- Premarital AgreementIn addition, Affinity provides additional planning options, including premarital agreements, pet trusts, gifting trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, asset protection trusts, and residence trusts.
- Guardianship
- FraudPrior to joining the firm, Tim worked at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission in the New York Regional Office as a Legal Honors Student, where he assisted attorneys in the Division of Enforcement investigating and prosecuting securities fraud.
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and AcquisitionsMergers and Acquisitions is a core practice area at Affinity. Our sell-side clients range from first-time business buyers to entrepreneurs that have spent a lifetime building a business and are now ready to enjoy the reward of their hard work by means of a sale to a strategic buyer, private equity, or their own management team. Our buy-side clients include private equity groups, family offices, and fundless sponsors that routinely buy and sell businesses, as well as operating businesses looking to grow through acquisition.
- Business Formation
- Business DisputesIra has been practicing law in the St. Louis area for over thirty-five years. He concentrates his practice in the areas of business law, labor and employment relations, and business litigation. Ira’s litigation experience includes both jury and non-jury trials in the state and federal courts and representing clients before the National Labor Relations Board and various federal and state agencies.
- Construction Contracts
- Employment ContractAffinity provides comprehensive employment law services, including drafting, negotiating, and enforcing employment agreements, non-compete agreements, severance agreements, and other employment-related documents. Our attorneys counsel business clients on day-to-day issues that may arise with employees and independent contractors, such as employee misconduct and discipline, terminations and all manner of discrimination, retaliation and harassment claims. We offer comprehensive strategies to help our clients implement best practices to avoid and mitigate legal risk, from assisting clients in implementing and update employee policies and handbooks to offering employees training and seminars.
- Employment LitigationIn addition, Ira has extensive experience advising clients on a variety of corporate matters including labor and employment issues, mergers and acquisitions, contracts, and business planning. Ira has handled matters before various arbitration panels in the securities industry representing both financial advisors and individual investors.
- Non-compete Agreement
- Severance Agreement
- Real Estate LitigationBrad counsels and represents companies and entrepreneurs in a broad range of business and real estate matters throughout various industries, with extensive experience in new business formation, funding, and strategy; corporate governance; mergers and acquisitions; business succession; private equity and venture capital; commercial real estate; and corporate finance.
- Construction Litigation
- Real Estate TransactionsJason joined Affinity in 2022, bringing with him nearly 20 years of experience representing business owners and operators in the health care, manufacturing, construction, and financial services industries. Jason concentrates his practice in the area of general business and corporate law, with an emphasis on commercial real estate transactions and labor and employment matters.
- Estate PlanningShe currently serves as National President of the Society of Financial Service Professionals and serves on the Board of Directors of St. Louis Children’s Hospital Legacy Advisors. She is a member of The Business Insurance & Estate Planning Committee of the Association of Advanced Life Underwriting (AALU)
- WillsIn order to control the distribution of your assets upon death, your Last Will and Testament or Revocable Trust allow you to decide how and to whom your assets will be distributed. Every situation is unique; each client has a different set of needs and concerns. Affinity ensures that your estate plan is tailored to your individual circumstances.
- TrustsDan focuses his practice on assisting clients with estate planning, tax planning, asset protection, probate, and trust administration.
- Power of AttorneyDuring your lifetime, there are three main documents that are essential to managing your assets and your well-being: a general durable power of attorney for financial matters, a healthcare power of attorney, and a living will. These documents allow you to appoint a representative to make financial and medical decisions during the period when you cannot. Without these documents, your family may be required to obtain court orders to manage your assets or medical situations.
- Probate
- Tax LawIRS Circular 230 Notice: To the extent this website or files available within it concern tax matters, our information is not intended to be used and cannot be used by a taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed by law or in promoting, marketing, or recommending to another party any transaction or matter addressed.