PRACTICE AREAS OF LAW

The law practice of William E. Russell and Michael D. McCormick is known as a “General Practice”.  In non-legal terms, this is known as A-Z law (from adoption to zoning and almost everything in between).  Listed below are some areas in which they concentrate. Please click on the heading for a more detailed explanation of each area:

Estates

Financial Planning and Elder Law

Real Estate

Litigation

Business Entities

Family Law

Vehicle and Traffic

  

Estates

 

            Probating wills and administrating estates, both testate and intestate; Surrogate’s Court litigation; serving as Guardian ad Litem; Accountings; Preparing Estate, Gift, and Trust tax returns; settling wrongful death actions; post-mortem tax planning; miscellaneous Court proceedings.

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Financial Planning and Elder Law

 

            Preparing Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Living Will/Health Care Proxies; Estate Planning including Estate and Gift tax planning; Medicaid planning, including transfers without penalties, either outright or in trust; conveyances reserving life estate; creating, funding and terminating trusts.

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Real Estate

 

            Preparing Contracts of Sale and transfer documents for residential and commercial properties; representing Sellers, Buyers, and Lending Institutions for sale and mortgage transactions; review and certify title examinations; obtaining and reviewing Title Insurance policies; applying for permits with local planning and zoning boards as well as the Adirondack Park Agency; Preparing residential and commercial leases.

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Litigation

 

            Automobile accident cases; negligence and tort cases; real property mortgage foreclosures and mechanic’s liens; eviction proceedings; boundary and easement disputes.

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Business Entities

 

            Business Entities; Administration, Formation and Dissolution of Sole Proprietorships, Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies, Corporations, Professional, Religious, and Non-Profit Entities.

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Family Law

 

            Adoptions; change of a name; custody proceedings; child support; juvenile and divorce proceedings; Separation Agreements, Pre-Nuptial Agreements and Domestic Relation Orders.

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Vehicle and Traffic

 

            Defense of traffic violations including DWI (felony or misdemeanor) as well as other Vehicle &Traffic violations; proceedings to obtain conditional licenses; license rehabilitation.

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