Legal Services
Alan Hall PLC offers a breadth of legal services and specializations typically associated with much larger firms, in flexible ways that meet the needs of businesses of all sizes as well as individuals, churches and school districts.
Business and Nonprofit Organizations
Alan Hall PLC assists businesses on a broad range of legal issues, including:
- Contract review and negotiation
- Employment law, including policy review; assistance with legal issues related to harassment and discrimination; Americans with Disabilities Act investigations and resolution; and litigation assessment and management
- Comprehensive risk review (regulatory, legal and compliance)
- Risk mitigation and avoidance plans
- Policy review, development and regulatory interpretation
- Litigation management and assessment, including working with outside counsel to help reduce costs
- Business process analysis and refinement
- Comprehensive company analysis (through relationships with audit and information technology providers)
- Shareholder disputes
- Lease review
General counsel services
Many small and medium-sized businesses benefit from having immediate access to legal expertise but find the cost of a full-time general counsel to be prohibitive. Alan Hall PLC bridges this gap through flexible arrangements that make his legal and business consulting expertise available for a specified number of hours per week.
Litigation
When civil litigation becomes necessary for the resolution of disputes, Alan Hall PLC has the experience and capacity to handle all phases of the case, from initial legal assessment and evaluation through trial and, if necessary, appeal.
Healthcare Companies and Providers
Drawing on particular expertise in the healthcare field, Alan Hall PLC represents healthcare companies as well as providers physician practice groups.
Healthcare companies:
- Contracts
- Employment matters
- Royalty agreements
- Distribution agreements
- Shareholder issues
Physicians and practice groups:
- Review and negotiation of employment contracts
- Separations from employment
School Districts and Boards
Alan Hall PLC provides a variety of legal services to school districts and school boards:
- General board representation
- Policy development
- School employment law issues
- Coordination with architects on building projects to ensure that the board is covered
- Issues involving individuals covered under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA)
- Litigation
Churches
Many churches recognize that it is advantageous to plan and organize practices to avoid legal problems rather than address them after they arise. Through Alan Hall PLC, they can gain the benefit of legal expertise from someone who understands nonprofit law in their state and who has experience in church-state issues. Among the areas in which the firm works with churches:
- Employee policies and procedures — including development of (or revisions to) employee handbooks and termination of lay employees who may be protected by law
- Purchase or sale of real estate
- Compliance with applicable rules, regulations and tax laws that cover fund-raising activities
- Review of contracts with outside parties
- Risk mitigation
- Child and youth protection — including risk mitigation, reporting requirements and contract review
- Review of governing documents
- Disputes over membership and leadership
- Use of church facilities by third parties
Individual Representation
Alan Hall PLC represents individuals in a variety of cases, from simple disputes and contested wills to complex litigation. The firm has established expertise in:
- Employment law
- Contracts
- Healthcare
- Litigation arising from disputes with builders over home construction
- Wills
- Appointment of conservatorship
- Partition of real estate
- Reviews of leases, investment agreements, shareholder agreements and franchise agreements