Bankruptcy
    · Chapters 7, 11 and other chapters
    · Debtor, Creditor, Trustee & Committees
    · Litigation
    · Tax related
    · Workouts  
Business Start-up
    · Business Plans
    · Choice of Entity
          · Corporations
          · Limited Liability Companies
          · Partnerships
    · S-Elections
Commercial Litigation
    · Business Torts
    · Collections: Commercial or Professional
    · Contract Litigation
    · Oil & Gas Well Liens
Contracts and Commercial Transactions
    · Admiralty & Maritime
    · Business Sales & Purchases
    · Commercial Contracts
    · Master Service Agreements
    · Medical and Hospital Transactions
      (including PPOs & HMOs)
    · Secured Transactions
Employment Law
    · Discrimination Claims of Professionals and 
      other Highly Compensated Employees
    · Employer Planning and Defense
    · Employment Contracts
Real Estate
    · Commercial Real Estate Closings
    · Curative Title Work
    · Residential Real Estate Closings
    · Title Insurance (through Derbes Title, L.L.C.)
Successions, Trusts and Estate Planning
    · Estate and Inheritance Tax Planning
    · Successions: Contested and Uncontested
    · Trusts
    · Wills
Tax Planning, Audits and Litigation
    · Corporate
    · Individual
    · Partnership
    · Sales & Use
Other Areas of Practice Include:
    · Arbitration
    · Elder Law
    · Interdictions