Family Law

• Adoption
• Guardianship
  Probate Matters—Estate Administrations, Will Contests, Guardianships, Name Changes, and Approval of Minor's and Wrongful Death Settlements

Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
  Before forming this firm, Mr. Bergmann worked for more than a decade for a law firm which was regularly hired by major insurance companies to defend their insureds in personal injury and wrongful death cases. From that experience, Mr. Bergmann gained valuable insights into how insurance companies evaluate claims and, in the event of litigation, what their defense attorneys are likely to argue.
• Assault

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
• Business Transactions
  An attorney who assists clients with business formations and transactions should be well-versed in the areas of business, tax, and contract law and other areas of law regularly encountered by businesses. Mr. Bergmann has the knowledge and experience in those areas of law, having spent more than thirty years assisting entrepreneurs, start-up and existing businesses, and professional practices with the formation or re-structuring of their businesses and their business transactions.
• Limited Liability Companies
• Construction Contracts
• Unfair Competition

Employment Law

• Employment Contract
• Non-compete Agreement

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  The firm provides legal services for clients in residential and commercial real estate transactions. Idiosyncrasies in the laws pertaining to each sector which makes it necessary for an attorney practicing in each of them be well-versed in the differences. Mr. Bergmann has more than thirty years serving clients in both residential and commercial real estate matters.
• Premises Liability
• Construction Litigation
  The firm provides  construction law services for clients involved in residential, commercial, and public projects. Idiosyncrasies in the laws pertaining to each sector  make it necessary for an attorney practicing in each of them be well-versed in the differences. Mr. Bergmann has has the knowledge and experience which comes from more than thirty years serving clients in each sector.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Mike has provided legal service for thousands of clients in the areas of business formations; business, construction, and real estate transactions; estate planning and probate; personal injury and wrongful death claims; and litigation, arbitration and mediation.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  We  would welcome the opportunity to provide legal representation for any person who has  suffered personal injury or the death of a loved one due to the negligence, recklessness,  or intentional wrongdoing of another person or business. Please contact us if we may assist you.
• Medicaid Planning
  Medicaid planning (the use of legally-permissible asset allocations, exclusions, and exemptions), an individual may receive Medicaid benefits while preserving assets for his/her spouse and/or heirs.
• Dog Bites
  Mr. Bergmann is well-qualified to serve clients in this area of practice having handled hundreds of such cases. Those cases have involved an array of (1) causes (including auto, motorcycle, and truck accidents, unsafe property conditions, assault and battery, dog bites, and defective products) and (2) physical, mental, and emotional injuries (ranging from short-term to permanent and life-changing or life-ending.) Furthermore, Mr. Bergmann has had substantial success representing clients in such claims, obtaining, cumulatively, several million dollars for his clients.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  According to reported national surveys, the majority of Americans have not made a Will or done any other formal estate planning. The opportunities they miss by failing to act are many.
• Wills
• Trusts
  Living trust ” (which is a trust created by a trust agreement or declaration of trust) a person may achieve a wide array of post-death objectives such as providing for the financial well-being of his/her surviving spouse, the upbringing of his/her children, benefits for his/her grandchildren, and/or the care of his/her pets.
• Power of Attorney
  Durable Power of Attorney for Financial and Property Matters, an individual may designate another person to act in his/her place in financial, property, legal, and other non-medical matters, if he/she wishes or needs to have such assistance.
• Probate
  Probate services in addition to the ones described above may be offered by the firm. If you do not see a particular legal service which you need, please contact us to inquire whether that service is available.

Finance Law

• Tax Law
  Tax planning (which may involve estate planning techniques ranging from simple to complex), an individual may: eliminate or minimize the federal estate tax liability (applicable to estates in excess of $5,450,000.00); reduce or eliminate future capital gains tax consequences to him/her or his/her beneficiaries; and/or achieve other tax savings.