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As an attorney, I have been working with clients for over 25 years.  I try my best to achieve the best result I can for clients, but there are things that you, as clients, can do to help achieve the best results.  Often, the best assistance you can provide an attorney will be to take… Read More

In the cattle business, deals often move at the speed of trust. A handshake, a quick inspection, maybe a few words about weight, health, or breeding history — and the cattle are loaded up. But when the buyer later claims the herd wasn’t what was promised, that straightforward deal can turn into a legal dispute… Read More

In this webinar, Attorney Marc Rosenberg from our Litigation Group discusses "Dispositive Motions" https://youtu.be/a-Drzgj30ao?si=EIHaHugXL0yLwg6v Read More

Most business owners spend years building something they hope to eventually sell, yet very few think like a buyer until they are already sitting across the table from one. By then, it is often too late to fix the problems that reduce your asking price, slow the deal to a crawl, or kill it entirely.… Read More

A buyer submits a letter of intent (LOI), your broker calls it a major milestone, and excitement fills the room. It is a major milestone—but it is also one of the most misunderstood documents in any M&A transaction. Many sellers sign LOIs without fully understanding what they have agreed to, and by the time they… Read More

Maybe you are in the process of buying a home. Maybe you have lived there for years. At some point, you might have asked yourself is that fence really on the actual property line? Figuring out where your land ends and your neighbor’s begins can be more complex than you think. The recent Washington Court of Appeals… Read More

Most passive real estate investments begin with a simple promise. Investors contribute capital, the sponsor executes the business plan, and everyone shares the profits generated by the property. Unfortunately, real estate projects rarely unfold exactly as projected. Construction costs increase. Interest rates rise. Lease-up periods take longer than expected. Refinancing opportunities disappear. Operating expenses climb.… Read More

Nearly two thousand years ago, the ancient Roman legal system developed a series of maxims having general applicability in court.  Around the year 161, the jurist Gaius wrote a textbook, “Institutes,” in which he set forth his philosophy of the legal status of persons, things, and civil procedure.  Gaius’s treatise became largely integrated within Roman… Read More

There are many forms of privilege which may render certain evidence or information inadmissible or can act as a complete defense and bar to claims and lawsuits. One of these privileges which can operate as a complete bar to recovery is the litigation privilege doctrine. The litigation privilege is a judicially created privilege that protects… Read More