- Divorce
- Child Support
- Child Custody and VisitationWe recognize that divorce or child custody problems generate a great deal of stress and represent crucial turning points in our clients’ lives. It can be a delicate balancing act to protect your interests today while also considering your needs and your child’s needs in the future. How you choose to work through sensitive issues now can have a profound affect on relationships later on. With that understanding in mind, we provide a comfortable office environment and we take a hands-on, active approach to our clients’ problems. Our goal is to help you complete a smooth and effective transition to the next stage of your life.
- Premarital Agreement
- Guardianship
- Spousal Support
- Legal Separation
- Annulment
- Criminal DefenseIf you have been arrested in Connecticut, we may be able to help. We offer a free consultation to discuss your case, taking an active step toward defending your rights and freedom. Dealing with criminal defense, we have extensive experience in both state and federal cases. It is our goal to provide a vigorous defense for our clients.
- DUI/DWIThe goal of dram shop legislation is to reduce the incidence of drunk driving injuries and deaths. By creating financial risks for businesses (and hosts) who serve already intoxicated patrons, legislators increased the incentive for business owners to “cut off” the tap. The result of these laws around the country has been a reduction in drunk driving accidents.
- Wrongful DeathWe represent individuals and businesses who have been injured by state or local government officials, placing an emphasis on law enforcement liability in the First and Fourth Amendment contexts. Our lawsuits often challenge police misconduct, particularly where there is personal injury or wrongful death. Our cases include allegations from federal constitutional challenges to state tort violations.
- Restraining Order
- Corporate Law
- Business DisputesSilver & Silver LLP understands that each client’s needs and goals are unique. We are committed to use our experience in business law and liquor law to work to help you succeed as your needs arise. Contact Silver & Silver LLP to assist with your corporate or LLC ownership transfer.
- Business TransactionsPractice areas include residential/commercial real estate and business transactions; personal injury litigation; criminal matters; landlord/tenant issues; divorce and family matters; wills, estates and probate matters; commercial litigation; and other areas of civil litigation.
- Limited Liability CompaniesSilver & Silver LLP offers a broad spectrum of business planning and transactional services for all business structures. We regularly establish limited liability companies, corporations (including sub-chapter S election), partnerships, joint ventures, trusts and other business entities, assisting our clients in the selection of the form best suited to their needs. We advise clients on a broad range of corporate, partnership and limited liability company transactions including acquisitions and dispositions businesses, reorganizations, restructurings, and joint ventures.
- Employment DiscriminationPractice areas include First Amendment and Civil Rights litigation; lender representation in residential and commercial real estate transactions; representation of property management companies and condominium associations; employment discrimination litigation; landlord/tenant matters; and other areas of civil litigation.
- Employment ContractIn connection with this transactional representation, Silver & Silver LLP also prepares and drafts all types of business documents, including shareholder agreements, partnership agreements, operating agreements, acquisition and disposition agreements, promissory notes, security agreements, UCC-1 financing statements, confidentiality agreements, employment agreements, and other legal documentation necessary for the management, operation and purchase/sale of a business. Silver & Silver LLP also provides extensive representation to business clients involved with the sale or distribution of alcoholic beverages.
- Sexual HarassmentWe have considerable experience in other types of constitutional litigation as well. These areas include sexual harassment, racial discrimination and First Amendment retaliation.
- Real Estate TransactionsWe have the knowledge and experience to represent our clients in sales, acquisitions, financing, leasing and tax-free exchanges of real estate. Silver & Silver LLP represent both buyers and sellers in residential, commercial and industrial real estate transactions.
- Easement
- Land Use and ZoningLand use and zoning laws, permits, variances, approvals from state and local agencies, and environmental issues must be thoroughly reviewed, considered, and taken into account before drafting or signing any legal documents.
- Personal InjurySilver & Silver LLP maintains extensive experience representing clients in litigation cases, including complex commercial, contract, real estate, personal injury, First Amendment, etc. We work closely with our clients from initial fact-finding throughout the entire litigation process.
- Medical Malpractice
- Estate PlanningMost people beginning the process of estate planning wonder if they should seek the advice of a lawyer. If you have children, own property or a business, are married or recently divorced, want to minimize taxes and probate costs, lend special assistance to a friend or favorite cause, you should utilize the knowledge and services of an experienced attorney to write or update your will or trust. Wills and trusts are wonderful tools to ensure your desires for your estate are carried out - but they can also ensure your peace of mind.
- Wills
- Trusts
- Power of Attorney
- Probate
- ForeclosureIn many instances, we are asked whether or not title insurance is necessary or advisable for the owner to purchase. We recommend the purchase of the title insurance, for a few simple reasons. First, the premium for purchase of the title insurance policy is a one-time charge. Since the purchaser is usually borrowing money to finance the purchase of the property, the majority of the cost of the title insurance policy has been paid for by the premiums of the Lender's Policy that is required by the lender. Usually for an additional few hundred dollars or less, the owner can insure against a variety of problems that could arise in the future, as relates to the property. These items include forged documents in the chain of title, signatures of mentally incompetent persons or minors which are unknown to the party reviewing the title, mistakes or inaccuracies in recording of legal documents of title at the Land Records or in the Probate Court, fraud in the execution or in the handling of a transaction in the Probate Court, undisclosed or missing heirs, fraud in the execution or in the handling of a transaction in the prior chain of title, invalid divorces or misrepresentation of marital status of the parties signing the documents, unpaid taxes which were not paid prior to the purchase of the property, and most importantly, clerical errors in the public records and claims of parties unknown because their claims have not been filed in any indices of public record in the State of Connecticut. The Lender’s Policy of title insurance does not protect the buyer, and can only be claimed against if the lender suffers a financial loss because of a title defect that adversely affects a foreclosure of the buyer’s mortgage. These are just a few of the issues which can arise in the title to anyone's real estate in Connecticut, and in other parts of the country.