Family Law

• Divorce
• Child Support
  McLaughlin & Stern's matrimonial and family law attorneys are among the best. We distinguish ourselves by actively representing our clients in all aspects of family and matrimonial law including high net-worth divorce; child support, custody and visitation; spousal support; nuanced business valuation and distribution issues; mediation; and appeals. Our experienced attorneys are also skilled at crafting tailored pre-marital and post-marital agreements. We work closely to provide undaunted advocacy through every step of a client's unique legal challenges. We are committed to resolving disputes amicably, as well as to litigating aggressively according to each client's needs. Our clients benefit also from our colleagues across the firm who are available to contribute their experience when needed in real estate, trust and estates, and tax and corporate issues.
• Child Custody and Visitation
• Guardianship
  McLaughlin & Stern’s Elder Law department is a recognition of the demographic trend of increased longevity. With that increased life span come a variety of legal issues that require skilled legal counsel. The department attorneys deal with matters involving long-term care (at home care, in assisted living and in nursing homes); advance directives (trusts, powers of attorney and health care proxies); complex guardianship proceedings; guardianships and supplemental needs trusts for younger disabled adults; protecting vulnerable seniors from physical and financial abuse. Our attorneys are skilled at devising estate plans which enable our clients to obtain Medicaid benefits while protecting their assets from the costs of long term care. We also provide our clients with step-by-step guidance in order to ensure that our asset protection plans are properly implemented. In addition, we prepare applications for Medicaid benefits, and if necessary represent our clients at administrative hearings if said benefits are improperly denied or terminated.
• Spousal Support

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  McLaughlin & Stern has extensive experience representing individuals and companies before federal and state prosecutors and regulators. Our team is comprised of former federal and state prosecutors who have provided regulatory counseling, compliance and monitoring, internal investigations, anti-corruption and white-collar criminal defense in areas including...
• Wrongful Death
  McLaughlin & Stern’s West Palm Beach Personal Injury department’s client work centers on accident injury cases involving personal injury or wrongful death, but we are also known for our work with discrimination, abuse, and civil rights law. Finding trial-proven attorneys is far more difficult than many expect. Our clients are able to count on their legal counsel for the best advice and utmost attention to detail on their case.
• Sex Crimes
• Fraud
• Assault

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Our professionals have significant expertise in drafting, filing and procuring effective SEC registration statements and with counseling clients on SEC compliance issues, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the 1934 Exchange Act periodic reporting obligations. With the emergence of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, public companies are subject to increased disclosure requirements and new corporate governance requirements for securities traded on the Nasdaq, NYSE, AMEX, OTCBB, Pink Sheets, etc. Our representation of many public companies over the years has allowed us to obtain knowledge and experience with these new requirements and with the SEC registration and reporting requirements that all U.S. public companies are subject to under the U.S. securities laws and regulations. At McLaughlin & Stern, we leverage our extensive experiences in working with the SEC on comments to registration statements and periodic filings to minimize the amount of comments on our registration statements and periodic filings. Our burgeoning experience also allows us to effectively counsel companies on compliance with state Blue Sky laws and other securities law issues such as reorganizations, recapitalizations, board of director and shareholder issues, and employee stock option plans (ESOPs).
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  McLaughlin & Stern offers a broad array of corporate services, ranging from establishing ventures to complete capital financings and mergers and acquisitions. Clients are similarly varied and include U.S. publicly and privately held entities (including family-owned businesses), international companies, investment advisors and broker-dealers, investment funds, and not-for-profit corporations. We are known for our innovative approach to structuring deals, our in-depth cultural and legal knowledge of cross-border transactions, and for expertise in securities laws and other regulatory issues.
• Business Formation
• Business Disputes
  McLaughlin & Stern’s West Palm Beach Business Litigation department represents your interests expertly and efficiently in complex business disputes. Our experienced business litigators are willing and able to try cases and bring your matter before a judge, jury, or arbitrator to obtain a favorable resolution. In both State and Federal Courts, we understand our clients’ business litigation needs and are proud to offer big-firm expertise paired with small firm personal attention.
• Business Transactions
  McLaughlin & Stern has an active healthcare practice which specializes in the representation of physicians, physician groups and physician networks. The firm is experienced in all forms of corporate and commercial transactions involving providers, taking into account the impact of numerous government regulations affecting the day-to-day operations of the provider entity.
• Limited Liability Companies
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
• Unfair Competition
• Antitrust
  Their expertise extends to all aspects of publishing, software development, literary property, First Amendment, privacy, publicity, copyright, trademark and trade secret law. They are deeply involved in the protection and licensing of intellectual property, particularly copyrights and trademarks, and its use and dissemination in all forms and media, including database publishing and the Internet, and related antitrust and trade regulation counseling and litigation.

