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General Business Transactions
A to Z provides legal services for general business and transactional work, including corporate, limited liability company, partnership and other entity formations , business acquisitions, mergers, sales and liquidations, securities transactions, labor matters, economic strategies, and tax planning. We also assist management with employee issues, labor policies, and executive compensation packages, negotiate and prepare agreements among co-owners of the business enterprise, such as buy/sells, shareholder agreements, voting trusts and other business and commercial documents. We constantly scrutinize available governmental source materials made available by regulatory agencies such as such as the Department of Corporations, and Secretary of State so as to remain current on policy and procedural positions adopted by such agencies.
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Real Estate
A to Z renders general counsel and litigation services for general contractors, civil engineers, architects, land developers, landlords, property owners, title companies, escrow companies, attorneys, accountants, a host of subcontractors and related professionals. Our attorneys have significant legal experience in all types of real estate issues concerning residential, agricultural, commercial, retail and industrial properties, including such diverse matters as zoning and entitlements, water rights, environmental impact reports, CEQA standards, air quality maintenance standards, easements, rights-of-way, licenses, title problems and opinions. We regularly negotiate and document sales, exchanges, leases, joint ventures, development agreements and financing agreements.
In our continuing efforts to maintain the highest level of professional expertise, we frequently receive updates from a host of real estate-related companies and institutions. For instance, we follow closely the procedural and substantive positions of the Department of Real Estate. As general counsel for the Conejo Valley Association of Realtors, we are regularly updated on matters germane to the real estate industry by the California Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors.
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Commercial
We have a significant client base in the financial sector. The legal services we provide include litigation, loan documentation, secured transaction, workout agreements, creditor remedies, corporate work, and transactional support. We assist our clients with all their financing needs on all business transactions.
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Litigation
Our experienced trial lawyers represent our clients in virtually every type of civil litigation and in all state and federal courts. In addition, we handle disputes before all types of non-judicial forums. We take particular pride in our ability to provide economical, personalized litigation services, regardless of the size or the complexity of the case. Our trial lawyers have successfully prosecuted and defended multi-million dollar cases involving real estate disputes, construction defects, CEQA and environmental matters, landlord/tenant disputes, environmental liability, commercial contract and lease disputes, and personal injury matters.
Our trial attorneys, and all the lawyers at A to Z, stay current with the complex and varied state and federal laws, most of which can be readily accessed. Available are the Constitution of the State of California, California State Codes and Statutes, local Court Rules, U. S. Supreme Court cases, federal laws, and even pending legislation.
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Appeals and Writs
We also offer our clients experience and expertise in appellate litigation, including writs, appeals, and association with trial counsel concerning pre-trial motions, jury instructions, and post-trial motions. Our appellate practice group has handled a broad range of appellate litigation including real estate, business/commercial, banking and financial, probate and trust, family law, and tort cases. We provide our clients with effective appellate advocacy, whether challenging or defending trial court judgments and orders.
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Estate Planning and Trust Administration - Elderlaw
Estate planning is about trusts of all types, wills, taxation, succession planning and working through family dynamics. It is forward looking. Our attorneys have the education and experience to handle your most complicated problems, but are also sensitive to (and appreciate) those whose needs are more simple.
In Estate and Trust Administration we assist in the administration of trusts - often after a death. We also handle probate, conservatorships, guardianships, and other proceedings, where that is necessary, and avoidance of all that when that is possible. This is a field where experience counts, and we have decades of that. We can help from the most mundane to the most arcane.
Elder Law is a new field, somewhat related to conservatorships. It involves helping the disabled and older folks transition their estates into years when governmental benefits may become important and dealing with the quagmire of rules regulating that transition. We have the specialized education required for this practice. We have a working relationship with Private Professional Conservators and Private Care Managers. We rely upon and support the work of California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform.
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Municipal Law
A to Z serves as both general and special counsel to several regional water projects, municipal agencies, water and sanitation special districts, mutual water companies and related governmental and private agencies. A to Z represents the largest agricultural water purveyor in Ventura County, the largest district dealing with solid waste, as well as entities providing wastewater services throughout Ventura County. Our representation includes involvement with the California Integrated Waste Management Board and the Department of Water Resources. All of Ventura County’s governmental agencies can be reached online through the Ventura County website, and virtually all State Agencies can be found online.
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Environmental
Our attorneys have extensive experience in dealing with environmental matters, particularly those relating to contaminated real estate and waste management. A to Z is general counsel for numerous public agencies and private individuals and entities in this area, through which we have been involved in litigation involving hazardous and toxic waste, their disposal, as well as many other regulatory procedures dealing with environmental issues. A to Z represents lenders, owners, lessors, lessees, operators, and other parties involved in real estate contamination cases. Our attorneys have in considerable expertise in the interpretation of, and compliance with, complicated environmental laws, hazardous/toxic waste regulation, environmental documentation, air and water quality standards, solid waste management, liquid waste/recycled water development, clean-up/superfund compliance, and due diligence/reporting requirements. We regularly work with regulatory personnel from the California EPA, Environmental Health Department, the State Water Resources Control Board, Department of Fish and Game, and the State Department of Health Services.
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Construction
We provide general counsel and litigation services to general contractors, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers. We also provide general counsel services to many types of related professionals such as architects, engineers, surveyors, designers and the like. Our legal services encompass all aspects of the construction trades such as licensing and regulatory matters, contract negotiation and preparation, construction defects litigation, mechanic's liens and dispute resolution.
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Homeowners’ Associations
A to Z represents a number of homeowners’ associations and their management companies. We assist these associations in creating and implementing policies and procedures, collections, CC&R’s enforcement, neighborhood disputes, and regulatory compliance.
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For more information, contact
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Arnold, Bleuel, LaRochelle, Mathews & Zirbel, LLP
300 Esplanade
Dr. Suite 2100
Oxnard, Ca. 93036
Business (805)
988-9886
Fax (805) 988-1937
Email: cmiyasaki@atozlaw.com |
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