| Business/Corp Law | Civil Litigation | Probate/Estate |
Business and Corporate Law
At the Roncone Law Firm, P.C., we represent individuals and businesses in a broad spectrum of business and corporate matters. If you are looking to start a business enterprise, we can advise you regarding the best legal form, whether a sole proprietorship, a partnership, a corporation, or a limited liability company. Our attorneys also have experience working with non-profit entities. We can advise you regarding filing requirements and compliance with state business organization laws. Our attorneys have extensive experience with the negotiation, review, and preparation of business agreements and can advise you on all aspects of most commercial transactions. Contact us to schedule an initial consultation.
Civil Litigation-Our civil litigation practice includes:
- Business and corporate disputes
- Construction disputes
- Employment related claims
- Collection actions
- Insurance claims
- Trade secrets
- Real estate
- Unfair competition
- Will contests
- Contract disputes
- Personal injury
- Wrongful death
- Slip, trip and fall claims
- Negligence claims
- Wrongful dispensing of prescriptions (pharmacy claims)
- Food poisoning
Estate Planning and Probate Administration
Our firm provides legal counsel in all matters related to estate planning and probate admininistration. In our estate planning practice, we help clients plan for the orderly distribution of their estates. We review and draft all the necessary documents to construct an effective estate plan, including wills, trusts (revocable and irrevocable), powers of attorney, and heath care directives. In our probate adminsistration work, we represent estates in the probate court to ensure the orderly distribution of assets. This often involves preparing an inventory of assets, obtaining property valuations (when necessary), ensuring payment of estate obligations (including taxes), and overseeing the distribution of the estate in accordance with the decedent's wishes.
Real Estate
Our firm represents commercial and residential clients in all matters related to real property (land and the structures attached to it), including purchase and sale agreements, construction contracts, mortgages and foreclosures, leases, zoning disputes, title examinations, quiet title actions, closings, and property management. Our attorneys handle residential and commercial conveyancing and act as approved title insurance agents underwriting for the Chicago Title Insurance Company.
The Roncone Law Offices, P.C. represent individuals, business organizations and other entities both as plaintiffs and defendants in various types of business, real estate, construction and other civil litigation matters. Our Attorneys appear before the local district, superior, land, probate and federal courts throughout the Commonwealth of MA. We have experience handling commercial litigation; corporate, shareholder and partnership disputes; construction claims; condominium litigation, real estate matters, including actions for specific performance, breach of contract, foreclosure, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, accountings and quiet title actions; insurance coverage disputes; wrongful termination disputes; and actions relating to the recovery of personal and real property. Our attorneys are capable of seeking or opposing pre-judgment relief, such as temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions andwrits of attachment.
While litigation is often times unavoidable, the firm counsels its clients as to the intricate process of litigation, prior to the institution of and throughout the entire litigation process. The litigation process commences with an investigation and evaluation of a client's claims or defenses, and an analysis of the client's rights, duties and obligations in order to effectively evaluate the case consistent with the client's expectations and goals. The process proceeds with filing and/or responding to the complaint, and then conducting the discovery required to properly prepare or defend the case.
Through our attorneys' counseling, clients are afforded the opportunity to make more informed decisions on whether to litigate or settle disputes; and, if litigated, how to properly prepare the case for trial, and whether to settle during the course of the proceedings in a manner most favorable to the client. When appropriate, our firm participates in many means of alternate dispute resolution sources, e.g. alternatives such as the American Arbitration Association, and private arbitration and/or mediation processes.
Various members of the firm serve as court-appointed arbitrators or mediators.
Employment Law
The firm represents employees who have been discriminated against in the workplace. The issues with which our attorneys assist clients include:
- Sexual harassment
- Racial discrimination
- National origin discrimination
- Gender discrimination
- Religious discrimination
- Age discrimination
- Physical condition discrimination
- Family or medical leaves
- Social Security benefits or disability insurance
- Wage and hour claims
MA employment law articles written by Roncone Law Offices, P.C., attorney Janie Lanza Vowles include; "Maintaining The At-Will Employment Relationship" and "Employers Beware - Can Your Most Valuable Assets Walk Out The Door?"
The firm practices before the MA Commission Against Discrimination, the Equal Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, the MA Attorney General's Office, the Social Security Administration and in all courts in the Commonwealth. If you need help with an employment dispute, contact Attorney Janie Lanza Vowles.