Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP is headquartered in Rochester, NY and has an office in Scottsdale, AZ. We represent a broad spectrum of clients, from publicly traded corporations and financial institutions to family-owned businesses and private individuals; from high-technology and industrial enterprises to construction firms; from real estate developers to educational institutions and charities.

Our capabilities extend from counseling businesses to personal and family representation.


Business & Finance Department
• Business Counseling
• Business Succession Planning
• Corporate Governance
• Employee Benefits / Executive Compensation
• Franchising, Distributions & Dealerships
• Health Care
• Intellectual Property, Licensing & Technology
• Investment Management
• Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures
• Not-For-Profit & Tax-Exempt Organizations
• Private Equity & Venture Capital
• Public Companies / Securities
• Special Investigations
• Tax Controversies
• Transactional Tax Planning

Intellectual Property
• Intellectual Property, Licensing & Technology
• Intellectual Property Litigation

Employment and Labor
• Education & School Law
• Employment and Labor Litigation
• Employment & Non-Competition Agreements
• Employee Benefits / Executive Compensation
• Employment Counseling and Compliance
• Immigration Law
• Union / Collective Bargaining
• Wage and Hour Litigation
• Workplace Safety / OSHA

Family Wealth and Estate Planning
• Adoptions
• Asset Protection Planning
• Business Succession Planning
• Charitable and Foundation Planning
• Elder Law/Long Term Health Care and Medicaid Planning
• Estate and Trust Administration
• Estate and Trust Litigation
• Estate and Trust Taxation
• Florida Estate & Trust Practice
• Family Wealth Planning
• Guardianships
• Pre/Post - Nuptial Agreements
• Retirement Benefit Planning

Litigation
• Appellate Litigation
• Business Litigation
• Construction & Surety Law Litigation
• Estate and Trust Litigation
• Employment and Labor Litigation
• Education & School Law
• Environmental Law & Litigation
• Government & Municipal Law
• Insurance Coverage & Risk Management
• Insurance Defense
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Medical Malpractice
• Products Liability / Mass & Complex Torts
• Personal Injury Litigation
• Professional Malpractice Defense
• Securities & Shareholder Litigation
• Securities Arbitration
• Tax Assessment & Condemnation
• Toxic Torts / Lead Paint Litigation


Real Estate Development and Finance
• Commercial Leasing
• Commercial Real Estate Development
• Commercial Real Estate Finance
• Commercial Real Estate Transactions
• Condominiums and Associations
• Construction Law
• Environmental Law & Litigation
• Land Use & Zoning
• Residential Transactions
• Section 1031 Tax Free Exchanges

Secured Lending and Financial Recovery
• Debt Collection and Asset Recovery
• Commercial and Asset Based Lending
• Creditors' Rights
• Financial Institution Regulatory Matters
• Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy
• Foreclosures / REO
• Landlord - Tenant
• Public Finance
• Real Estate Litigation