Family Law

• Guardianship
  The VALLEY LEGAL CENTER is the principle office location for a group of small legal firms with complementary practices. The group’s purpose in locating at the Center is to provide an expanded, or “boutique,” range of legal services to residential and small business clients from the northern New Jersey areas in which these firms practice. Thus, for example, clients with needs ranging from family law matters to accident claims, or elder law to commercial litigation, from real estate transactions to guardianships, can find a qualified and experienced attorney with knowledge of the unique issues involved in the client’s particular matter. The name, VALLEY LEGAL CENTER, is intended to reflect the group’s commitment to service of clients within the Northern and Pascack Valley areas.

Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  At Dunn & Browne, LLC, your success is our business. We listen and understand your interests and goals and treat the first step of forming your new business with the care and attention it deserves. Choosing the right type of business entity, such as a corporation, limited liability company (LLC), partnership or a sole proprietorship is one of the most important decisions you will make and we treat it that way. We have extensive experience preparing operating agreements, shareholder agreements and joint venture agreements, just to name a few.
• Business Disputes
  DUNN & BROWNE, L.L.C. has practice concentrations in business law, residential and commercial real estate, including land development law, and general civil litigation. Another significant concentration area of the firm’s practice is in the fields of estate planning and administration, including wills, and trusts. As part of this concentration area, the firm has a practice emphasis upon elder and child disability law and is able to address the legal needs of parents of disabled children with special needs trusts and related services. The firm has offices in New York and New Jersey. Its principal office is at the Valley Legal Center, River Vale, New Jersey. The firm includes attorneys admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Our firm has extensive experience in real estate development, including all phases of the site plan and the subdivision process as well as zoning. Our practice includes representation of home buyers and sellers as well as investors in commercial property. Our experience includes representation in such diverse real estate matters as landlord and tenant issues, condominium and co-op matters and environmental law issues.
• Construction Litigation
• Real Estate Transactions
  Real estate attorney in such transactions. At DBV, our attorneys will take the time to explain the issues involved in your transaction as well as the options available to you for resolving those issues. We will guide you through your real estate transactions so that you can be secure in the knowledge that your interests will be completely protected by able counsel throughout the process.
• Land Use and Zoning
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Have you or your loved one been injured in an accident? At Dunn & Browne, LLC, we have the experience, skill and dedication it takes to help you recover the compensation you deserve from those who are at fault for your injuries. We can litigate personal injury cases in New York and New Jersey in both the Federal and State courts, as appropriate, in order to pursue just compensation for your injuries.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  At Dunn & Browne, we will spend time meeting with you to create a complete picture of your particular situation and to understand your personal estate planning goals and objectives. We will assess potential risks and pitfalls that may have immediate concern or that may pose risks in years to come. We will consider alternative planning options, such as the use of revocable trusts, or giving programs subject to more favorable tax treatment. Whether you have a small or large estate, a family business you would like to pass down to further generations or a family member with special needs, our attorneys will design an estate plan that is tailored to meet your specific needs.
• Wills
• Trusts
  No matter how much you expect to leave behind, planning how your estate will be distributed to your loved ones, or others for whom you wish to provide, is an undertaking that needs to be addressed with attention and care. If you do not, state laws may direct how your property will be distributed. At DBV, we regularly prepare trusts and wills for our clients in a process that is typically not time consuming or unduly complicated. For most of our clients, the process of preparing and executing a will is relatively simple, straightforward and inexpensive.
• Power of Attorney
  If you are rendered mentally unable to make decisions regarding your assets and financial obligations, a power of attorney allows you to designate an agent that will do so for you.
• Probate

Finance Law

• Tax Law