Legal Services

With over twenty five years of practical experience in tax and estate planning and managing the legal affairs of public and private companies, Ted’s legal practice is dedicated to bringing a results-oriented approach to common business needs at reasonable rates. He offers legal advice and representation in the following areas:

• General Corporate: From incorporating a business to maintaining the corporate entity with Board meetings and minutes, reviewing contracts, bank credit agreements and transactional events, Ted can help you with all of your corporate legal needs. Ted has experience in drafting and negotiating numerous contracts, over $100 million of debt and equity transactions, including bank credit, inter-creditor and subordinated debt agreements and stock and asset purchase and sale agreements. 

• Real Estate: Retail and commercial real estate leases and purchase and sale agreements. Ted has negotiated and drafted hundreds of retail, office and warehouse leases, amendments and lease termination agreements.

• Employment: General employment advice and executive employments agreements. Ted has experience in drafting and negotiating numerous executive employment, independent contractor and separation agreements and dealing with a wide variety of employment related issues.

• Tax and Estate Planning and Probate: Simple to complex Wills, Trusts, Estate planning and Probate. Ted can help you keep wealth within your family instead of paying costly estate and gift taxes to the government or to ensure that your property bypasses lengthy and expensive probate proceedings and goes directly to the people you've designated through such instruments as a Bypass Trust, Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust, Charitable Remainder Trust Credit Shelter Trust or Living Trust. Ted can help in trust and estate administration for individuals, families and closely held businesses, prepare federal and California gift and estate tax returns and represent clients in controversies with tax authorities.