Strauss Troy

BUSINESS LAWYERS SERVING NORTHERN KENTUCKY & CINCINNATI

Every company wants and deserves proactive and efficient service in dealing with its biggest challenges. Whether continuing your organization’s growth, planning the transition of your company, or engaging in a merger or acquisition, you need expertise, fresh perspective, and proven results. Top-notch attorneys who work as hard as you do and have the right experience are a must.

Strauss Troy has a strong record of providing innovative solutions to complex legal challenges facing companies both large and small. Our attorneys have direct experience working in and owning businesses of all shapes and sizes–from small entrepreneurial ventures to large corporate entities. This experience gives us a better understanding of your business challenges. Our attorneys are solution-oriented, not problem-fixated. We provide solutions to help our clients achieve their goals.

Knowledge and expertise are only part of the equation at Strauss Troy. Prompt, responsive communication and personal service are also essential to keep your business moving. We are here to help take your business where you want it to go.

We offer a full slate of corporate and business services, including early stage support, mergers and acquisitions, succession planning, support with day-to-day operations, and more.

Services Provided

• Business formation
• Buy/sell agreements
• Choice of entity
• Corporate compliance
• Corporate finance
• Corporate restructuring
• Franchising
• Intellectual property
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Negotiation and drafting of business agreements
• Recapitalizations
• Reorganizations
• Securities compliance (state and federal)
• Succession planning

Strauss Troy criminal litigation attorneys have wide-ranging experience representing individuals and businesses at all levels of criminal law in both federal and state courts.  In addition to their extensive courtroom experience, our attorneys exhibit exceptional research and writing abilities.

What sets Strauss Troy apart is that we provide large-firm resources with the personalized attention and client-oriented approach of a small firm.  Our attorneys use their resources to represent clients in an extremely effective yet economical way.

AGENCY INVESTIGATIONS AND AUDITS

Of course, the most economical course of action is to avoid being charged with a crime in the first place.  Thus, it is important for individuals and businesses to consult with an attorney to help ensure compliance with the law, minimizing the risk of criminal exposure and liability.  Our lawyers have successfully helped businesses develop and implement compliance and ethics programs. They have also represented clients in audits and investigations by agencies such as:

• Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
• Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

We regularly provide assistance in the following areas:

• Administrative enforcement proceedings
• Agency investigations
• Complex white-collar cases
• Corporate compliance
• Federal and state felony charges
• Grand jury proceedings
• Immigration conviction consequences
• State and federal appeals

LET OUR TEAM GUIDE YOU THROUGH YOUR TRANSITION.

Strauss Troy’s domestic relations team brings you experienced family law services in both Kentucky and Ohio. Each member of our domestic relations teams brings a different strengths to the team: experience, attention to detail, compassion, and tenacity, to name a few.

Divorce redefines a family. It can be a devastating experience, particularly for children. Our attorneys are here to guide you through this transition as smoothly as possible. We put your best interests first, looking for the best solutions for everyone involved. Our goal is to minimize your family’s sense of loss as much as possible and allow you to move forward with your newly defined family in a positive way.

Our Domestic Relations and Family Law services include:

• Collaborative law
• Mediation
• Negotiation
• Dissolution
• Child custody support matters (both pre- and post-decree)
• Adoption
• Guardianship
• Prenuptual agreements
• Estate planning

Our team also has extensive experience with complex divorce litigation, including:

• Issues involving corporate structure and finance
• Business valuation
• Dividing intricate financial estates
• Spousal support with income from multiple, complex sources
• Stock allocation and division
• Privacy and protective orders

In Ohio, we work in the Domestic Relations and Juvenile Courts of:

• Hamilton
• Clermont
• Butler
• Warren

In Kentucky, we primarily work in the counties of

• Boone
• Kenton
• Campbell

There are several options to choose from when you want to end your marriage. Some of the options require an agreement from your spouse and some don’t. The process that you choose will depend upon the facts and dynamics of your family.

When you meet with one of our Domestic Relations attorneys, they will discuss the various processes and choices that are available to terminate your marriage.

What to Expect if you are seeking a divorce

Most civil cases have six steps, and family law is no different:

• Consultation
• Investigation
• Negotiation
• Mediation
• Litigation
• Resolution

Strauss Troy has a strong track record of success and has earned a reputation for successfully resolving large and complex cases before federal and state courts, administrative agencies and in alternative dispute resolution forums. Our litigators are known for being both smart and aggressive. Our experienced litigation team is nationally recognized for its capabilities in handling complex litigation. No litigation is too complex or case too challenging for the litigation team at Strauss Troy.

Advocating on your behalf is only part of what we do. Successful outcomes are the result of detailed planning, collaboration and quick, creative problem solving. There is no getting around it–lawsuits are time-consuming, costly and a hassle. We will develop the best, most cost-effective solution as efficiently as possible so you can move forward. Your goal is a positive outcome. Our job is finding the best possible path forward while protecting your rights and your business.

Services Provided

Corporate litigation
Business torts | fraud | misrepresentation
Shareholder | securities fraud and derivative claims
Fiduciary liability
Broker | financial services claims
Contract disputes
Insurance coverage claims
Intellectual property | patent | trademark litigation
Real estate disputes
Construction litigation
Personal injury | professional negligence | wrongful death
Trusts | estate litigation
Creditors’ Rights
Criminal defense

A core group within Strauss Troy’s full service business practice, the firm’s Real Estate and Finance area has helped our clients navigate all of the boom and bust cycles of the real estate markets since the 1950s.  We handle the complete universe of real estate and financing transactions for large institutions, small businesses, and individuals, and we do so with the technical skills earned and passed on by attorneys who are recognized and respected in the region for taking the lead. Whether the acquisition and financing of a multi-state, scattered site project; the construction of a retail or office development, or the purchase of a new home, our experience and commitment is the key to your success.

Services Provided

Commercial real estate development
Construction contracts and financing
Sale | acquisition | financing of retail, office, multi-family, condominium properties
Environmental compliance and clean up
Lodging | hospitality
Title services
Residential sales, acquisitions, and financing
Subdivisions | land use | planning | zoning
Housing And Urban Development (HUD)
Real estate syndication
Commercial office | retail | industrial leasing
Property management
Financing
Workouts | receiverships | turnarounds

Strauss Troy’s estate planning team will help you to develop the right plan to protect the people and things you care about the most. A solid, carefully thought-out estate plan or trust will leave a legacy reflective of your unique desires, minimize your taxes and help you achieve your financial goals.

Ask about our Five Steps To Estate Planning. It will give you a good overview of the most important things to consider. We also have estate planning questionnaires, advance directives forms and definitions of common terms to help you get started.

HIGH NET-WORTH INDIVIDUALS

You’ve worked hard to earn your wealth and we will help you safeguard your assets for retirement and for your loved ones through customized estate planning based on your individual needs. We focus on minimizing your tax liability and making sure that your wishes are carried out.

BUSINESS SUCCESSION PLANNING

Did you know that roughly 70 percent of family-owned businesses never survive to the next generation? It doesn’t have to be this way. You’ve spent years of hard work and dedication building your enterprise. Don’t let your efforts go to waste.  With the right business transition and estate planning documents, Strauss Troy will help you secure your entities and provide the right structure to provide income and support during your retirement.

FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN
 

Every parent wants to protect their children. Protection includes putting the right plans in place in case you die unexpectedly or become unable to care for them until they are adults. Strauss Troy’s estate planning attorneys have helped thousands of families, just like yours. We take the time to ask the right questions, streamline the process and take care of the details to for you – so you don’t have to worry.