Family Law

• Premarital Agreement
  Estate planning for individuals and families, including advising and preparation of wills, trusts, prenuptial agreements, financial and healthcare powers of attorney, living wills, gift annuities, charitable remainder annuity trusts and unitrusts, and special needs trusts

Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Lynch brings over 25 years of experience advising clients on a wide range of business and economic development projects with an emphasis in public finance, municipal bonds, and corporate law. She has handled complex multi-million-dollar transactions and finance projects.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Steptoe & Johnson’s corporate attorneys assist energy, health care, manufacturing, engineering, technology, and financial clients in all corporate law aspects. Team attorneys provide guidance on everything from corporate mergers and acquisitions to ESG issues and SEC compliance and securities matters.
• Business Transactions
• Construction Contracts
  The Steptoe & Johnson multi-state Construction Law Team represents owners, developers, commercial and residential contractors, architects, engineers, and building product manufacturers and suppliers. Team attorneys often have a seat at the table with clients during project development and are called on to draft and negotiate design and construction contracts to protect each client’s interests. When disputes are unavoidable, we are staunch advocates in complex construction litigation and arbitration, aggressively defending our clients.
• Intellectual Property
• Antitrust

Employment Law

• Employment Litigation

Property Law

• Construction Litigation
  Represented a commercial contractor in connection with a $33 million multi-family apartment complex project financed through a tax credit-based public-private partnership. Negotiated the terms of the owner’s heavily modified American Institute of Architects (AIA) contract form to obtain terms favorable to the client, including terms to protect the client against impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, and exposure to construction defects liability and sale and use tax liability in the event of a tax audit or assessment despite reliance on the owner’s tax exemption certification
• Real Estate Transactions
• Easement
• Land Use and Zoning
  Represented a real estate developer in all aspects of the development of a 1,100 acre mixed-use development including acquisition, conventional and public financing, acquisition of public grants and tax incentives, environmental remediation, construction, zoning and land use, state and federal and local environmental permitting, sales and ground leasing, and build to suit leasing
• Condominium Law

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  In today’s changing economic climate and increased wealth generated by the development of gas and shale plays, a highly personalized estate planning solution is necessary to protect your estate for future generations.
• Wills
  Probate litigation representing individuals, banks, and trust companies involving will and trust construction, reformation of trusts, removal and appointment of successor trustees, and other probate issues
• Trusts
  Represent business owners in disputes and litigation related to governance, dissociation and receivership, and represent trustees and beneficiaries related to trust administration matters
• Power of Attorney
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Tax Law
  Our Taxation practice helps clients of all types such as corporations, partnerships, nonprofits, tax-exempt organizations, and private clients with tax-related issues. We often work on complex tax matters that require experienced attorneys with knowledge and familiarity of tax codes, federal, state, and local tax regulations.