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
  McLaughlin & Stern's Employment Law Department is led by Steven Hyman and Jacqueline C. Gerrald and handles the broad spectrum of issues which affect the employment relationship. Department attorneys have handled complex matters on behalf of both employers and employees, involving discrimination and wrongful termination based on race, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, and disability, and issues involving the failure to promote, glass ceiling, pay equity, and sexual harassment. We also work with both employers and employees on drafting employment agreements and handle severance and non-competition issues after the employment relationship has ended. We regularly appear before both federal and state courts, as well as before administrative agencies, have taken numerous cases to trial, and have taken appeals to the top courts in New York and in the federal appellate circuits. We are also experienced and adept at representing clients in alternative dispute resolution proceedings, including in arbitration and mediation.
• Employment Discrimination
  McLaughlin & Stern litigators have extensive experience across a broad spectrum of litigation matters, including admiralty; agency; antitrust; bankruptcy; business and partnership disputes; contract matters; civil RICO; civil rights; constitutional law; construction; creditor’s rights and debtor’s protection; criminal investigations and proceedings; defamation and business reputation; employment discrimination; entertainment law; environmental law; First Amendment rights; franchising; health care; intellectual property rights, including copyright trademark and trade secrets; maritime; matrimonial and family disputes; real estate; reorganization; restrictive covenants; securities and shareholders disputes; sports law; unfair competition; trade regulation; and will contests and probate.
• Employment Contract
• Employment Litigation
  This is where McLaughlin and Stern’s hospitality practice can help. Our multidisciplinary team includes attorneys who know the hospitality industry from the inside because they've been there. It is that experience that dictates our group's approach to the industry's needs. We see hospitality from a business-perspective and take a practical and preventative approach to make sure our clients are in compliance with the minefield of legal technicalities. Or, if they find themselves in a litigation or dispute, we can strategically navigate and negotiate the best possible resolution. Our hospitality team includes attorneys who practice in labor and employment, corporate, real estate and intellectual property. We assist in obtaining licenses, navigating complex regulatory schemes, and handling all labor and employment issues. We also help to secure financing, acquire or sell assets and create, negotiate and enforce franchise agreements.
• Non-compete Agreement
• Severance Agreement
• Sexual Harassment

Property Law

• Construction Litigation
  Nelson E. Canter, Esq., who chairs our Insurance Subrogation Group, has handled thousands of property subrogation claims and coordinated hundreds of complex origin and cause investigations throughout the country and internationally. Our Insurance Subrogation Group handles boiler and machinery losses, electrical failures, chemical plant fires, dust explosions, turbine and energy failures, building collapse and construction defect claims, product liability, fire suppression system failures, fire spread and sprinkler malfunctions, water damage claims, in-land marine and transportation losses, business interruption, environmental claims, construction, crane and heavy equipment failures, equine losses and other complex property damage losses throughout the United States.
• Real Estate Transactions
  McLaughlin & Stern's China Practice has experienced rapid growth over the past years. The practice has been enhanced both at the Partner and Associate levels, by those of our attorneys who are fluent in Mandarin Chinese. The Firm has advised clients on becoming publicly traded in the United States, important litigation involving China-based businesses, cross-border licensing, and both inbound and outbound financial and real estate transactions. By drawing on the services of various McLaughlin & Stern's practice groups, we are able to fully support Chinese companies in establishing U.S. operations, from their inception to their entry into U.S. markets, and beyond.
• Property Damage

Immigration Law

• Business Immigration
  Several of our Chinese clients are proceeding with expansion plans in the United States both in terms of expanding operating businesses and acquiring investment assets including real estate.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  When you contact one of our personal injury lawyers, we help you to understand the facts of your case in a straightforward manner, free from legal jargon. In doing so, we ensure that you get the help you need from ethical and compassionate legal counsel who you can feel good about. Our approach to serving our clients is founded on personalization and compassion, we put our clients’ best interest above all else and that truly sets us apart from the competition.
• Auto Accidents
• Dog Bites
• Slip and Fall Injury
  McLaughlin & Stern’s West Palm Beach Personal Injury department engages in sophisticated legal work at the cutting edge of the profession. Proudly serving Palm Beach County for decades, we represent clients with accident and injury claims of all kinds. From auto accidents to slip and fall injuries and from traumatic strokes to hurricane claims, our West Palm Beach attorneys offer unmatched personal attention, experience, and legal knowledge.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  As your trusted advisor since 1898, McLaughlin & Stern delivers strategic legal guidance to help you succeed. Clients leverage our broad expertise across key practices to capture new opportunities – from Commercial Litigation to Employment & Labor, and IP & Technology to Trust & Estates and Real Estate. With eight offices across the East Coast, we represent clients in established and emerging markets across the Americas, Asia, Europe, and beyond.
• Wills
• Trusts
  McLaughlin & Stern, established in 1898, is one of New York’s most distinguished law firms. The firm provides a diverse range of sophisticated legal services to businesses and individuals and has particular expertise in corporate, securities, mergers and acquisitions, hedge funds, corporate finance, litigation and alternative dispute resolution, employment law, trusts and estates, real estate, intellectual property, bankruptcy and reorganization, tax, family and matrimonial law, health care law, art law, environmental law, maritime law, international law, and other private client matters.
• Power of Attorney
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
  McLaughlin & Stern’s West Palm Beach Bankruptcy & Restructuring department has served Palm Beach County since 2008. Leading the industry in complex financial restructuring and bankruptcy litigation as well as policy matters, our bankruptcy and restructuring lawyers offer each and every client unmatched experience, expertise, and personal attention.
• Tax Law
  The firm has played a major role with its clients in restructuring successful family-owned ventures, dealing both with substantial financings and the investment therein of private equity partners. These transactions invariably involve substantial estate and tax planning attributes.