The best time to seek the advise of an attorney is before you actually need them! We work with businesses, industry leaders, and physician and physician-owned organizations to develop sound strategies to help them succeed. Working together, we can help you avoid many pitfalls associated with business growth, employment, compliance, health law, tax regulations, and real estate development and land use. But problems do arise, and Gerber & Mitchell will be there for you.
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Gerber & Mitchell represents developers in connection with land use, zoning and planned development projects. The firm also represents commercial clients and individuals in all proceedings and transactions that deal with real property.
Real estate transactions can be complex, and the risks can be big. Our approach is to create a plan of action that serves as a guide through the transaction, start to finish. Due diligence, documentation, agreements, negotiated terms — all the critical details that we handle for you.
We know that practical planning for each transaction is the best way to avoid costly mistakes and ensure the deal closes in a timely manner with no surprises.
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When a business creates, invents or designs products, art, literature and other discoveries and inventions, protecting that property is critical. From trademark and copyright assets to trade secret, data privacy and domain name issues, our lawyers are experienced in navigating intellectual property law to protect your valuable business assets.
Working with our attorneys, you can be assured that all aspects of protecting your intellectual property will be secured. We will offer guidance as you develop and design products, offer advice on how to best document your work and be there for you to stop anyone who violates your intellectual property.
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The healthcare industry is under intense scrutiny, and the rules and regulations for it are changing and evolving. Physicians and physician-owned organizations need legal counsel that can provide guidance and advise on the complex issues they face. We advise clients on health care policy, antitrust, regulatory compliance, practice consolidation, data privacy and security, managed care contracting, reimbursement, and payor audits and overpayments.
Healthcare laws, rules and regulations have changed dramatically, and there are more updates and changes on the horizon. Healthcare markets are also experiencing widespread changes with consolidation between payors, health systems, physicians and physician-owned organizations occurring with greater frequency and scope. New payment models that compensate on value proposition – high quality and lower cost – are also creating new opportunities to collaborate and affiliate with other providers.
Whether you are facing significant legal challenges, proactively structuring your healthcare business to comply with rules and regulations, or need a firm for ongoing legal guidance, we provide efficient and effective legal representation. We have extensive experience and innovative thinking that often results in strategies and approaches that others have not considered.
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The relationship between employer and employees can be complicated, with many potential landmines to avoid. Federal and state employment law support both sides and address diverse issues like hiring practices, record-keeping, taxation, workplace safety and discrimination claims.
Laws are not negotiable – you are either in compliance or not. Gerber & Mitchell works with clients to ensure you know the details necessary to avoid problems. If you employ hourly or salaried staff, hire independent contractors, or manage a benefits program – if you have even one employee let alone hundreds – we can help you stay on the right side of the law.
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With proper planning, companies can lawfully mitigate the effect of taxes on their business activities. We have extensive experience in advising our clients on tax issues that must be considered before taking any number of corporate actions. Tax advice and planning usually starts with appropriately structuring a new business and its compensation arrangements with business owners key employees,and lasts through a sale of the business or other capital transaction.
Our extensive experience working with clients on compensation, mergers & acquisition & tax code issues is powerful. Gerber & Mitchell provides advice related to using stock options, restricted stock awards, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock plans and other forms of equity or equity-like compensation.
We address tax issues related to choice of transaction structure (i.e. merger, asset sale, stock purchase, etc), form and timing of payment, employee compensation as well as the myriad other tax considerations that arise in a typical transaction.
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We provide technical legal skills, practical business judgment and knowledge accumulated over years of experience to advise emerging companies and to represent small and large businesses of all kinds. We use our experience to assist clients through each phase of the businesses life cycle: from initial planning and organization to managing operational issues and new opportunities to succession planning and exit strategies.
Working with clients during the business planning stage allows us to help prevent costly errors that can derail a business. As the business grows and issues become more complex, we are there to offer counsel based on a deep understanding of the company and its history. Our relationship with each client, and our commitment to their business, sets the framework for ongoing guidance and counsel.
