Yamin & Grant represents business clients from sole
proprietorships to
publicly
traded companies.
Construction |
Commercial Litigation
| Insurance Coverage
Business
Transactions |
Commercial Real Estate |
Employment
The firm’s initial work for its clients often
involves litigating complex business disputes that
the client has never confronted, let alone planned
for. Yamin & Grant actively represents clients in
litigation involving cons truction
disputes, commercial transactions, insurance
coverage, business torts, fiduciary duties,
shareholder disputes, contractual disputes and
employment related matters. Its lawyers regularly
appear in state and federal courts throughout
Connecticut and have appeared and litigated cases in
other parts of the country in association with
lawyers from those jurisdictions, when necessary, to
meet client needs. It is not unusual for Yamin &
Grant to be asked to service all of a client’s
regular legal needs, as well as assist in the
development of broader strategies to avoid costly
disputes and best position a client for future
success should an inevitable legal dispute arise.
The firm regularly advises its clients regarding the
formation of business organizations, issues of
corporate governance, the structuring of purchase
and sale transactions and commercial leasing and
property transactions. This work also involves close
interactions with accounting, banking and real
estate professionals, as well as other attorneys and
experts in many fields.
The firm represents owners, contractors and
sub-contractors involved in private and public
construction projects. Yamin & Grant provides advice
from the bidding process through
completion of a construction project. During the
bidding and contracting stages of a project, we work
to identify risks that may arise and determine how
to best remove the risk or address it through
pricing or other appropriate contract provisions.
The firm also aggressively advocates for its clients
when disputes arise. The firm has broad experience
litigating construction claims resulting from
delays, acceleration, changes and differing site
conditions and deficiencies in design or
construction. The firm regularly prosecutes and defends mechanic’s lien and
payment-performance bond actions.
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Yamin & Grant’s commercial litigation practice
includes a diverse mix of complex commercial
matters. We represent clients in all phases of
litigation - from evaluating the initial decision of
how to bring or respond to a claim, through trial
before a judge or jury, post-trial appellate
practice, and collection. We advise clients on all
aspects of litigation strategy, not only with
respect to issues such as choice of forum,
jurisdiction, and other procedural matters, but also
on cost-effective ways to achieve a business
objective that can be accomplished only through
litigation. We view litigation as a means to an end,
rather than an end in itself. Our attorneys
regularly appear in courtrooms throughout the state
as well as federal courts in the United States
District Court for the District of Connecticut, as
well as the Southern and Eastern Districts of New
York when our client’s claims arise in those
districts. Yamin & Grant also regularly represents
clients in a variety of alternate dispute resolution
settings, including formal settlement negotiations,
mediation, and arbitration before the American
Arbitration Association, the National Association of
Securities Dealers and the New York Stock Exchange.
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The firm’s practice representing insureds in
claims against their various insurance carriers is
expanding. We regularly provide policyholders advice
and counsel with respect to their rights under their
various policies of insurance, including coverage
for construction claims and
employment claims, as well as directors and officers, errors
and omissions, general liability, real estate and
title matters. With significant experience in the
interpretation of insurance agreements and
litigation of coverage issues. We can greatly improve
our client’s chances of recovery. The firm’s lawyers
have also represented insurers in the past which
provides an advantageous perspective in working with insureds.
The firm has experience evaluating policies and
providing opinions as to the extent of coverage and
analyzing coverage denials and reservations of
rights letters.
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The firm regularly represents clients in a
variety of business transactions. We assist clients
with the formation, management and sales of
businesses, asset dispositions, and a broad range of
business-related issues.
Included among the services we provide are:
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Structuring business organizations and
agreements of all kinds, including corporations,
limited liability companies, joint ventures,
partnerships, licenses, and loans.
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Drafting, negotiating, and reviewing stock
and asset sale agreements.
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Negotiating and drafting sale and merger
documents.
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Negotiating and drafting commercial real
property leases.
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Advising on all aspects of employment law,
including drafting employment contracts and
resolving disputes.
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Drafting and negotiating shareholder
agreements.
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Advising clients regarding refinancing and
corporate restructuring.
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Advising financially troubled companies.
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Serving as outside counsel to
business clients to address legal issues as they
may arise, as well as consulting on the interaction
between business and legal issues.
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The firm’s commercial real estate practice
includes significant real estate and land use
matters. The firm regularly represents it clients in
the purchase and financing of commercial and
industrial property, office, retail and industrial
leasing for landlords and tenants and various real
estate development projects. Planning, zoning,
wetlands regulation, environmental issues, traffic
planning and other land use issues regularly arise
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Questions concerning employment agreements, including non-competition,
confidentiality and other restrictive covenants
regularly confront business owners and human
resource managers. Yamin & Grant provides advice and
services in connection with employment law issues.
While regularly representing employers, we also
routinely counsel officers, directors and other high
level employees when the need arises. Our services
include:
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Providing advice on hiring, contracting,
disciplinary actions, and discharge.
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Litigating employment contract disputes and
employment tort claims before state and federal
courts and arbitration panels including
covenants not to compete and confidentiality
agreements.
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Investigating and defending ADEA, Title VII,
ADA, FMLA, Civil Rights and all other claims of
employment discrimination in CHRO, EEOC and
other administrative proceedings as well as in
state and federal court.
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