Buckley King provides confidential guidance and representation in domestic relations matters, providing personalized solutions that work toward minimizing expense and the emotional impact these matters can have. This practice includes attorneys Certified as Specialists in Family Relations Law, trained in collaborative and interdisciplinary collaborative law techniques, trained Guardian ad Litem, and trained mediators, who advocate in the courtroom as well as in mediation settings. More and more couples are looking to collaborative law as a more positive and less expensive way to approach divorce. In a collaborative divorce, the spouses and their attorneys negotiate a divorce settlement without going to court.
Child Support
Child Custody and Visitation
Guardianship
Individuals look to Buckley King for insightful, practical and understandable methods to achieve their estate planning and business succession objectives. Drawing upon years of experience at all levels of real estate, business, tax, estate, trust and probate matters, we provide up-front assessments ranging from fiduciary and guardianship litigation to estate tax audits, taking the most direct and efficient route to attain the goals of our clients.
The Firm also represents institutions in dispute resolution from First Amendment cases involving student newspapers to faculty discipline and discrimination, and from sexual assaults to wrongful death actions. Our litigation team provides practical and clear guidance in dispute resolution and is cognizant of the need to preserve and manage institutional reputation and relationships, and protects the institution’s position in that regard.
Sex Crimes
Fraud
White Collar Crimes
Buckley King has extraordinary experience representing federal contractors, state and national banks and other financial services institutions, insurance companies, corporations, executives and victims of corporate crimes in courts and in state and federal grand jury investigations involving...
Theft
Embezzlement
Often as lead counsel, we have handled matters involving criminal conduct, employee dishonesty, embezzlement, theft, forgery, Ponzi-schemes, and numerous other types of corrupt activities, misconduct and illegal enterprises concerning corporate property, intellectual property, money-laundering, fraud, banking crimes, and scams that have ranged from hundreds of thousands of dollars to more than $500 million.
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We understand day-to-day labor and employment issues, and offer employers guidance and options to manage their workforce, mitigate risk and avoid litigation and governmental inquiries. Our attorneys conduct on-site compliance audits of areas such as wage and hour, leaves of absence and employee accommodations, and provide management training with respect to discrimination, harassment, union avoidance and retaliation.
Buckley King handles a full range of residential, commercial and industrial real estate projects. We have experience in governmental contracts, construction contracts, finance, title matters and dispute resolution. Our engagements include mixed-use developments in large office parks and the development, acquisition and sale of office buildings and industrial facilities. We regularly assist institutional real estate owners and users in evaluating and structuring acquisition, disposition and leasing projects.
Real Estate Transactions
Our guidance is focused on minimizing delays, limiting risk/exposure, and mitigating costs. With knowledge in the state and federal laws governing real estate transactions, and an in-house Certified Specialist in Residential Real Property Law, Buckley King provides brokers, underwriters, lenders, governmental agencies, contractors and other professionals the experience needed to close deals on time and on budget. We often appear before planning commissions, zoning boards, and other administrative bodies to garner support for challenging projects or projects facing challenges.
With strategies contemplating unforeseen possibilities and the opportunity to assess options in protecting, strengthening and transferring assets to the next generation, our attorneys advise and guide on all aspects of business succession and estate planning law, including...
Buckley King has built a reputation for developing innovative and insightful solutions in response to changes in the financial market. Our team consists of Certified Specialists in Creditors’ Rights Law and Business Bankruptcy Law and is nationally recognized by peers, clients and respected legal publications for excellence in Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Banking and Finance Law, as well as in Bankruptcy Litigation.