Family Law

• Divorce

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
• Fraud

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Bisgaier Hoff’s Business and Corporate Law Practice group counsels companies and entrepreneurs on the formation, operation, purchase and sale of businesses.  Bisgaier Hoff’s commercial law attorneys can help you select the best type of entity for your business and then form that entity for you, be it a corporation, S corporation, limited liability company or a general or limited partnership.  We can also prepare Shareholder and Partnership Agreements, guide you through the important issues which must be addressed in such agreements, and provide you valuable legal advice when dealing with disputes asserting liability against company officers and directors.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  In addition, he provides outside general counsel services and advice to start-up, mid-sized and large national and international organizations in regard to general corporate matters and the purchase and sale of businesses. Specifically, Mr. Azoulay advises both public and closely-held companies in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity offerings, financings, and other complex corporate and commercial transactions. He also represents start-up companies in connection with formation and organizational issues, negotiation of shareholder agreements, limited liability company and partnership agreements, venture capital financings and private equity offerings. In addition, he counsels business owners and investors on the resolution of shareholder disputes and the negotiation of business divorce transactions.
• Business Formation
• Business Disputes
  Bisgaier Hoff is experienced in drafting all types of commercial contracts which your business may require. When necessary, our commercial litigators can also represent you in court or arbitration proceedings arising from breached contracts and other types of business disputes.
• Business Transactions
• Construction Contracts
  Bisgaier Hoff’s construction attorneys have decades of experience representing builders, developers, owners, contractors, subcontractors and design professionals in a broad range of construction matters on industrial, commercial and residential construction projects. In addition to having decades of experience as construction lawyers, our attorneys have significant foundational and practical engineering and construction experience, giving them a leg up when it comes to understanding and handling construction contracts and claims.
• Trade Secrets

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
  Bisgaier Hoff's attorneys vigorously defend clients' rights by representing management and individuals in a variety of labor and employment law issues. This experience includes the myriad issues that may arise including discrimination claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, state laws against discrimination, wrongful termination and unemployment compensation. Our attorneys can also assist you in drafting and reviewing employment handbooks and agreements, including restrictive covenants, trade secrets, severance agreements and contract disputes regarding such employment agreements.
• Employment Discrimination
• Employment Contract
• Employment Litigation
• Severance Agreement

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Carl is a lecturer for NJ ICLE and the author of numerous articles on New Jersey land use, environmental law and real estate litigation. He has lectured before organizations and universities, including: the American Society of Planning Officials, New Jersey Education Association, New Jersey Federation of Planning Officials, New Jersey Judicial Conference, New Jersey League of Municipalities, New Jersey State Bar Association, President’s Commission on Housing, United States Civil Rights Commission, Princeton University – Woodrow Wilson School, Rider University, Rutgers School of Law (Newark and Camden), Rutgers University Graduate School of City and Regional Planning (Adjunct Professor), Temple University, University of North Carolina Law School and Joint Program in Law and Planning, University of Pennsylvania Law School.
• Construction Litigation
  Admiralty and maritime law is a unique area of law that presents challenges and obstacles not present in traditional land based law. Bisgaier Hoff has a broad wealth of knowledge in this specialized area and employs attorneys who graduated from maritime academies, served in the U.S. Coast Guard, and who have practical seafaring, casualty response, and naval architecture and marine engineering experience. Our attorneys’ practical experience encompasses all aspects of maritime law including Jones Act cases, cargo carriage disputes, water pollution claims, maritime construction disputes and injury claims, maritime liens, vessel arrests, contractual disputes, maritime casualties, recreational boating accidents and injuries, commercial fishing vessel matters, maritime collisions, and salvage claims.
• Real Estate Transactions
  While navigating the land use process is a component of the real estate process, it is certainly not the end. The development and redevelopment process still necessitates the negotiation of any number of transactions with government entities and/or private parties. Whether it be on the buyer or seller side, with our combined decades of real estate experience, Bisgaier Hoff has been involved in just about every type of real estate transaction that may arise. Whether it be a contract of sale, lease, financing documents or developer’s agreement, we have represented our client’s best interests through each and every step of whatever transactional process may be at hand.
• Land Use and Zoning
  South Burlington County NAACP v. Township of Mount Laurel, which decision ushered to the forefront of New Jersey land use law, planning and politics the issue of affordable housing. Carl Bisgaier, Esquire, of Bisgaier Hoff, was lead counsel in that 1975 decision and he, along with Bisgaier Hoff attorneys, have remained actively engaged in the judicial, regulatory and legislative evolution of the
• Property Damage
  Our attorneys have also negotiated and drafted hundreds of construction contracts and successfully represented parties through mediation, arbitration and litigation in all manner of construction cases including consumer fraud, construction defect, statutory and regulatory violation cases (including criminal defense), EIFS claims, design deficiency, violations of New Jersey's Contractors Registration Act, contract, express and implied warranty claims (including townhome and condominium cases), bid protests and bid withdrawals, delay, disruption and termination cases, mold and other environmental claims, water intrusion cases, construction lien and debt collection (prompt payment act) cases, injunctions and other equitable claims, professional liability claims, all manner of insurance, surety and bond claims, property damage claims and personal injury/work-place injury cases.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Bisgaier Hoff's environmental attorneys have decades of experience representing parties, including real estate developers, manufacturers, owners, operators, injured third-parties, insureds and insurance carriers, before state and federal agencies in statutory and regulatory matters (responding to notices of violation) and in private cost-recovery, ISRA compliance, wetlands, CAFRA, ERA, Spill Act, CERCLA, air compliance and insurance coverage actions in state and federal court. We have represented both insureds and insurance carriers in environmental, regulatory and pollution cases as well as environmental contamination cases (mold, bacteria, toxins, chemical and petroleum spills) with personal injury and third-party damage components. Experienced in negotiating the contract, notice, regulatory and remediation elements of brownfields, redevelopment and development projects where environmental issues are involved or were uncovered during construction, Bisgaier Hoff's attorneys can assist you with any and all aspects of environmental law.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Carl S. Bisgaier represents major commercial and residential developers throughout the State of New Jersey in connection with real estate transactions, applications for zoning, land use approvals, real estate litigation and affordable housing.

Finance Law

• Foreclosure
• Debt Collection