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I have been practicing law for many years and have a wealth of expertise.  I enjoy building personal relationships with my clients and working with them in an effort to help them attain their goals.  I have a proactive conservative approach and work very hard to ensure my clients have all of their legal questions answered in a fashion that is understandable for them.

Guiding businesses and business owners on general and complex legal matters requires skill, knowledge, timing, and patience. So does fly fishing the tropical flats and the cold New England waters. As an attorney, I am an experienced advisor on many matters, including: mergers & acquisitions, contracts, negotiations, licenses, international transactions, business partner disputes, succession & estate planning, tax, and real estate transactions. If you would like to talk about fly fishing, I am also passionate about striped bass, tarpon, bonefish and snook (among others). Sharing stories and opportunities for either are always welcomed and interesting conversations. After viewing the experiences and demands of my family’s manufacturing business first-hand, I attended business school at Bryant University, studying family business management. I have also studied international business in Florence, Italy. Prior to attending law school I was a business consultant with a computer technology firm, advising business owners on how to effectively leverage new technologies to solve real business problems. All of these experiences have cultivated a practical, solution-based approach that I bring to each matter that comes before me.. As an advisor I am a problem solver and a deal advisor. I lean upon my business and legal backgrounds to understand my client’s business or personal needs and goals, and to focus on practical solutions that fit those needs, the matter, and the economics involved. Through this approach I have had the pleasure of assisting various clients achieve positive results such as:. I attended law school at the University of Connecticut School of Law where I was a member of the Insurance Law Journal and was published as a case editor for “Fidelity & Surety Digest,” which focuses on construction and financial services bonding requirements. I have also engaged in various pro bono activities including as a volunteer attorney with the Connecticut Urban Legal Initiative, Inc. and as a member of the board at New Life Christian Fellowship of Connecticut, Inc.. I currently live just outside of Hartford, Connecticut with my wife and four children. When I am not in the office I am often exhausted by my kids while playing, trying to play golf, making furniture, or engaging in any activity that presents a challenge to overcome.

Patrick J. Lapera is a business transactional lawyer with over thirty five years of experience in sophisticated corporate, finance, and commercial transactions. He is admitted to practice in Connecticut and New York, where he works with clients on merger and acquisitions, divestitures, debt and equity and venture financings, tax exempt financings, reorganizations, real estate and construction contracts, licensing agreements, joint ventures, partnerships and limited liability companies, securities offerings, corporate finance and startup company financing. He also represents clients in the organization and governance of non-profit organizations, including securing tax-exempt status.

I am a corporate attorney with over 15 years business experience both as a business manager and in-house attorney. My primary focus is on supporting the business through commercial transactions, labor and employment, intellectual property and general legal needs.

Dale has practiced law in Madison since 1986.  During that time he has focused his practice in the areas of residential and commercial real estate; general business, including contracts and contractual disputes; family law, including divorce and post-divorce matters; personal injury; estate planning and probate needs. He also represents individuals in the areas of criminal law, including OWI defense, traffic law and misdemeanor defense.. Dale graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he earned both a Bachelor of Business Administration and his law degree.. Over the years, as his clients have found themselves in need of legal services either business or personal, in good and not so good times, they have turned to Dale to assist them, to advise them and to help them achieve good results.   From starting a new business and creating new entities, growing and expanding the business, and handling transactions, Dale assists his clients with their day-to-day legal needs.  When it comes to planning, Dale helps clients with their estate planning needs, including drafting Wills, Powers of Attorney and Trusts.. When times are tough and uncertain, that's often when people need a lawyer most and they turn to a trusted advisor.  Dale assists his clients with the emotional and financial chanllenges surrounding family law, both in divorce and post divorce matters.. Dale has been defending drivers, including those charged with OWI/DUI/DWI and moving violations for many years.  Traffic cases are where many people first encounter the legal system and it can be confusing and time consuming to represent yourself.  Individuals charged with these types of offenses or misdemeanor charges count on Dale to review the merits of their cases and provide them with both a vigorous defense as well as an experienced opinion of how their cases can be resolved on the most favorable terms.  Informing clients, presenting and defending their cases, and listening to their concerns are part of Dale's regular practice.

I limit my practice to business law, construction law and litigation. I enjoy being able to help individuals start and grow their businesses by helping them select the appropriate business entity to accomplish their goals. I provide all the necessary documents that the business needs to protect the owners and the business.. Along with business law, I help clients through the litigation process. I help clients with everything from filing the initial complaint through trial.

Steven R. Kutner has practiced law in Central Florida for the past thirty-two (32) years following his honors graduation from the University of Florida law school.  He maintains a full-service law firm in Maitland, Florida. He handles: business start-ups, business and real estate closings, commercial and SBA loan financing, stock transfers, employment agreements, non-competition agreements and all related matters.  Mr. Kutner also has over thirty (30) years of experience in family law matters, including dissolution of marriage, child custody, support, alimony and prenuptial agreements. Mr. Kutner is also experienced in civil litigation matters in all Florida state and federal courts.

