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.
With a focus on personalized attention and strategic solutions, our experienced attorneys are here to support your legal journey.
Practice Areas
More than just a law firm – the team at Stearns & Ryan, Lawyers is a close-knit family.
