Holden Carpenter & Roscow

While our firm is not currently taking litigation, experienced legal counsel at the transaction and negotiation stage can often avoid the need for litigation. ESTATE PLANNING AND REAL ESTATE CLOSINGS UPDATE: Our law firm remains operational and available to serve your essential Estate Planning and Real Estate Closings during this time.

Businesses often rely upon a business attorney for counsel regarding deal negotiation, structuring and financing of transactions, leasing, sale and purchase of assets or stock, debt management, mergers, restructuring, reorganization, licensing, and other business issues.

Contracts are agreements between "persons" (which include both human beings and business entities), and include leases, employment agreements, buy-sell agreements, construction contracts, non-compete agreements, agreements to license a service or product, franchise agreements, and real estate purchase agreements.

Estate planning is a highly personal process, requiring close attention to the familial and financial goals of the individuals involved. Proper planning can spare one's loved ones unnecessary emotional and financial distress. Probate is the process where a court supervises the process of identifying and gathering a decedent's assets, paying the decedent's valid debts, and distributing the remaining assets to the decedent's beneficiaries.