Practice Areas

Corporate Business Disputes & Transactions

Our skilled attorneys offer guidance on establishing, growing, and maintaining successful operations, while also possessing the expertise to navigate complex litigation when disputes arise.

Stearns & Ryan, Lawyers provide tailored legal services to support small to large businesses at every stage of their development.

Business Formation

We help new businesses by reviewing their business plans and providing counsel on how to properly form and maintain the business once it’s running, advising them on potential liabilities, insurance coverage and tax structures.

Once your business is established, we work closely with your tax advisors and other professionals in assisting you with a variety of legal matters such as:

Due diligence
Non-compete agreements
Financial investment counseling
Breach of contract
Buy and sell agreements
Contract review and development
Non-disclosure contracts
Real estate agreements
Purchases and sales of businesses

Litigation Services

Business in the current economic and regulatory environments is challenging enough, much less having to contend with litigation filed by your competitors. Stearns & Ryan, Lawyers provide outside commercial litigation counsel from both macro and micro perspectives.

On the micro level, we have the experience and success to represent you in both state and federal courts, and at the trial and appellate levels. Our expertise includes:

Banking and creditor issues
Breach of contract
Breach of warranty
Business torts
Construction law
Insurance claims and disputes
Products liability
Professional liability
Real estate
Toxic tort
Partnership/shareholder disputes
Injunctions
Restrictive covenants
Unfair competition agreements

On the macro level, we provide counsel regarding your overall commercial litigation program. Our experience makes us adept at determining which matters are best resolved with Alternative Dispute Resolution, providing greater cost savings, and which will require a more aggressive litigation strategy.

Who We Work With

Our clients tend to be private and public limited liability companies, partnerships, limited partnerships, and corporations. We have provided outside litigation counsel to several Fortune 500 companies, including the United Services Automobile Association.