Criminal Law

• Traffic Violations
  The Life Sciences Practice is committed to assisting our clients develop more effective strategies for speeding innovations to market while enhancing the potential for enhanced intellectual property protection, license revenue, venture capital funding, regulatory approval, sales revenue and reaching the market more efficiently.
• Theft
• Internet Crimes
  The field of internet law is both technically complex and growing more so at the pace of Moore’s Law. Spencer Fane works continually to assist clients in the more common aspects of internet law – patents, trademarks, and copyrights – as well as on more Vogue matters, like security breaches, “cyber squatting,” and trademark infringement through the misuse of metatags, deep linking, and framing. We audit web sites and recommend terms and conditions and privacy policies that limit liability and assist with legal compliance. We assist clients with domain disputes including actions under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy provided by ICANN, and we prepare and respond to take-down notices under the DMCA.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  From fast-moving injunction proceedings to fact-intensive commercial disputes, our litigation team is poised to address the full range of litigation risks that a business might encounter. Our attorneys are thoughtful and aggressive advocates who regularly obtain victories in state and federal courts, as well as at arbitration and mediation. We bring experience to corporate disputes ranging from business torts and contract claims to shareholder battles and nationwide class actions.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  With offices in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and Texas, our attorneys practice before a wide range of state regulatory commissions. We can work with you as you buy, sell, or lease mineral interests, pool and develop those interests, and navigate the exploration and production process from drilling through transportation and end use. Spencer Fane attorneys represent energy organizations in the full range of legal issues as they grow and expand, including permitting, complex business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, rights-of-way acquisitions, employment matters, and environmental matters.
• Business Formation
• Business Disputes
  We recognize that each transaction is important to the future of a business and its owners. Because of this magnitude, our attorneys work to develop a deep understanding of each client’s unique objectives. This foundation helps us guide each client through the business decisions, mergers, and acquisitions that pave the way for its continued growth and success. We pride ourselves on our deep understanding in a wide range of corporate finance options, including private placements, venture capital/private equity investments, and traditional debt financing, and providing counsel on corporate structure, family succession planning, executive compensation arrangements, licensing, other business agreements, and negotiated resolutions of business disputes.
• Business Transactions
  Spencer Fane Corporate and Business Transactions attorneys serve clients ranging in size from small start-up entities to very large public companies, providing responsive day-to-day legal advice on all aspects of corporate operations critical to their success.
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
• Unfair Competition
  The Spencer Fane Life Sciences team works closely with attorneys having a depth of experience with corporate formation and governance, international, financial services, antitrust and unfair competition, real estate, non-competes and trade secrets, labor, employee benefits, bankruptcy, and environmental legal matters. Our attorneys, scientists, and consultants have the resources to represent life sciences organizations in virtually every aspect of technology development from “benchtop to bedside.”
• Antitrust

Employment Law

• Employment Contract
  Spencer Fane assists clients of all sizes in raising capital and complying with the federal and state (blue sky) securities laws that accompany private placements and public securities offerings. We regularly advise clients on periodic SEC disclosures and stock exchange listing requirements, counsel boards of directors and their committees on corporate governance matters, assist executives and significant shareholders with Rule 144, Section 16 and Section 13 requirements, guide companies in developing equity and cash executive compensation plans and employment agreements, and help clients to structure mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, tender offers, takeover defenses, and other types of transactions. We also work with investment advisers and broker-dealers on a wide array of compliance and litigation matters.
• Employment Litigation
  Spencer Fane represents regional, national, and international manufacturing companies. We have guided our clients through the complex legal issues that arise including contracts, employment issues, asset protection, and environmental requirements.

Property Law

• Construction Litigation
  As attorneys and counselors, this group has great depth of experience trying, arbitrating, and mediating construction law disputes. Our attorneys find that a reasonable approach can often lead to early settlement and an amicable resolution of disputes.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Spencer Fane Real Estate attorneys manage all aspects of real estate transactions for individuals, companies, developers, builders, property owners, and financial institutions. We utilize a team approach to handling all legal matters to allow essential stakeholders to keep projects and transactions of all sizes on schedule and within budget.
• Land Use and Zoning
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  The group brings broad experience in all areas of the construction industry: liens, bonding, contracting, change orders subcontract issues, construction defects, design-build issues, pay when paid clauses, retainage, and punch list disputes. We offer additional expertise in project delivery systems, contractual and environmental risks assessments, differing site conditions, project documentation and termination, change in design issues, delays, and toxic tort matters. We can qualify and prepare a construction entity to do business, assist with contract drafting and negotiating, assess contract risk analysis, and provide estate planning for the successful contractor.
• Wills
  The firm’s Tax, Trusts, & Estates attorneys have significant experience providing guidance on strategies for reducing income tax and transfer tax, and the management and disposition of estate and trust assets. This includes personal and business income tax planning, representation in connection with tax disputes with governmental agencies, assisting with wills and trusts, transfer and titling of assets, retirement planning, charitable giving, asset protection planning, conflict resolution, and other aspects of estate planning.
• Trusts

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Foreclosure
  Represent lenders in numerous commercial and agricultural foreclosures of office buildings, industrial developments, golf courses, recreational facilities, farms, ranches, dairies and livestock production facilities in numerous states.
• Tax Law
  To help clients reduce taxes and maintain wealth for generations to come, our team concentrates efforts on accomplishing clients’ specific income and transfer tax planning, estate planning, and business succession planning goals through the use of the most tax-effective and cost-efficient methods available. No two individuals or families are identical and every tax and estate plan needs to reflect the unique nature of each situation.