staff to help to avoid and handle legal problems. That is where Lefkowicz & Gottfried, LLP comes in. If your business has access to the internet, it has constant, secure, and confidential access to lawyers that will help you avoid costly litigation, show you how to reap the most profits from your business, or if necessary, effectively litigate cases for you.

Established/Larger Businesses
Even established and larger businesses can make greater profits by properly protecting their assets, limiting risks, avoiding litigation, limiting liability, or effectively and aggressively meeting the challenges that come with in-court litigation.

Commercial Litigation
Whether it's a breach of contract suit, a dispute with a supplier, a fight with a shipping company, forcing your product vendors to abide by the terms of an agreement or virtually any other type of assistance your business may require Lefkowicz & Gottfried has the experience to help you. Our offices are on "retainer" with several corporations for regular availability and consulting. If you have a particular dispute which requires legal assistance or even if you want an overall risk analysis for your business we have the knowledge and ability to help you.

Commercial Real Estate
Buying and selling commercial property or even a business is a complicated process requiring the assistance of an attorney that has the right experience. Let the attorneys at Lefkowicz & Gottfried help you avoid the common missteps of inexperienced attorneys and close your next commercial real estate deal quickly and efficiently.

Contract Drafting/Review
Whether you're a small business owner such as a building contractor that wants an agreement between your company and a homeowner, a human resources administrator that needs a contract between your company and a service provider, or even a large company that wants to make sure that your rights are protected in a contract come to Lefkowicz & Gottfried, LLP we can help.

Corporate Law
Whether its forming your new corporation, changing an existing one, adding new executive officers, selling stock shares, amending corporate by-laws, complying with publication requirements, or any other type of situation where you need the advice of an experienced attorney call on Lefkowicz & Gottfried, LLP

Criminal Defense
Corporate criminal defense is an area that most business owners and executives don't think of until its too late. Acts which you may think are innocently and legally taken in the furtherance of your business may have criminal consequences. The attorneys at Lefkowicz & Gottfried, LLP can help you avoid these pitfalls and show you how to profitably operate your business squarely within the four corners of all applicable laws.

Debt Defense/Collection
How often do you just write off an expense from a customer that was never paid? You sent past due invoices, but eventually you just gave up because you didn't have the time to chase after delinquent customers. Or have you ever been double billed by a service vendor for a bill that you just didn't owe ? Why absorb these expenses as a "cost of doing business" ? Call on the attorneys at Lefkowicz & Gottfried, LLP and let us help you recoup those loses and avoid paying needless expenses.

Employment Contracts
You spend countless hours and untold resources training your staff. You teach them trade secrets, give them access to proprietary information, and trust them with confidential information. In the fast changing business world one minute an employee is working for you and the next they are out the door and working for a competitor. Let the attorneys at Lefkowicz & Gottfried show you how to protect your company from unfair business practices that can victimize even the most diligent of employers.

If you are looking to purchase or invest in a franchise, whether a fast food business, gas station or any of the emerging franchise opportunities that have become popular investments and/or career opportunities. Franchisors have made these types of contracts virtually indecipherable. Let the experienced attorneys at Lefkowicz & Gottfried assist you in interpreting the franchise agreement as well as the offering plans and pre-purchase disclosures into plain coherent language.

Internet Litigation
One of the fastest growing legal fields today is in the internet. Whether you are buying or selling a domain name, outsourcing your companies needs, contracting for a web site, starting a web-based company, licensing models to work for you, or developing a new business idea; you will need the advice of experienced professionals that are current on all of the new developments in this exciting new legal field. We can also put you in touch with one of the Intellectual Property attorneys that work with Lefkowicz & Gottfried that can help you protect internet venture from being unfairly duplicated.

Of particular concern to web-based businesses and those that deal with "intellectual property" is the proper licensing of work created by others. We have expert attorneys that will show you how to protect your company from infringement lawsuits.

The attorneys of L&G have extensive experience in the drafting and review of various types of non-disclosure and non-competition agreements for prospective employers, employees and independent contractors. We can show you how to protect your most sensitive business secrets and private information.

Landlord/Tenant
Whether landlord/tenant matters are at the heart of your business or even if a landlord/tenant dispute is incidental to your business, Lefkowicz & Gottfried can help resolve those issues and help you get back to making a profit. Lefkowicz & Gottfried, LLP attorneys have litigated as well as settled numerous disputes between landlords and tenants. If you feel that either your landlord or one of your tenants is not abiding by the terms of the lease agreement we can help you.

Partnership Law
Let the attorneys at Lefkowicz & Gottfried, LLP show you how to take advantage of the legal protections afforded to business partnerships. Let a seasoned attorney prepare your Limited Liability Partnership filings and ensure you comply with publication requirements that will keep your LLP status current. We can also connect you with attorneys that can draft partnership agreements and by-laws as well.

Patents - Design/Utility
Whether you have devised a more efficient method of packaging soda or you have built a better mouse trap you need the specific advice and counsel of a patent attorney. Lefkowicz & Gottfried has many of the top patent attorneys working with us. Let us connect you to one of them now.

Purchasing or Selling a Business can be one of the most complex and demanding transactions for an individual or small company. The attorneys at L&G are very experienced in Asset Purchases/Sales, Stock Purchases/Sales and can assist you in the associated real estate aspects of the purchase, whether it be lease negotiation, lease assignment, subleasing or the purchase/sale of associated real estate in connection with a business transaction. Let our experience and expertise serve to make your Purchase/Sale of a business as seamless as possible.

Trademarks/Copyrights
If you have developed a designed a unique name for a business, designed an original artwork, or want to protect your ideas from others that want to unjustly profit from your hard work an Intellectual Property Attorney can help you do just that. We can help you prevent others from cashing in on your original idea or we can help defend you if you've been unfairly accused of infringing on someone else's mark.

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