Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Corporate Department, specializing in M &A transactions, general representation of large and small businesses, products liability and corporate law for major medical device manufacturers.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Managed practice including business transactional matters, corporate and contract matters, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, loan and other financing arrangements, shareholder agreements and succession planning, estate planning, licensing of intellectual property, mediations and arbitrations, healthcare law, and representation of medical device and other manufacturers, hospitals, physicians and healthcare providers on products liability and other risk management issues.
• Business Disputes
• Business Transactions
  Sy brings a unique combination of legal, business, and technical skills to preventing and solving legal problems. Sy has represented major publicly held companies and privately held businesses who manufacture highly technical products, family businesses, hospitals, physicians, and physician groups. His risk management approach has substantially reduced liability exposure for clients in contracts, in business transactions, and in the manufacturing of products.
• Intellectual Property
• Unfair Competition

Employment Law

• Employment Contract
• Non-compete Agreement
  In this world of outsourcing, questions and challenges to the legality and enforceability of non-compete agreements run rampant. Learn More

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Buddy Lesavoy concentrates his practice in business, corporate and real estate matters, working with many family and closely-held businesses in the Lehigh Valley. He handles business start-ups, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, business succession and exit planning as well as all aspects of real estate transactions. A native of Allentown, Buddy has a deep understanding of local business, having served as chairperson of the Board of Governors of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce. He is the immediate past President of the Bar Association of Lehigh County.  Prior to co-founding Lesavoy Butz & Seitz LLC, Buddy was a partner in one of the 100 largest national law firms for 13 years, where he served as managing partner of its Lehigh Valley office.
• Construction Litigation
• Real Estate Transactions
  Established and managed the Legal Department for a healthcare network of hospitals ranked in the Top 100 Hospitals in the United States, with more than $2 billion of revenue and 15,000 employees. Participated as a member of the Senior Management Team and as General Counsel, engaged in significant real estate transactions, contracts, bond financings, joint ventures, corporate restructuring, and reported regularly to the Board of Trustees. Organized and managed the network’s insurance reciprocal risk retention group, including in-house administration of all professional liability cases for the network’s entities, 1,000 employed physicians, and 175 non-employed physicians.
• Land Use and Zoning

Health Law

• Personal Injury
• Medical Malpractice
  Manage and administer claims relating to medical malpractice for St. Luke’s University Health Network’s captive insurance company, a reciprocal risk retention group.
• Medicaid Planning

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Founded and managed a firm representing large and small businesses, including major medical device manufacturers, energy companies, hospitals, physicians and physician groups, family businesses, and estate planning.
• Wills
• Trusts
• Power of Attorney

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
  A creditors’ lawyer, Jack Seitz has more than 35 years of experience representing lenders, developers, receivers, and other business clients with a focus on creditors’ rights, workouts, asset recovery, bankruptcy litigation, commercial foreclosure, receiverships, bank litigation, lender liability (defense), commercial collection and fraudulent conveyances. Jack handles asset recovery litigation and sheriff’s sales throughout Pennsylvania and in New Jersey. Jack also concentrates in the litigation of disputes involving fraud, business relationships, and real estate. Jack is a frequent lecturer on foreclosure, bankruptcy, workout issues, and other lender topics.
• Foreclosure
  We concentrate in business/corporate law; real estate law; estate and tax planning/administration; elder law and special needs planning; litigation; and bankruptcy, foreclosures, and banking law.
• Tax Law
  For more than two decades, Ed Butz has focused his practice on estate and tax planning, including for high net worth individuals. He is experienced in planning for special needs and elder care. In addition, he provides services in trust and estate administration, business succession, Medicaid law, and real estate law. He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of the Lehigh Valley and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.
• Debt Collection