- Wrongful Death• represented and successfully defended Baltimore police officer against survivorship and wrongful death claims arising out of the fatal shooting by officer of unarmed fleeing drug suspect, conclusively demonstrating the justifiability of the officer’s actions; and...
- Assault• have represented and defended law enforcement personnel of Baltimore City Police Department in over 200 cases (2001 – present) involving various intentional torts, including claims ranging from simple assault, false arrest, deprivation of civil rights, to serious/catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death, with a 91% win/loss ratio in cases tried to verdict.
- Restraining Order• enforcement of rights with respect to franchise agreements and other related agreements, including negotiations of disputes, arbitration and litigation where necessary, including temporary restraining orders and injunctions.
- Corporate LawWe regularly negotiate debt and equity financings, draft, negotiate and enforce vendor, customer and employee contracts, prepare stock option and employee benefit plans, resolve corporate governance and succession issues, and restructure loan and debt obligations. We also advise clients on joint ventures, strategic relationships and licensing and technology partnerships.
- Mergers and AcquisitionsWe regularly address owner relationships, lending relationships, employee relationships, the restructuring or dissolution of a business (if appropriate), mergers and acquisitions, sales and purchases of businesses, and inter-family transfers of businesses.
- Business DisputesMr. Jones, in his business and commercial litigation practice, provides consultation, advice and legal representation to clients with respect to the broad range of business and commercial litigation matters, including complex litigation. He is particularly experienced in litigation matters involving contract disputes and business torts, including civil fraud, and including
- Business TransactionsMr. Jones, in his business and commercial law practice, provides consultation, advice and legal representation to clients with respect to the broad range of business transactions, including business, asset and real property acquisitions and sales; and, debt, equity and other financings. In doing so, Mr. Jones utilizes the different disciplines that must be marshaled in complex transactions, including commercial, tax, intellectual property, ERISA, real estate, and environmental law, to provide comprehensive assessments, evaluations and recommendations to clients regarding due diligence and the structuring and negotiation of the transactions that best satisfy the objectives of the client.
- Limited Liability Companies• the formation and organization of business entities, including corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and joint ventures, and including holding companies, subsidiaries and affiliates...
- Intellectual Property
- Wrongful Termination• represented and successfully defended, through various dispute resolution techniques, multi-state corporation, against numerous claims brought by multiple former employees of corporation in Maryland and Michigan for alleged wrongful termination and breaches of employment contracts, resulting in decisions by employees and their respective counsel to refrain from filing formal complaints and to cease pursuit of such claims.
- Employment Discrimination• represented and successfully defended the employer, the largest minority–owned fast-food franchisor in the nation, in a widely publicized claim of employment discrimination based upon an alleged failure to accommodate religion brought by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland;
- Employment ContractClaims and disputes arising out of business and asset sale and acquisition transactions; management agreements; lease agreements; stockholder, member, partnership, and joint venture agreements; non-competition agreements; employment agreements; vendor agreements; and, contractor agreements.
- Employment LitigationJones & Associates’ approach and advice to our clients in the management of labor and employment issues can be characterized as no nonsense, matter of fact, and to the point. The employee has rights, the company has rights and a business to run, and there is the labor and employment law. The application of the appropriate balance among these factors normally results in our recommending fairly clear and precise courses of action for our client.
- Sexual Harassment
- Real Estate TransactionsJones & Associates provides consultation, advice and legal representation with respect to a wide variety of sophisticated real estate transactions.
- Citizenship and Naturalization
- Personal InjuryJones & Associates was founded by Nathaniel E. Jones, Jr. in March, 1995, as a law firm engaging principally in the areas of Business Law, Business and Commercial Litigation, Outside General Counsel to Closely Held Corporations and Other Business Entities, Real Estate Development, and Personal Injury, to provide large-law firm experience and quality, and personal service.
- Medical MalpracticeRepresented and successfully defended medical malpractice claims made against plastic surgeon arising out of complications and disfigurement sustained following breast reduction surgery utilizing innovative technique;
- Disability Discrimination
- BankruptcyWe also provide consultation, advice and legal representation with respect to the appropriateness, the mechanics and the timing of a filing for protection, reorganization (including particularly Chapter 11 reorganizations) or liquidation under the bankruptcy laws, as well as with respect to the attendant bankruptcy litigation. Our consultation and advise in this area necessarily includes our assessment, evaluation and recommendations with respect to any alternatives to a bankruptcy filing which may be available or preferable to the client, given the client’s circumstances and objectives. Jones & Associates views these issues as major strategic decisions of the business which must be approached, assessed and acted upon by the client in that manner.