Law Firm Overview

Geary, Porter & Donovan, P.C. offers a full range of legal services to individual and business clients, and always strives to provide the highest quality legal services in the most cost-efficient manner.

The firm's legal practice is broad-based and includes specialization in a number of practice areas. The practice includes:

• representation of property owners in the administrative process and litigation involving ad valorem tax matters, including valuation issues, exemptions, delinquencies, abatements, and property rights;
• general and complex litigation in state and federal courts, including representation of clients in the areas of federal and state securities fraud, products liability, insurance defense, personal injury, professional malpractice, lender liability, business torts, financial transactions, contracts, construction, real estate, partnership, and governmental matters;
• representation and counseling in corporate and business transactions and financing for corporate and other business entities, including mergers and acquisitions, non-public financings (including private placements and secured and unsecured bank financing), leveraged buy-outs, and both individual and entity taxation matters;
• representation and counseling in all areas of real estate and property law, including oil and gas development, financing, construction, development, leasing, zoning, land use, and condemnation for clients that range from publicly-traded corporations to sole proprietorships, joint ventures and partnerships, and financial institutions;
• specialization in handling matters in family law, tax law and estate planning.
• representation and counseling of employers in labor and employee matters.

Areas of Practice

• Litigation
• Family Law
• Labor Law
• Real Estate
• Business Law
• Estates/Probate

West Practice Categories

Administrative Hearings & Adjudication, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Mediation, Deceptive Trade Practices, Bad Faith Insurance, Lending & Secured Transactions, Loan Workouts, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Age Discrimination, Disability & Illness Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Police Misconduct, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Eminent Domain, Construction Contracts, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Affirmative Action -- Employer, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employer, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employer, Employee Rights -- Employer, Employment Contracts -- Employer, Employment Discrimination -- Employer, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employer, Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA) -- Employer, Municipal Employment -- Employer, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employer, Sexual Harassment -- Employer, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employer, Whistleblower -- Employer, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employer, Wrongful Termination -- Employer, Estate Planning, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and Appointment, Trusts, Wills, Family Law, Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Prenuptial Agreements, Labor Law, Wage & Hour Laws, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, Litigation & Appeals, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Probate & Estate Administration, Estate Administration, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Municipal Liability, Tax Increment Financing, Estate & Gift Taxation, Property (Ad Valorem) Taxes