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Banking

We extensively represent financial instututions in such areas as commercial lending, transactional matters, creditor/debtor relationships, secured transactions, foreclosrues, bankruptcies, debt restructuring and workouts, and consumer credit documentation and compliance.

Our firm has, for the past twenty-five years, been very actively involved in the representation of a number of financial institutions and has maintained a high level of expertiese in that area. We have developed expertiese both in regulatory law and in commercial and residential lending law, financing, secured tranactions, foreclosures, creditor's rights and bankruptcy law, and in virtually every other aspect of bank and financial institution representation.

We have been instrumental with financial institutions in setting up in-house procedures that have increased the client's efficiency of operation and, in fact reduced legal expense.

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Collections

We have taken pride over the years in our ability to not only secure judgements, but to collect judgements. We have extensive expertise in debt collection, attachments, receiverships, replevin, fraudulent transfers, real and personal foreclosures and pre-judgment attachments.

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Commercial Law

We represent purchasers and sellers of businesses, borrowers and lenders, and others in commercial transactions. We advise and counsel on all aspects of operations
including such matters as buying, selling and leasing of goods and services.

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Contract Law

Our attorneys advise business and individual clients in negotiating contracts for the purchase and sale of commercial and residential real estate and business assets, contracts for the provision or acquisition of services, employment contracts, consulting contracts, construction contracts, licensing agreements, non-competition agreements, franchise agreements, and a variety of other legal contracts. In addition we advise and represent individuals and business entities in litigation and arbitration concerning disputes that arise from contracts of all kinds.

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Corporate Law

Our corporate practice focuses on the representation of businesses by providing a complete range of advice with regard to the formation and management of corporations. We handle a wide variety of corporate matters, including corporate structure, reorganization, purchase and sale of assets, corporate financing, buy-sell arrangements, employment matters, corporate tax and other key aspects of the management and operation of corporations. Our attorneys work together to provide a complete spectrum of services to our corporate clients.

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Creditors Rights and Bankruptcy

We represent creditors in all stages of business transactions. We identify and resolve potential creditors’ rights and bankruptcy issues. We also conduct restructuring of financially troubled companies, arrange for the recovery and sale of collateral, and defend preference and fraudulent transfer claims.

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Education Law

The firm serves various school districts and colleges. Our attorneys provide counsel on contract administration, personnel matters, school finance, including the authorization, issuance and sale of school bonds, and tax levy planning.

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Elder Law

Elder Law is a relatively new area of law that addresses the diverse legal needs of seniors and their families. It focuses on planning issues involved with aging, asset protection and crisis management. Because we believe in a holistic approach to the practice of elder law, we also provide our clients with customized services that include but are not limited to the following: Planning for long term living; Wills, Trusts and Power of Attorney; Probate and Estate Administration; Asset Protection; Medicaid Planning and Application; Counseling on housing and care options; Nursing home selection and advocacy; Comprehensive assessment of our client's needs; formulating and implementing a care plan such as arranging appropriate community services; assisting in moving the client to an apartment or facility, organizing paperwork and documents; Management and monitoring of care services; Monthly bill management and other support services as needed.

Many of our clients are older people who have no family or no family living in the area. They look to us for assistance with managing their everyday affairs, helping them to plan wisely and carefully for the future, and when it is needed, crisis management. Our Elder Law practice is active in helping seniors make good choices that will insure them the best quality of life. We strive to enable our older clients to live as independently as possible and provide the necessary support to do so. When additional care is needed we provide viable alternatives and work to make the transition as easy as possible.

We encourage our clients to design their Estate Plan while they are still well and before they are in need of services. It is reassuring to our clients to know that they have planned for the day when they may not be able to handle their own affairs.

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Employee Benefits

We have in-depth experience in drafting and designing all types of qualified retirement plans, including defined benefit, profit sharing, 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plans. We also create deferred compensation plans, phantom stock plans and stock appreciation rights for clients. Our attorneys do a variety of work in the welfare benefit plan area, such as cafeteria plans, medical care spending plans and dependent care plans.

We represent employers in the area of employee benefits, including COBRA, plan terminations, plan submissions, representation before the IRS, Department of Labor and the Pension Benefit Guaranty and nondiscrimination rules for qualified plans. We handle multi-employer pension plan issues, including withdrawal liability matters. We regularly provide nondiscrimination testing and other forms of compliance work to qualified and nonqualified plans. Our attorneys also handle employee benefits due diligence in mergers and acquisitions to assist the client in determining exactly what benefits costs they are assuming and how they fit with existing benefit structures. We are actively involved in developing employee benefit strategies for contract negotiations, merger, acquisitions and reductions in force.

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Environmental Law

This practice group assists clients in resolving environmental issues and provides counseling on preventative measures and compliance with state and federal laws. Our attorneys advise on regulatory matters including air and water quality, and hazardous, solid, and infectious waste management. We also frequently advise and negotiate environmental aspects of mergers, acquisitions, loan transactions, real estate transactions, and other transactional issues.

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Estate Planning/Trusts/Probate

The attorneys in KWG&D’s Trusts and Estates Practice Group are active in a wide range of fields, including estate planning, lifetime giving, trust administration, probate, life insurance planning, estate and fiduciary tax return preparation, charitable giving,
business succession planning, multi-generation planning, probate and tax litigation, elder law and discount valuation planning. Several of our attorneys in this Practice Area are Certified Specialists in Estate Planning/Trusts/Probate Law by the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA). OSBA certification is a voluntary process that requires a commitment to excellence. Ohio attorneys who are certified as specialists by the OSBA must take and pass a written examination in their specialty field, demonstrate a high level of substantial involvement in the specialty area, fulfill ongoing education requirements and be favorably evaluated by other attorneys and judges familiar with their work.

