Areas of practice and services provided by Massachusetts based attorneys at Lawrence B. Morse & Associates, LLC:
Employment Law
Knowledge is power and we provide it! Many of today’s employees may not be aware of their legal rights. We provide business owners in Massachusetts with the advantages of having an attorney who has the perspective of handling both sides of employment issues. We help individuals with employment issues, such as discrimination claims, severance and settlement agreements. We help businesses with similar issues, but encourage preventive law – employment best practices, such as needed discrimination policies, advising on terminations, employee handbooks with update provisions as the law changes. The costs of non-compliance with employment laws can be high.
Business Law
Handling the range of day-to-day business legal issues that business owners face, our firm prides itself in its ability to provide timely advice about the law. Our litigation experience gives us an edge in knowing what can go wrong and how to bring about positive outcomes. As experienced legal counsel taking a preventative law approach, we can save you time and money. We have forms for most of the common documents a business should have.
Related Services: Estate Planning and Probate of Wills, Real Estate Agreements, Advising and Making Claims for Various Matters Head to Litigation & Striving for Settlements
Wills, Trusts and Administration of Estates: We help in drafting Wills and Trust for individuals and couples, Durable Powers of Attorney for future disability, Health Care Proxies to Appoint Trusted Family or Friends in case of disability, Protection for Home through Homestead Declarations protecting up to $ 500,000 each for co-owners, Probate of Estate on the “new” and evolving Massachusetts Uniform Probate Act, Family Trusts to provide for children and grandchildren, and other situations and Advice about How to Hold Property. We help elders and family members with elder parent’s issues and for distant relatives, we handle elders affairs – transitions, issues with sale of home, etc.
Real Estate Matters: We help businesses and individuals purchase and sale agreement language whether buyer or seller in addition to the Greater Boston Real Estate Board Broker’s standard form, reviewing and negotiating commercial leases with needed provisions for tenant.
Advising about and Trying to Settle Litigation Matters: More than 90% of cases settle and many just before or during trial – avoiding expensive litigation costs early on is part of what we do – reviewing litigation documents and advising about settle strategies.