Our Practice

Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard & Shapiro, LLP is a full-service law firm, providing representation that cuts across a wide range of legal areas including Construction Law, Corporate Transactions, Entertainment, Environmental, Real Estate, Taxation and an exceptionally strong Litigation practice that handles all of these matters and more.  A description of the Firm's main practice areas and expertise follows:

Litigation
Led by department Chair Patricia Glaser, widely recognized as one of the top trial lawyers in the nation, the Firm’s litigators are known and respected for having a result-oriented, cost-effective approach to success in the courtroom. The Firm has built a reputation as the go-to litigators for high-stakes and high-value cases. Since most cases do not end up in trial, in many firms litigators do not accumulate significant trial expertise. In contrast, at Glaser Weil the Firm is abundant with seasoned litigators who regularly try complex, high-profile cases. In part, this is a result of being the Firm of choice by clients who believe a case may ultimately go to trial. Indeed, the Firm's trial lawyers are often retained on the eve of trial for exactly this purpose, achieving successful results in cases that had languished or been considered unresolvable.
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Real Estate
Peter Weil and Roger Howard head the Firm’s Real Estate Department which provides a broad range of legal services for clients in California, Nevada and throughout the country. The Real Estate Department’s areas of practice include real estate acquisitions and dispositions, secured lending, including restructuring and workouts, construction, architecture and related development matters, leasing, hospitality, land use, and environmental risk analysis, and in conjunction with the Corporate and Tax Departments, structuring the ownership and investment vehicles in connection with real estate acquisition and development. Real Estate attorneys are knowledgeable in multiple disciplines and bring a broad range of expertise to each project. In recent years the Firm has provided lead real estate counsel services to the developers of “CityCenter” in Las Vegas – the largest Real Estate development in the history of the U.S.
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Business
Led by Barry Fink, the Firm's Business Department provides all manner of business related legal services, including mergers and acquisitions, alternative investment transactions, emerging company/venture capital issues and general company representation.  Sophisticated tax planning, tax controversies and issues related to trusts and estates are integral parts of the Firm's practice. The Firm's attorneys help clients resolve a wide range of financial, management and competitive challenges as to the choice, capitalization and management structure of entities, shareholder matters, bank debt financing, the licensing of technology, and executive compensation issues. The Firm also represents issuers and investors in all stages of the capital raising process, and attorneys in the Business Transactions department have extensive experience in public offerings and private placements of debt and equity securities. In addition, the Firm represents foreign and domestic clients in the acquisition and disposition of businesses
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Environmental
Led by Terry Avchen, the Environmental Law group at Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard & Shapiro, LLP provides full service in all areas of environmental law, renewable energy, and natural resources.  In addition to traditional environmental and energy litigation and business issues, this interdisciplinary group addresses the rapidly growing renewable and alternative energy areas, with projects ranging from wind power and solar power to biofuels and hydroelectric.
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Insurance
Glaser Weil's Insurance Department handles litigation for, and advises insurers and insureds on, litigation and coverage matters related to title insurance, entertainment, directors' and officers' liability, construction defects, and professional liability.  The nation's largest title insurers routinely consult with the Firm's Insurance group, relying on our attorneys' expertise to address high-stakes, multi-party claims. 
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