Sentences with phrase «estate law firm doing»

Silver received $ 700,000 in referral fees from a real estate law firm doing tax appeal work for Glenwood in an alleged kickback scheme as he directed tax breaks to Glenwood, the indictment claims.

Not exact matches

«I hear all kinds of excuses from business owners who don't want to get involved in estate planning,» confides Joshua Rubenstein, a partner in the estate and trust department of New York City law firm Rosenman & Colin.

«Many corporate law firms do not employ trust - and - estate specialists — and the consequences can be costly for entrepreneurs if they simply rely on the advice of a partner who remembers drafting a will back in law school,» Rubenstein says.

DO N'T put the arm on major real estate developer Glenwood Management — in the midst of negotiations affecting the company's profits — to hire a law firm that's secretly paying you kickbacks (which is one of Bharara's charges against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver).

Silver was convicted of using his power in the legislature to do favors for a cancer researcher and a real estate company in return for referrals and legal fees to two law firms he was affiliated with.

Silver is accused of directing Glenwood to hire a real estate law firm run by a former aide, which then paid him handsomely for doing no work, while Skelos is charged with directing the developer to pay his son's title insurance company $ 20,000 for work it did not do.

While the complaint against Silver does not detail his interactions with Glenwood during these months, it does allege that he had already developed financial relations with the company: «In or about 2011... the Real Estate Law Firm represented approximately 19 properties owned by [Glenwood] and Developer - 2, constituting less than one percent of all properties represented by the firm that year, yet these 19 buildings contributed more than 31 percent of all revenue obtained by the Real Estate Law Firm that year.&raFirm represented approximately 19 properties owned by [Glenwood] and Developer - 2, constituting less than one percent of all properties represented by the firm that year, yet these 19 buildings contributed more than 31 percent of all revenue obtained by the Real Estate Law Firm that year.&rafirm that year, yet these 19 buildings contributed more than 31 percent of all revenue obtained by the Real Estate Law Firm that year.&raFirm that year.»

Federal prosecutors said Silver received bribes through work he claimed to do for personal injury law firm Weitz & Luxenberg and a real estate law firm.

Silver is also accused of getting more than $ 700,000 in a real estate scheme — he pocketed referral fees from law firms that did tax work for wealthy developers, which Silver sent their way, prosecutors said.

Silver now faces charges for fraud, after federal prosecutors say he received bribes through work he claimed to do for a personal injury law firm and a real estate law firm.

Federal prosecutors say Silver ran schemes using two law firms, one specializing in real estate, the other in personal injury law, to collect money for work he did not perform.

He's accused of directing state grants to a cancer researcher in exchange for lucrative legal referrals and of of accepting referral fees from a law firm that did work for two high profile real estate developers.

The complaint against Silver does not directly name the real estate law firm he allegedly used in a scheme to get some $ 700,000 in «bribes and kickbacks» from developers with business before the state.

Silver was accused of pressuring two real estate companies doing business with the state to hire a law firm that was regularly paying him bribes, the 35 - page complaint charged.

(1) The following shall be exempt from the Credit Services Organization Act: (a) A person authorized to make loans or extensions of credit under the laws of this state or the United States who is subject to regulation and supervision by this state or the United States or a lender approved by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for participation in a mortgage insurance program under the National Housing Act, 12 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; (b) A bank or savings and loan association whose deposit or accounts are eligible for insurance by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or a subsidiary of such a bank or savings and loan association; (c) A credit union doing business in this state; (d) A nonprofit organization exempt from taxation under section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; (e) A person licensed as a real estate broker or salesperson under the Nebraska Real Estate License Act acting within the course and scope of that license; (f) A person licensed to practice law in this state acting within the course and scope of the person's practice as an attorney; (g) A broker - dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission acting within the course and scope of that regulation; (h) A consumer reporting agency; (i) A person whose primary business is making loans secured by liens on real property; (j) A person, firm, corporation, or association licensed as a collection agency in this state or a person holding a solicitor's certificate in this state acting within the course and scope of that license or certificate; and (k) A person licensed to engage in the business of debt management pursuant to sections 69 - 1201 to 69 -estate broker or salesperson under the Nebraska Real Estate License Act acting within the course and scope of that license; (f) A person licensed to practice law in this state acting within the course and scope of the person's practice as an attorney; (g) A broker - dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission acting within the course and scope of that regulation; (h) A consumer reporting agency; (i) A person whose primary business is making loans secured by liens on real property; (j) A person, firm, corporation, or association licensed as a collection agency in this state or a person holding a solicitor's certificate in this state acting within the course and scope of that license or certificate; and (k) A person licensed to engage in the business of debt management pursuant to sections 69 - 1201 to 69 -Estate License Act acting within the course and scope of that license; (f) A person licensed to practice law in this state acting within the course and scope of the person's practice as an attorney; (g) A broker - dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission acting within the course and scope of that regulation; (h) A consumer reporting agency; (i) A person whose primary business is making loans secured by liens on real property; (j) A person, firm, corporation, or association licensed as a collection agency in this state or a person holding a solicitor's certificate in this state acting within the course and scope of that license or certificate; and (k) A person licensed to engage in the business of debt management pursuant to sections 69 - 1201 to 69 - 1217.

