At Turke & Strauss LLP, we advise clients on a variety of complex legal issues that impact their businesses. It is our practice to work in partnership with our clients, to advise them when making business decisions and to represent them when dispute arise. We pride ourselves on understanding the goals and needs of our clients and we are known for being exceptionally efficient and responsive.

We do things differently at Turke & Strauss. We never bill clients for the intake of information as believe that our legal advice is only as good as our understanding of their needs. We don’t want to create any obstacles to getting a comprehensive view of our clients’ needs. You may notice, we are a curious team and ask many questions; we want to know what you are doing today and where you plan to be in the future.

Also, we are a dynamic team and we work to match each client with the attorney who has the most relevant experience. Our goal is to be a streamlined and efficient as possible and sometimes that means bringing in an attorney from across the street or across the country.

Our business practice includes, but is not limited to:

• Owner, Succession, Shareholder and Management Issues
• Buying or Selling Companies
• Creditor Rights
• Corporate, Partnership, and Non-Profit Formation
• Commercial Real Estate Transactions
• Contract Formation and Negotiations
• Construction Transactions and Dispute
• Secured Transactions
• Distribution, Sales, and Marketing Agreements
• Employment Agreements

At Turke & Strauss, we partner with our clients to navigate and resolve disputes in a cost effective and efficient manner. We always provide our clients the information needed to develop realistic goals and we present a budget for each phase of the litigation.

Our commercial litigation practice includes:

• Contract disputes
• Unfair competition
• Bad faith
• Breach of warranty
• Commercial disputes
• Fraud
• Enforcement of creditor rights in large scale foreclosure proceedings
• Commercial landlord/tenant disputes
• Employment related disputes, including non-compete and non-solicitation agreements
• Disputes between and among partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies and other legal relationships

At Turke & Strauss, we want to partner with clients to help them cost-effectively manage their legal matters. For clients without a dedicated legal person in-house, we offer “outside” general counsel services to help your business manage risk.

So why would I need these services?

As background, “in-house” counsel is your employee who performs some (but not all) of your day-to day legal matters, gives a legal “gut-check” to your business decisions and selects and manages outsidecounsel (law firms like us) for all other legal matters. In-house counsel manages your legal budget and should tell you whether outside counsel is doing a good job. Perhaps most importantly, having in-house counsel allows you to focus on running and growing your business.

That’s great, but I don’t want — or can’t afford — to hire a dedicated attorney in-house.

Turke & Strauss knows that.  Many businesses simply do not need a full-time or even part-time in-house counsel.  Using a customized fee for an agreed-upon scope (let’s say 10 vendor contract reviews and 5 hours of HR consultations) you can retain Turke & Strauss to handle “in-house” functions as you need them. If your company uses legal counsel other than Turke & Strauss for a matter, we can give you the straight scoop on whether your strategy is sound and legal bills are reasonable. Our outside general counseling also includes workplace training, “best practice” recommendations to reduce legal risk. We offer the flexibility to retain our services on an hourly, flat-rate or project based retainer.

Whether you are buying, selling or leasing commercial or residential property, Turke & Strauss can make sure your rights are protected before and after the deal closes.

Perhaps not recently, but Turke & Strauss construction attorneys actually have pounded a nail, wired a circuit or poured concrete on a construction site. This real-world industry experience helps us to help you with your construction-related legal needs, whether they are deal-forming or deal-breaking. On the deal side, we represent owners, developers, general contractors, subcontractors, architects, engineers and suppliers in negotiating and drafting construction-related agreements, including bid documents, design-build contracts, general contractor agreements, subcontracts, joint venture agreements, bid documents, purchase orders and the like. We know that time is money in construction, so we help you get your deal done on time and under budget.

But things don’t always go perfectly. Leveraging our extensive construction litigation experience, we also help you quickly and efficiently resolve construction disputes if they arise, so you can get back to business. At Turke & Strauss we handle disputes arising before, during or after construction including supplier disputes, lien claims, change order disputes and construction defect matters to name a few. Our experience includes handling mediation, litigation and arbitration. We want you to avoid costly legal disputes, but we fight hard to win them.