Ted is an asset protection, estate planning, tax, and business lawyer. He has worked in the tax consulting field for 23 years and has been certified by the Louisiana State Bar Association as an Estate Planning and Administration Specialist as well as a Tax Law Specialist. Ted is also a Louisiana Certified Public Accountant (CPA).. Ted regularly represents clients with large as well as small estates, including representing clients in all matters involving Louisiana asset protection, estate planning, tax planning, irrevocable, revocable, and charitable trusts, Louisiana wills, incapacity, probate, contested wills and succession administration, and elder law.. Ted graduated from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law in 1999 with a Juris Doctor degree, and the University of Florida College of Law in 2000 with a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in Taxation, regularly ranked second in the nation for all Graduate Tax Programs in the United States. Ted has been a Louisiana Certified Public Accountant (CPA) since 1995, and worked for the international tax consulting firm ofPricewaterhouseCoopers, as well as the Louisiana Land and Exploration Company. In 1996 he obtained his Master of Science Degree in Accounting with a concentration in Taxation from the University of New Orleans after completing UNO's Pre-CPA Program. Before completing the Pre-CPA Program, Ted earned a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management from UNO in 1992.. Ted is licensed to practice before all Louisiana courts, including the Louisiana Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, and the U.S. Tax Court. He also regularly represents clients before the Internal Revenue Service and the Louisiana Department of Revenue. Ted regularly attends continuing legal education seminars addressing the concerns of Louisiana Estate Planning and Administration Specialists and Tax Law Specialists, as well as continuing accounting education addressing the ever-changing tax laws and other accounting matters.. On request, Ted gives seminars which give information to help the public solve their estate and probate problems, tax problems, asset protection problems, and business law problems.

After graduating from Tulane Law School, I started my career as an attorney in New York City litigating antitrust and securities and financial fraud cases for a decade. In Lehman Brothers Securities Litigation, I took several key depositions, including the deposition of the Chief Operating Officer.  I participated in lengthy negotiations of a global settlement involving one of the feeder funds in the Bernie Madoff ponzi scheme. In Freight Forwarders Antitrust Litigation, I conducted several interviews in Germany of employees of a cooperating co-conspirator.. Upon returning to New Orleans, I worked for the City of New Orleans as the city attorney for the Department of Public Works and Capital Projects Administration.  During my time in the City Attorney's Office, I handled every one of the City's construction contracts and assisted with construction litigation and public bid disputes. I returned to the private sector where I practiced business, construction, appellate, and employment law until fulfilling my career-long goal of starting my own practice.

As a law student, I had the opportunity to work for a federal judge in the Middle District of Louisiana. I also worked in the Gaming Division at the Office of the Attorney General. During my second summer at LSU Law, I was recruited by and worked as a summer associate at the New Orleans firm Montgomery Barnett. After that summer, the firm offered me a full-time job and when I graduated and passed the bar, I became an associate. At Montgomery Barnett, I handled disputes of all sizes, including appeals. I represented the local candle-maker as well as the Norwegian oil company. I was also called upon by Louisiana businesses for planning and advice. My solo practice started in 2012. I advise businesses and if necessary I represent them in court. Most of my business comes from client and attorney referrals and a lot of my clients are lawyers themselves. I’m particularly proud of the diversity of my practice and my clients benefit from this. Because I can afford to select the matters I work on, my clients know I’m genuinely interested in their situation(s).  I’m active in legal leadership roles. As a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA) Legislation Committee, I help determine whether the LSBA will speak for all Louisiana attorneys in supporting or opposing pending legislative bills. My practice is fairly evenly divided between state and federal courts, and since 2010, I’ve sat on the Board of Directors of the largest chapter (New Orleans) of the Federal Bar Association. I also sat on the National Board of Directors of the Younger Lawyers Division of the FBA (2011-2014).. I was a scholarship track and cross country athlete at The Citadel, in Charleston, South Carolina. I graduated in 1998 with a B.A. in English Literature.I studied law at Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center (J.D. and Diploma of Civil Law, 2009). I was a member of the Trial Advocacy Board and I competed all over the world as part of LSU’s Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot team.. Since it opened in 2010, I’ve been a part owner of a running shop (Varsity Sports) on Magazine Street. I’m also a partner in a New Orleans brewery which opened Uptown in 2017. Every Easter weekend, I produce the professional aspect of our city’s Crescent City Classic 10k run; I work year-round with agents and professional athletes from all over the world. In May of each year, I produce a fun event called the Tchoupitoulas Barathon. I’m also a member of The Round Table Club.. I live in Uptown New Orleans with my wife Melissa and our daughter Ellis.

Mr. Ayres graduated from the Paul M. Hebert School of Law at LSU in 1988. He was a member of the Lousiana Law Review and the Order of the Coif. He serves on the LADC Trial Academy Board of Directors and teaches each summer at the Trial Academy. He has also served on the faculty of the LSU Law School Trial Advocacy Program. He is a PADI certified rescue diver and master scuba diver.