I think some of the mistakes that people have by approaching those firms, and saying «Hey, you have to market your way in this way, or that,» they could have a very busy practice doing estate planning, some real estate work, some family law, you name it, and they're doing a very nice job of that.

Among them were Bebe Chueh, cofounding partner of the innovative technology - based law firm Atrium LLP; Chrissie Lightfoot, cofounder and CEO of Robot Lawyer LISA; Dorna Moini, the lawyer who founded HelpSelf Legal to help low - income people handle common legal problems; Emily Montgomery, the Las Vegas attorney who launched the legal keyboard product Citepad; Melinda Sungenis Black, the veteran legal tech executive who is preparing to launch The Expert Witness Exchange; and Amy Wan, the lawyer who started Bootstrap Legal to help real estate investors get legal paperwork done more easily.

«A lot of legal work around estates and trusts and elder law is done by sole practitioners and smaller firms,» says Goddard.

Aaron Street: Yeah I mean I think this can be taken too far, so if you had an example like Brad where he only represents criminal defendants and therefore there's no risk of him having a conflict come through the site when he's getting actual information about actual cases, but you could see in a litigation, let's say a family law lawyer, if their website were trying to collect information to provide tools as both an intake and access to justice solution that you potentially run into tremendous conflicts of interest problems there and I think obviously any lawyer considering pursuing this for their firm should think through the implications of their particular situation, but I think what Brad's doing is awesome in the context of his criminal law practice and I think there are versions of a similar model that could be used in something like your debt collection defense practice or a small business startup practice or an estate planning practice, but that doesn't mean that it's a model that should be replicated by every lawyer in every practice.

The flawed assumption underling this theory of LIFO is that law firm hiring during economic expansions fueled by, say, a dot - com bubble or a real estate boom, is done with the same forethought as it is during a recovery.

When not doing non-lawyer, LPM work for Lex Projex ™, Mr. Lassiter only practices law in Arizona through his law firm in the areas of business, real estate, construction and technology dispute resolution and transactions.

As between real estate groups at different law firms, I think it is a fair assumption that at a smaller firm you may get more client contact since the clients of such firms don't have the resources to «overlawyer» deals.

For smaller firms and solos, there's always a temptation to do nothing but react to the moment, says Bill Wilson, principal at The Law Offices of Wilson & Wilson and The Center for Estate Planning and Elder Law, based in west suburban LaGrange.

The bot is targeted at real estate investors who are originating private equity, crowdfunding and syndication offerings and who want to get the legal paperwork done more quickly and affordably than through the traditional law firm route.

The firm Hainsworth works for does a range of legal work including civil litigation, family law, personal injury, real estate and estates law.

Last year we revealed some of the more innovative work that Mishcon de Reya is doing in its real estate department in terms of data extraction and automation and today (12 February) the UK top 35 law firm announced that is has worked closely with MJ Mapp on the inaugural roll - out of automation software for long - standing firm client AEW UK to redefine the way commercial property tenancies are processed by lawyers and managing agents.

If you're a small law firm that practices pretty much anything that walks in the door such as a general practice, you want to see if you're getting more divorce cases at certain times of the month, maybe it's real estate transactions and then you also want to be able to track that information along with your profitability and see is it more profitable to do divorce cases over real estate buyers and sellers.

You also do litigation (mostly for the firm's real estate and business clients) and some employment law, but that practice is fairly new.

For example, let's say your firm is doing fairly well in small commercial real estate and midmarket corporate / commercial law.

The firm in our example might say, of course we know what we do — we practice real estate, corporate / commercial law, litigation, and employment law.

Buyers Brokers Only, LLC is not a law firm, and, although all Buyers Brokers Only, LLC real estate brokers are licensed attorneys, the real estate brokers do not provide any legal advice to their clients.

Real estate practitioners and firms must take care not only to avoid conduct that does violate the law, but also conduct that supports an inference of an unlawful agreement with other real estate professionals in restraint of trade.