Kaufman, Semeraro, Bern, Deutsch & Leibman, LLP
Experienced and Accomplished Attorneys in Fort Lee, New Jersey
Our lawyers are ready to hit the ground running when we accept new cases in any of our practice areas. Contact us to schedule a consultation regarding any of the following concerns:
Business Law: Our business clients include small businesses, professionals such as doctors, veterinarians and chiropractors; commercial and residential landlords software developers, computer experts and entrepreneurs in a variety of businesses.
Partnership disputes: Before your New Jersey business partner succeeds in bringing your business to its knees while pilfering profits on the side, contact Kaufman, Semeraro, Bern, Deutsch & Leibman.
Mergers and Acquisitions: Correct valuation of a business to be acquired is critical. The right contract and indemnification agreements are important considerations, as are restrictive covenants to protect your new business venture.
Small Business Purchase/Sale: As counselors at law, our business lawyers aim to help clients achieve their goals. Sometimes this means steering a client away from a bad idea — such as buying a business consisting of borrowed equipment or property with unresolved liens attached to it.
Commercial Litigation:Whether your dispute needs to be mediated, arbitrated or litigated to conclusion before a judge or jury, our attorneys have the skills and experience to represent your interests in achieving the goal you set.
Corporate Law: Our attorneys advise clients in all phases of the business cycle, from start-up companies in search of the necessary corporate formalities, to seasoned businesses in need of financing, ongoing capitalization efforts, and advising on all areas of corporate governance.
Banking Law: Our attorneys advise, negotiate, draft and review commercial loan documents and institutional financing agreements on behalf of several prominent banking institutions in Bergen County.
Internet and Technology Law: Corporations and sole proprietors alike seek out business lawyers of Kaufman, Semeraro, Bern, Deutsch & Leibman in Fort Lee for legal guidance and assistance with a host of Internet and technology issues.
Land Use: We assist commercial and residential real estate developers, small and large business owners and residential and commercial property owners in securing site plan approvals and variances and adapting to zoning requirements for all phases of development and construction. We are well-versed on New Jersey municipal land use law. We can help you get a use variance, density variance, height variance or set back variance.
Real Estate Law: Our attorneys advise on all areas of real estate finance, sales and acquisitions, development, hotels and hospitality and commercial leasing. On the residential side, we handle contract negotiations, mortgage securitization and financing, and closings.
Condo/Cooperative Housing Law: We work closely with real estate developers, both large and small, in the development of new condominium projects, mixed-use developments, cooperatives and the conversion of rental properties and cooperatives to condominium ownership.
Government and Municipal Law: Over the years, we have served as legal counsel to various planning and zoning boards throughout Bergen County and have successfully aided these boards in the comprehensive and cohesive development of their municipalities. We presently represent the Hoboken Zoning Board of Adjustment, the Paramus Zoning Board of Adjustment, the Planning Boards of Woodcliff Lake, Fairlawn, and Rivervale as well as the Joint Land Use Board of the Borough of Dumont. The firm's lawyers have previously represented the Borough of Northvale, the Planning Board of Palisades Park, Englewood Cliffs, and North Bergen as well as many other government entities.
Employment Law: Employers have a duty and obligation to follow relevant and applicable rules, laws and regulations governing employment. These directives may be found in federal, state or local statutes, in union or professional rules, and in case law (previous court decisions).
Discrimination: Our employment law attorneys can guide you in filing a complaint with agencies such as the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission), protecting yourself against illegal retaliation, filing a lawsuit and/or achieving a turn-around in your workplace environment.
Non-Compete Agreements: Non-compete agreements require employees to pledge not to work for competitors for a specified period of time following termination of employment with the employer.
Sexual Harassment: Learn how state and federal laws can protect you if you have been subjected to any type of sexual harassment on the job in New Jersey: how to document it, how to file a complaint, how to protect yourself from wrongful termination of other forms of retaliation, and how to file a lawsuit if necessary.Criminal Law: We liken criminal defense work to brain surgery: high risk, requiring the utmost precision and care. Defendants in criminal cases require vigorous, zealous advocacy in state and federal courts in New Jersey.
Fraud: Much of our fraud defense work is at the federal level.
Drug Distribution: Do the right thing for yourself and your future if you have been charged with a drug crime such as distribution of a controlled substance.
Sex Crimes: Any independent course of action that you may consider in light of sex crime charges may backfire and lead the way to future penalties and regrets. Qualified legal counsel is a must at this time. New Jersey is the birthplace of Megan's Law. It is a complicated area of law with varying notification levels including Internet notification as well as regular reporting.
Federal Criminal Law: The lawyer that you choose to represent you in a federal criminal matter may very well have a significant impact on the outcome of your case. Choose someone with federal criminal experience.
Motor Vehicle Violations: We help drivers regain their driving privileges after having their licenses suspended or revoked. We can help you when you get arrested for driving while suspended or driving while revoked.
Personal Injury: Although most personal injury cases settle before trial, our attorneys go into each personal injury case as if it were heading for the courtroom.
Schedule a consultation with a personal injury attorney. Contact us at Kaufman, Semeraro, Bern, Deutsch & Leibman, LLP in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
