Eastman & Smith Ltd
The Eastman and Smith team provides legal services to both individual and corporate clients in a variety of backgrounds, including publicly-held corporations; privately-held commercial, industrial, manufacturing and service businesses of all sizes; public employers; professional practices; hospitals and related health care institutions; financial institutions; construction companies; and insurance carriers. Just as in 1844, we are committed to serving our clients to the best of our abilities. This commitment has not, and will not, change.
Eastman & Smith Ltd
1 SeaGate - 24th floor
Toledo OH 43699-0032
Tel: 419 241-6000
Fax: 419 247-1777
Business Law
Eastman & Smith has one of the largest corporate law practices in Northwest Ohio. Our size, experience and resources enable us to provide complete counsel to clients ranging from entrepreneurs to multinational companies. Working closely with our clients' accountants, insurance agents and other professional advisors, we are able to define and meet our clients' business objectives in an efficient and effective manner.
Our breadth and depth of corporate law capabilities affords us with the necessary knowledge and expertise to provide counsel to all of our clients on a comprehensive range of business legal issues, including:
* Formation and general representation of entities (for-profit and non-profit) and individually controlled businesses
* Mergers, acquisitions and dispositions of business and non-profit entities
* Organizational and financial restructuring and recapitalization
* Tax planning, tax minimization and representation before federal, state and local taxing authorities
* Private securities offerings
* Qualified and non-qualified employee benefit plans and practices, including multi-employer retirement and welfare plans
* Private and conventional financing, refinancing and workouts
* Negotiation and preparation of commercial and other contracts
* Creditors' rights
* Uniform commercial code matters
Business Litigation
Eastman & Smith Ltd. has a long-standing reputation as one of the largest and finest litigation firms in the area. We regularly represent clients throughout the country in state and federal courts and before administrative tribunals regarding a wide variety of matters, including corporate, securities, commercial, construction, class action, banking, creditor rights, bankruptcy, labor, employment benefits, environmental, products liability, professional liability and general tort matters. Our litigation practice section is both large and diverse enough to offer clients the specialized skill, knowledge and experience necessary to meet their unique needs. In addition, the Eastman & Smith Ltd. attorneys practicing in our litigation section are supported by a number of skilled legal assistants and the Firm's extensive computer network, which makes available for the benefit of our clients sophisticated litigation support programs and research databases.
Eastman & Smith Ltd.'s ability to offer clients full litigation services extends well beyond the variety of matters we handle. Our litigators have a wealth of knowledge and experience with alternative dispute resolution procedures (i.e., mediation and arbitration), administrative reviews, motion practice, case settlement, trial practice and appellate practice. With the experience and training of our many trial lawyers, the Firm is capable of representing individuals, legal entities, trusts, associations or other clients in nearly any type of litigated matter, irrespective of complexity or size.
Labor & Employment
Our employment and labor lawyers provide value by:
(1) counseling clients on good human resource practices;
(2) advising clients on how to minimize risks of litigation; and
(3) defending clients against claims filed in courts and administrative forums.
Specifically, we can help:
* Design strategies for union avoidance, negotiate collective bargaining agreements, respond to grievances, defend arbitrations and draft contracts, handbooks and policies for governing relationships with employees, independent contractors, temporary and leased employees.
* Present evidence to agencies such as the EEOC, NLRB, state fair employment and employee relations boards, OSHA and other agencies of the Department of Labor, and defend in courts and agencies against claims involving wrongful discharge, discrimination, harassment, defamation, invasion of privacy and employment-at-will.
* Assess wage and hour and immigration law compliance, review occupational safety and health matters and draft programs to comply with state and federal drug-testing requirements.
* Review and defend workers' compensation issues, including the relationship of worker injury issues to disability and leave laws.
Areas of Expertise
* Collective bargaining
* Counseling
* Drug testing
* EEO/discrimination
* Employment contracts
* ERISA
* Grievances/arbitration
* Handbooks
* Harassment
* Immigration
* Leased employees
* Litigation
* Safety/OSHA
* Temporary employees
* Union/labor relations
* Union avoidance
* Wage & hour
* Workers' compensation
* Workplace privacy
* Wrongful discharge
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