The firm's business law practitioners are experienced in corporate law, business entity selection and formation, statutory and regulatory compliance, contract drafting and interpretation, and providing general legal advice and business advice.  We handle business sales, acquisitions and mergers. Our lawyers have vast experience in commercial law, including the drafting and negotiation of loan documentation.  We also advise clients in the areas of corporate procedure and business succession planning.  In addition, we offer expertise in the areas of bankruptcy, health care, construction, and non-profit organizations law.

Our real estate attorneys handle both commercial and residential real estate transactions. We represent buyers, sellers, developers, contractors, and lenders. The preparation and negotiation of commercial leases constitutes a major portion of our real estate work. The firm is well known for its zoning and land use practice.

Our Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Section develops and implements estate plans for clients, including drafting wills, trust agreements, and health care directives. We also help clients plan and implement business succession plans including drafting family limited partnership agreements and all related documents required for tax purposes. Our lawyers advise clients concerning all transfer taxes (estate, gift, generation skipping) and income taxes, both personal and fiduciary, including the preparation of tax returns.  Our estate planning attorneys offer sophisticated estate planning advice to facilitate wealth preservation and asset protection for our clients.

Our estate planning attorneys also advise clients concerning Medicaid strategies and represent clients regarding these matters.

This section is also very active in representing personal representatives, individuals and families in the administration of estates and trusts, including probate and trust law related litigation.

Our Litigation Section has an extensive practice in all aspects of commercial litigation in state and federal courts throughout Ohio, as well as in insurance defense litigation and personal injury cases.  Our attorneys routinely represent individuals, partnerships, insurance companies, financial institutions, governmental entities, including various boards of education, and small to very large corporations in a broad range of legal disputes.

Our lawyers have handled litigation matters spanning a broad spectrum of issues including civil rights, real estate, RICO, bankruptcy, construction, environmental regulation, employment, school law, public sector law, products liability, insurance defense, personal injury, domestic relations, tax fraud, and discrimination claims.  Our attorneys have also been  involved in major anti-trust litigation and in litigation involving allegations of lender liability.  Our attorneys are frequently called upon to respond to circumstances requiring the immediate commitment of significant blocks of time, for example, in cases relating to injunctive or declaratory relief.

The Litigation Section of Spengler Nathanson has the resources and expertise to meet the complex litigation needs of local, national and international concerns in major litigation matters, as well as to handle the routine litigation which individuals, governmental entities and companies constantly encounter.

Our Labor, Education and Public Law Section provides a broad spectrum of services to public entities and private businesses on behalf of management in all aspects of labor and employment law.  Our lawyers also represent school boards regarding all areas of education law, and advise other public entities on numerous issues affecting their operations.

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