Family Law

• Divorce

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Our tax practice counsels in domestic tax planning, tax controversy, insurance taxation, joint ventures and partnerships, tax accounting, state and local tax, employee benefits, executive compensation, and wealth management. Our relationships with other specialists at Rees Broome, experts in fields from litigation to zoning to employment law to corporate governance also bring you the benefit of multiple points of view. We accordingly offer our clients outstanding legal expertise combined with hands-on practicality acquired from almost fifty years in the field.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Rees Broome’s Mergers & Acquisitions group understands the financial and time challenges inevitable in M&A deals. We know how to work closely with clients to determine the best transaction structures and diligence procedures so that deals close smoothly and can withstand regulatory scrutiny, even when facing contentious adverse parties and demanding financing arms.
• Business Formation
  Taxation of personal and business transactions is a reality in virtually all types of commercial transactions, from business formation, reorganization and acquisition to executive compensation and ownership succession-------and in many individual situations, including marriage and divorce, inheritance plans, decisions about charitable giving and retirement. Since its beginning in 1974, Rees Broome has served as tax counsel throughout Virginia and the Washington DC metropolitan region in every aspect of federal, international, state and local tax law. Because of our expertise and varied client base, we have seen all types of tax issues, from planning the most complex corporate transactions to the questions of individual taxpayers facing ruling requests, audits and investigations before the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.
• Business Disputes
• Business Transactions
  Drawing on the skills of Rees Broome’s comprehensive range of related practice groups, our team advises and represents public, private and emerging companies and partnerships, domestic and international, in public and private offerings, capital market and lending transactions, executive compensation issues, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and tax, strategic business planning, entity formation and other domestic and global commercial transactions. We also offer our business clients advice on transitioning their companies to the next generation of owners and managers. We take pride in the kind of extensive knowledge and experience that positions us to work as a strategic partner to our clients, looking toward not only their immediate needs but also their longer-term objectives.
• Trade Secrets
• Unfair Competition
  We represent clients needing to resolve disputes involving all aspects of commercial life, from contracts to taxes, trade secrets to routine governance, with in-depth expertise in employment law, construction defects, closely-held and family companies, professional partnerships, technology companies and mergers and acquisitions.  Clients from one-man start-ups to multi-million-dollar medical practices have relied on us to help them deal with business formation, protection of trade secrets, unfair competition, professional liability, non-compete and non-disclosure agreements and inheritance rights. We’ve also seen clients through cases of defamation, fraud, disputes with the IRS, business dissolution and bankruptcy. We’re in business to help your business.

Employment Law

• Employment Discrimination
  The Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD†) recently released a policy memorandum to implement a January 20, 2021 Executive Order regarding Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation.  The Executive Order directs federal agencies that evaluate actions taken under federal statutes prohibiting sex discrimination to specifically include sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination as a form of sex discrimination.
• Employment Litigation
  Employment issues can strike at the heart of business operations. For over 40 years, Rees Broome’s Employment Law practice has helped clients across industries throughout the mid-Atlantic region. The range of employment issues is extremely broad, covering every stage of the employment relationship, from hiring to promotions and salary assessments to disciplinary actions and terminations to post-severance agreements. Rees Broome has successfully assisted clients at every stage.
• Severance Agreement

Property Law

• Construction Litigation
  Rees Broome’s Construction Law practice is intimately familiar with the individuals, entities, projects, and practical considerations common in the construction industry, as well as its legal issues and business cycles. We guide clients from all sides of the construction industry through every step of their complex processes, whether as advice delivered in a single phone call to handling lawsuits involving millions of dollars. Between those extremes, we provide a full range of services, including bid protests, negotiation and preparation of contracts, advice and counsel during contract performance, dispute avoidance, claims preparation and analysis and various forms of dispute resolution
• Real Estate Transactions
  Almost fifty years ago, one of Rees Broome’s first areas of legal expertise was estate planning and estate administration. Over the decades since, our Estate Planning & Administration group has come to understand that this includes more than properly drafted wills and trust agreements. We accordingly offer extensive experience in tax and business planning for owners of closely held businesses, transfer tax minimization, real estate transactions and international taxation and estate planning.  Wee work with clients to develop and implement lifetime gift programs, insurance programs and charitable giving programs appropriate to each client's desires, needs and resources.Â
• Easement
• Land Use and Zoning
  A shifting regulatory environment, potentially volatile relationships with local governments, limited availability of land and the challenges of accessing capital are among the many hurdles facing developers of real estate projects. Astute legal counsel can help chart a course for successful completion of even the most challenging projects. Known and respected by both development and regulatory communities, Rees Broome’s zoning and land use specialists have become intimately familiar with the complex processes and procedures that govern development projects.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
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• Wills

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Foreclosure
  The Commercial Real Estate team at Rees Broome has developed a 360-degree understanding of the mid-Atlantic market, the economics of our clients’ industries and the legal issues that affect them. For developers, landlords and commercial tenants, our legal team brings together transactional real estate and finance attorneys, which gives us the ability to help clients identify opportunities, propose creative solutions and deal with complex issues when they arise. We have exceptional knowledge around the tax and regulatory impact on projects, and we have the experience that allows us to quickly assess critical transaction details, including situations involving condemnation and foreclosure, subdivision and the creation of HOAs and other community association developments.
• Tax Law
  Our clients range from individuals with assets of several hundred thousand dollars to those with estates valued over a billion dollars. We advise estates of all sizes across the region, working with personal representatives on federal and state estate tax and income tax returns, as well as restructuring business interests, providing advice on the disposition of assets, and representing estates or trusts as shareholders of business enterprises. We’ve represented numerous individuals and estates in disputes before the Internal Revenue Service concerning income, gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer tax matters.