Taxes, Trusts, and Estates: Tax planning for businesses, organizations and transactions, and tax and estate planning for individuals, is an important aspect of our full-service representation of clients.
Real Estate: Assisting clients in purchasing and leasing real estate is a significant part of the legal services we provide. We provide title searches, title insurance, and closing services.
Commercial and Corporate: We represent clients in all manner of business transactions. The types of transactions in which we assist clients include business organizations and business acquisitions and sales, including an analysis of the tax and legal implications of the transactions.
What began as a landlord/tenant case with the landlord enforcing the terms of a residential lease that contained an early termination liquidated damage charge, ended up in bankruptcy court. The initial claim was that a few thousand dollars were owed because the tenant ‘walked out’ before the end of the...
In a declaratory judgment action, business owning bar sought recovery of its costs from its general liability carrier of its defense in litigation in which it was successful in obtaining summary judgment. Insurance carrier had not only denied coverage but also denied a duty to defend. The denial of defense...
Hillyer purchased a new truck. About two years later he asserted claims against the selling dealership for breach of contract, breach of warranty, fraud and violations of the Consumer Protection Act. Hillyer did not initially name the manufacturer in the action because he had initiated his dispute against the manufacturer...
Defendant sought leave to file an amended counterclaim to assert several significant claims related to the prior sale of the business. The Court in a lengthy opinion and order granted leave to assert numerous additional claims, including conversion of the website and related data, breach of fiduciary duty, diversion of...
Employee work for over a decade for employer. At some point post-employment, employer requested a non-compete be executed by the employee. Some stock options were awarded as part of that agreement. Years later employer sought to down-size and terminated employee under a reduction in force. Employee sought out new employment...
Two individuals purchased a mostly-completed new house construction out of foreclosure. They finished the construction which involved items such as carpet and painting and not substantive construction work, and sold the house “as is”. Buyer subsequently discovered that the windows in the basement were not sufficient size to allow bedroom...
Blue Skies Racing Stable, LLC appealed a judgment of the Fayette Circuit Court dismissing appellee, O’Sullivan Farms, LLC from its declaratory action. The Court of Appeals reversed and remanded. The controversy centered over who was entitled to ownership of a thoroughbred stallion named LIMEHOUSE. Blue Skies contended that it had...
Customer executed a personal guarantee of business obligations. Upon default, customer challenged the personal guarantee claiming it unenforceable under KRS 371.065. The trial court agreed and the Kentucky Court of Appeals affirmed opining that the guarantee was not attached to the note, did not refer to the specific note nor...