PRACTICE AREAS

General Litigation
Flechas & Associates handles the simplest forms of litigation to the most complex cases, including general casualty, workers compensation, insurance contract analysis, class actions, products liability, toxic tort and premises liability.

Divorce and Domestic Relations
Flechas & Associates represents and advises clients on all issues involving divorce and domestic relations. This includes applicable grounds for divorce, alimony, child support, child custody, distribution of marital assets, and modification of prior court orders. In addition, Flechas & Associates is involved in complex cases involving the distribution of business assets and real property.

Business Litigation
Flechas & Associates represents business and corporate clients and their insurers in a broad spectrum of commercial litigation in state and federal courts throughout the region and in other states. Such cases range from the most complex multi-district litigation in the antitrust, ERISA, RICO and business fraud areas to breach of contract. The firm also has experience in the increasingly important area of alternative dispute resolution, involving arbitration and mediation.

Trusts, Estates and Wills
Flechas & Associates provides will and estate planning services to individuals, families and fiduciaries on a wide range of issues involving estate and gift planning as well as estate and trust administration. We are experienced in drafting wills and donations, establishing charitable, insurance and children's trusts and counseling and advising closely held businesses on transferring wealth from one generation to the next. We also counsel executors and trustees in connection with administration and representation in tax audits and preparation of gift and estate tax returns.

Corporate Law
Our law firm provides advice to businesses including corporations, general partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships and proprietorships. We counsel clients in all phases of business development and continuation, such as advice regarding the choice of business organization, choice of jurisdiction, organizational documentation, state and federal filings, and tax issues bearing upon those types of entities. Finally we advise clients on all types of commercial and financial transactions and negotiations and the drafting of all necessary documentation related thereto.

Construction
Flechas & Associates represents architects, engineers, contractors, developers, landowners and their insurers in a broad range of issues and litigation arising out of the construction of buildings and other structures. Cases range from claims involving architects' and engineers' liability, construction delays and disputes, catastrophic failures, faulty or defective construction and safety issues, to more generalized personal injury and property damage suits.

Mass Tort and Complex Litigation
Flechas & Associates has been or is presently involved in cases ranging from products liability, toxic tort, mass tort, and insurance defense or fraud. The firm also has experience focusing on breach of warranty, civil rights and securities litigation.

Healthcare
Flechas & Associates represents and advises healthcare professionals, institutions, and organizations through the structuring and negotiation of transactions; giving advice and opinions on compliance with federal and state laws and regulations affecting healthcare transactions, reimbursement, operations and financing; creating healthcare corporate compliance programs; representing clients in federal and state health regulatory and false claims investigations; and handling commercial litigation and regulatory proceedings.

Labor and Employment
Flechas & Associates represents management in all facets of the employer-employee relationship. We regularly assist clients in order to avoid needless litigation by counseling employers in advance of significant employment decisions, and we help our clients design programs and policies to foster positive employee relations. We advise employers in many areas of the law, including employment discrimination cases before the EEOC, state and local human rights commissions, and the courts; unfair labor practice and union organizing proceedings before the NLRB; negotiation of collective bargaining agreements; job safety cases before OSHA; minimum wage and overtime audits; affirmative action plan design and audits.

Products Liability
Flechas & Associates represents foreign and domestic insurers, manufacturers and distributors in defense of manufacturer and design liability cases involving motor vehicles, electrical appliances, chemical and industrial products, medical devices, prescription drugs, and pharmaceuticals, as well as other industrial and consumer products.

Professional Liability
Our firm has experience in representing hospitals, physicians, surgeons, attorneys, architects, engineers, real estate agents, and brokers and their insurers in defense of professional liability claims.

Real Estate and Finance
Flechas & Associates provides representation and advice regarding sales and acquisitions, property development and construction, commercial leasing, management of commercial property, title insurance, expropriation, foreclosure, lender liability, breach of contract, zoning and land use, and finance. We provide analysis, advice and counsel regarding structuring of transactions and financing arrangements including secured transactions and mortgage as well as leasing, landlord/tenant relationships, servitudes/easements, donations, exchange real estate brokerage law, tax sales, and federal and state regulation of real estate.