Family Law

• Divorce
• Guardianship
  In addition to the tax aspects of estate planning, we provide a broad spectrum of ancillary services in connection with counseling clients in their personal affairs. These services include the preparation of powers of attorney for financial and healthcare matters, as well as living or loving wills. Our firm has extensive experience with pre-nuptial and other marital agreements, property partition agreements, guardianships and the use of management trusts.

Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
• Money Laundering
  The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), effective as of January 1, 2024, mandates that most U.S. businesses report their beneficial ownership information to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). This legislation aims to combat illicit activities such as money laundering, terrorism financing, and tax evasion by increasing transparency around the individuals who own and control companies. Companies must now provide detailed information about their owners, including names, addresses, dates of birth, and identification numbers. Compliance with the CTA is crucial to avoid substantial fines and legal penalties. For more detailed guidance and assistance, please contact our office. Learn More

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Hallett & Perrin has assisted clients in many areas of the energy industry including regulatory guidance, corporate governance, debt and equity offerings, negotiating exploration and development agreements and litigating cases involving well failures, royalty disputes, fraud claims and indemnity and contract claims.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  We’re experienced at representing both acquiring and acquired parties in domestic and international business combinations of all types. Our expertise includes negotiated mergers and acquisitions and dispositions of stock or assets, or both, involving both public and private companies. Our firm’s diverse abilities to deal with the finance, tax, antitrust, real estate, ERISA and labor law issues complement this area of practice.
• Business Formation
  Our firm provides clients with affordable access to the legal capabilities that most businesses will eventually need. From initial business formation and incorporation, to funding, to tax and liability claims, to issues involving the growth or eventual sale of a business, we provide all the services you need within an agile, focused and service-oriented environment.
• Business Disputes
  Hallett & Perrin is an established, Dallas-based business law firm that is specifically positioned to serve business clients with multiple legal needs. Our bench of purposefully selected attorneys excel at forming lasting relationships that are built upon exemplary service, proven expertise, and a level of efficiency and value that only experienced lawyers can achieve.
• Business Transactions
  We provide day-to-day counseling and supervision of legal matters for a variety of business organizations, including structuring, negotiating and documenting a broad spectrum of commercial transactions. We are regularly involved with corporate governance and investor relations matters, as well as various structural transactions involving incorporations, reorganizations and recapitalizations.
• Limited Liability Companies
• Intellectual Property
• Antitrust

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
  We have successfully litigated all types of wrongful discharge claims, workers’ compensation retaliation claims, and employment-related personal injury claims such as defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent hiring, and the invasion of privacy. We also have successfully litigated cases involving employee health and safety issues, unemployment compensation issues, and the employment obligations of federal contractors.
• Employment Discrimination
  We represent employers of all sizes in litigation and counseling involving labor and employment issues. We have extensive experience in, employment discrimination claims, employment and separation agreements, non-competition, non-disclosure and non-solicitation agreements, and interpretation of and compliance with equal employment opportunity and wage and hour statutes and regulations
• Employment Contract
  Through our longtime representation of several international clients in the manufacturing industry, we have developed specific experience in many of the commercial arrangements utilized throughout the world. This includes substantial experience in the preparation and negotiation of service and supply agreements, lease agreements, employment contracts, joint venture arrangements, distribution agreements and license and technical assistance agreements. Hallett & Perrin has a broad corporate and securities practice that includes the representation of public and private corporations, general partnerships, joint ventures, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, non-profit companies, trade organizations, sole proprietors and other forms of business entities, both our clients, from organization, capital formation and financing, to commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions.
• Employment Litigation

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Our attorneys and their staff have proven expertise in a full range of real estate matters, including complex multi-jurisdictional commercial transactions involving the sale, purchase, exchange, leasing, financing and/or development of...
• Construction Litigation
  Even with proper safeguards, disputes can arise at any time during the construction process. We have the experience and resources to analyze and investigate problems, and to find efficient, effective ways to resolve them. When legal proceedings are required, our litigation group has significant experience in handling complex construction disputes in litigation and arbitration. Our construction team is adept at handling disputes involving contracts, construction claims, lender liability, insurance coverage disputes, real estate title issues and environmental claims.
• Real Estate Transactions
  We represent developers, lenders, investors, real estate investment trusts and private funds in a full spectrum of real estate transactions involving office, retail, apartments, healthcare, hotels, single-family development and industrial properties.
• Land Use and Zoning
• Property Damage
  We offer a broad range of experience to transportation firms and motor carriers facing claims involving severe personal injury, wrongful death and property damage claims. We have developed an excellent group of expert witnesses in the area of accident reconstruction, biomechanics and safety compliance.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Our attorneys have successfully defended all types of personal injury and wrongful death cases, including actions involving catastrophic injuries and mass torts that span a wide range of negligence scenarios. Past cases in this area include individuals, entities within the healthcare industry, manufacturers of products, and carriers in the transportation industry.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  In the area of gifts and estate planning, we develop and implement an overall plan to minimize estate, gift and generation-skipping taxes while achieving our client’s goals, including planning for lifetime and death transfers, incompetency, and creditor protection. This often includes the use of annual exclusions, unified credit deductions, family limited partnerships, trusts, wills, family trusts and insurance trusts. We also provide planning services and prepare appropriate documents addressing...
• Wills
• Trusts
  Few areas of law are as complex as those involving finance. At Hallett & Perrin, we advise financial institutions in all aspects of their business, from bankruptcy and loan negotiations to estate and trust administration, corporate trusts, fiduciary litigation, fraudulent transfer litigation, liability litigation, letter of credit enforcement, litigation defense, promissory note enforcement actions and tax controversies.
• Power of Attorney
• Probate

Finance Law

• Foreclosure
  We help banks, private funds, REITs and borrowers navigate the landscape of real estate finance, including mortgage lending, asset-based finance, mezzanine lending, development loans, interim construction loans, workouts and restructurings. We assist clients from the letter of intent through collection and foreclosure, and everything in between.
• Tax Law
  At Hallett & Perrin, we go beyond ensuring compliance of tax law. Our wealth preservation attorneys provide counsel to high-net-worth individuals, fiduciaries, charities and financial institutions, with the goal of making the greatest possible positive impact on their bottom line. We can help you develop and implement a comprehensive and innovative strategy that encompasses a broad range of issues, including tax-efficient transfers of assets, asset protection and business succession.