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Family Law

Our family law attorneys specialize in all aspects of family law representation, including divorce, dissolution, child custody and child support proceedings, prenuptial agreements, and with a particular emphasis on cases involving significant assets, including business ownership.

Our approach to your case is dictated by the goal to aggressively represent your interests, while being sensitive to the personal, practical, and financial issues involved in these domestic matters.

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Government Law

Our firm represents both local government entities as well as many large public agencies including Stark County, various townships, several county boards and various elected office holders. The firm provides counsel on labor negotiations, arbitrations, public contracts, public finance and various public employment issues.

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Health Care Law

Our health care law practice focuses on the representation of hospitals and physicians in both the individual and group practice setting. We advise and counsel our physicians not only on the formation of professional practices, but on the operation of the practice including managed care agreements, preferred provider agreements, referral relationships, employment contracts, and independent contractor agreements. We also regularly advise our health care clients with regard to anti-kickback and self-referral laws, including the preparation of Fraud and Abuse Compliance Plans.

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Intellectual Property

Our Intellectual Property attorneys are experienced in a wide range of intellectual property matters, including the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, both in the U.S. and abroad; trademark applications; patentability and trademark registrability opinions; infringement opinions; internet issues; copyrights; trade secrets; contracts, including confidentiality, development, and licensing agreements; acquisitions and divestitures involving intellectual property; and related intellectual property matters, including extensive patent and trademark litigation in numerous courts.

Labor/Employment

Our attorneys are involved in labor negotiations, arbitrations, dispute resolutions and employment contracts and policies for both public and private sector employers. We have a broad experience in defending clients in discrimination suits, sexual harassment claims and other civil rights claims.

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Litigation-Commercial

Our litigation section provides dispute resolution services to a broad range of clients faced with a variety of issues, including contract and other commercial disputes,
employment disputes, insurance defense, intentional tort, defamation and product disparagement, workers’ compensation defense, civil rights, construction, defense of toxic tort claims, environmental matters, and OSHA.

Our experience includes both prosecution of your rights and mounting an aggressive and effective defense. Our attorneys skillfully identify the critical issues in each case, in an effort to quickly determine the potential for success, and then develop both a litigation and settlement strategy with the goal of resolving the client’s dispute while maximizing the benefit to the client in the most practical and cost effective manner.

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Mergers/Acquisitions

Our mergers and acquisitions group focuses on the purchase and sale of new and existing businesses, as well as the purchase and sale of assets or divisions of continuing business entities. We have extensive experience in all areas of mergers and acquisitions, including negotiations, preparation of documents, due diligence review, financing and commercial law, and other key aspects of mergers and acquisitions.

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Non Profit Corporate Law

Our attorneys serve non profit and tax exempt organizations providing comprehensive legal counsel in non profit regulatory law.

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Oil, Gas & Minerals Law

We represent oil and gas producers, gas pipeline companies, coal companies, landowners and others involving lease and title issues, easements, acquisitions, litigation, contracts, joint ventures, operating agreements, gas transportation, state and local government disputes, zoning and other related areas of the law.

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Real Estate

The Real Estate Section supports a growing practice in the areas of residential, commercial and industrial transactions and development. We represent individuals, developers, contractors, real estate brokers, lenders and title insurance companies in all aspects of transactions ranging from the sale and purchase of single-family residences and condominiums to large-scale commercial and industrial projects. Our attorneys have significant experience in negotiating and closing transactions under advantageous financing, liability and tax structures. Our attorneys also represent clients in eminent domain, zoning and construction projects and litigation.

We represent several public entities involving the use of Tax Increment Financing Districts and Joint Economic Development Districts to create funds for infrastructure improvements and have experience working on issues relating to the land acquisition, design, funding and construction of county roadway and interstate highway projects.

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Taxation

The firm’s tax practice covers all areas of federal, state and local taxation. We are
actively involved in tax planning for a wide variety of closely held corporations and public corporations, partnerships, LLC’s, private foundations and individuals. Our objective is to implement tax strategies that are consistent with our client’s business goals.

We are experienced in handling tax disputes with the Internal Revenue Service, and the Department of Taxation, and can assist you at the audit level and beyond. We also have experience in obtaining private letter rulings from the Internal Revenue Service to
increase your confidence level in entering into a complicated tax transaction. Our tax practice included the following broad areas of taxation: tax planning in structuring business entity formation; reorganizations, mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures leveraged buyouts; compensation planning for employers and individuals;tax planning for corporations, including the implementation of qualified plans, welfare benefit plans and deferred compensation arrangements which are integrated with an individual shareholder’s income and estate planning objectives; tax planning for individuals; tax compliance and dispute resolution, including audits, appeals, and litigation.

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Workers' Compensation

Our attorneys have extensive experience representing employers before the Bureau of Workers' Compensation and at all levels of Industrial Commission administrative hearings. We also defend workers’ compensation claims at the trial court and appellate court levels. In addition, we serve as in-house consultants to employers to offer safety and workers’ compensation training programs, we counsel employers regarding representation during safety inspections or investigations, and we defend lawsuits alleging intentional torts by employers.

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Zoning and Land Use Law

We counsel clients in the areas of zoning, land use, variances, eminent domain, and adverse possession.

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