- Divorce
- Corporate LawSelect counsel has over 100 members. Among the areas of law covered are the following: Antitrust and Competition; Bankruptcy and Restructuring; Compensation and Benefits; Construction; Corporate and Securities; Data Privacy and Cybersecurity; Environmental; Franchise Law; Healthcare; Intellectual Property; Labor and Employment; Litigation and Dispute Resolution; Real Estate, Startups and Venture Capital; and Tax.
- Mergers and AcquisitionsMergers and acquisitions is a phrase that refers to a way for two companies to combine. A merger is where two companies of similar size combine and become a new entity. An acquisition is where one company acquires the other.
- Business Formation
- Business DisputesMany business owners will first reach out to a lawyer in regards to a contract they want to be signed or are worried about signing themselves. Contracts are everywhere in business law and navigating them can feel like walking through a legal minefield. Lawyers can spend their whole career just assisting businesses with contracts; writing them, editing them, litigating them, you name it. Contracts will define much of your business and its relationship with others, so take your time when drafting them and always get a legal opinion on new contracts.
- Business TransactionsSince 2006, Rob has been consistently named a Super Lawyer by Philadelphia Magazine. Only 5% of the total lawyers in the state are selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers. Rob was named a Super Lawyer in the areas of business transactions, business litigation and business bankruptcy. Of all the lawyers named Super Lawyer in business bankruptcy throughout Pennsylvania, Rob has the distinction of being one of only three lawyers to receive this honor in firms of less than 10 attorneys.
- Intellectual Property
- Antitrust
- Employment Contract
- Personal InjuryLawyers generally charge in one of three ways for their services, hourly, flat fee, or contingency (percentage). Not every type is permitted for every legal situation. For personal injury cases, most lawyers charge a percentage of the recovery. For certain business transactions, such as incorporation, most lawyers will charge a flat fee. For most other matters, lawyers charge hourly. You need to understand how the lawyer will charge you, both in terms of the minimum billing increments, as well as additional expenses. There is an extremely wide range of hourly rates, from $100 to $1,000 per hour. Be mindful that some lawyers may have a lower hourly rate, but they may take longer to do the work. Some base their rates on the prestige of their firm, while some lawyers choose smaller firms because they want to keep their rates lower. You get what you pay for, but don’t overpay for what you get.
- Estate PlanningRandy is a frequent lecturer on various tax, estate, business and retirement planning issues. Randy was a co-author for the Legal Intelligencer regarding tax issues. She also speaks to non-profit groups and families of children and adults with special needs regarding proper estate planning on a pro bono basis. Randy currently sits on the Philadelphia Jewish Family Services Advisory Board for Autistic Children.
- WillsRandy focuses her practice in all aspects of estate, trust, tax, and business succession planning including, but not limited to Special Needs Planning, Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney for Finance and Health Care, Charitable Trusts, Qualified Personal Residence Trusts, Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts, Tax Planning Strategies, Business Succession Planning, Pre-Nuptial Agreements, Will Contests, Asset Protection Planning, and IRS Disputes.
- TrustsThe Firm, through Randy Steen, provides a wide array of trust and estate services, with a particular emphasis on special needs trusts.
- Power of Attorney
- BankruptcyOn the debtor side, the Firm has a long history of restructuring loans, negotiating out of court workouts with creditors or taking companies through chapter 11 bankruptcies. The Firm is always on the leading edge of the law. In the 2020 New Jersey Bankruptcy Practice Guide, Rob Bovarnick authored the new Subchapter V small business bankruptcy law. Rob also was the author of the series for forbes.com titled Behind The Curtain—Chapter 11 From The Inside, which takes a deep dive into the entire chapter 11 process. Rob has also served as a legal analyst on Fox Business News for many high-profile chapter 11 cases.
- Foreclosure
- Tax LawRandy started her career in 1993, as an associate in the Philadelphia boutique estate planning law firm of Gerald S. Sussman and Associates, P.C., which later became the Rittenhouse Law Group, PC. In 1999, Randy started her own firm and built a sophisticated trusts, estate and tax planning practice. Randy also became a Certified Mediator and served as an Arbitrator for the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia from 2001 to 2003. Interested in diversifying her practice, in 2002 Randy became a Trust Officer for PNC Advisors in Philadelphia. Randy administered trust agreements for high net worth individuals and assisted them in designing and implementing their estate plans. In March, 2009 Randy left PNC Advisors to become the Director of Estate and Business Analysis for Karr Barth Associates/AXA-Advisors, in Bala Cynwyd, PA. As in-house Counsel, Randy supported hundreds of financial advisors and insurance agents on all tax, estate, business, retirement, and investment issues. Randy was responsible for reviewing all estate planning documents and business agreements, analyzing them in light of tax and familial issues. Randy also trained all employees on changes in the tax law and issues relevant to the financial services industry.