Washington, D.C. Business, Estate Planning, Labor and Employment Law Attorneys

Tobin, O'Connor & Ewing

Chevy Chase Pavilion 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest, Suite 700 Washington, District of Columbia 20015 USA

 (202) 536-3359
 (202) 362-6579

www.tobinoconnor.com
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Law Firm Overview

At Tobin, O’Connor & Ewing, our goal is simple: helping our clients achieve effective resolutions to their most pressing concerns. We believe in practicality in practice.

Large law firms and boutique specialty practices each have advantages—large firms get impressive results for clients because of their heft in the courtroom and ability to manage important resources; boutique firms offer clients individualized attention and an opportunity to build trust.

At Tobin, O’Connor & Ewing, we offer clients both. We provide legal expertise, up close and personal.

Our partners practiced at large law firms before founding Tobin, O’Connor & Ewing in Washington DC in 1993. We created a relatively small firm to allow our partners to remain personally and actively involved with each of our clients, providing an outstanding level of attention and focus.

Our attorneys use their diverse knowledge to assist our clients in all aspects of their business operations. We offer services in seven practice areas:

* Corporate and business matters
* Litigation
* Labor and employment law
* Business immigration
* Real estate
* Estate planning, probate, and guardianship
* Academic medicine and teaching hospitals

We provide assistance to individuals and all types of organizations, including corporations, educational institutions, teaching hospitals, and non-profit groups.

Practice Areas

Additional Practice Areas: Breach of Contract and Warranty; Employment Litigation; Construction Disputes and Mechanics Liens; Tax Sale Foreclosure Representation; Small Business; OSHA Compliance; WARN Act Compliance; Academic Medicine and Teaching Hospitals; Business Immigration; Guardianship; Residential, Commercial and Refinancing Settlements; Deed Transfers; Contract and Boundary Disputes; Quiet Title Actions; Adverse Possession; Lease/Occupancy Agreements; Electronic Discovery.

Practice Areas Description

Tobin, O’Connor & Ewing helps our clients with all aspects of their everyday business operations. We provide services in the following practice areas:

- Corporate and Business Matters

Our corporate and business law attorneys serve a variety of local, regional, national, and international companies and business ventures. Speak with our Washington DC business lawyers about the legal issues facing your business.

- Corporate Taxation

Our attorneys guide our corporate clients through the complex tax law, helping local, regional, national, and international corporations. Contact our firm to discuss your Washington DC corporate taxation law issues.

- Small Business

The attorneys at Tobin, O’Connor & Ewing counsel clients in the creation of their small businesses. We help you select the type of business entity that is right for your business, whether it be a corporation, partnership, or limited liability corporation. We then draft and file all the required paperwork.

- Litigation

At Tobin, O’Connor & Ewing, our Washington, D.C. business litigation attorneys provide the advocacy you need. Our corporate attorneys help clients find solutions to all manner of disputes, from the mundane to the complex. Our litigation practice includes:

• Arbitration and mediation. Many contracts now require that you submit to mediation or arbitration in advance of or instead of litigation.

• Regulatory practice. Washington, D.C. business litigation lawyers are equipped to represent you and advocate for you at all levels of agency regulation—city, state, and federal.

• Trial and appellate work. When business disputes cannot be resolved through mediation or arbitration, our team of business litigation attorneys stands ready to represent you in court, whether federal or state, trial or appeal.

• Breach of contract and warranty. When circumstances beyond your control force you or your business partner to breach contract, a Washington, D.C. business litigation law firm can keep you out of litigation or resolve any litigation in your favor.

• Business transactions. Many of the simplest business transactions still require legal assistance in drafting contracts, letters of intent, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

• Shareholder and partnership disputes. Whether you are faced with shareholders challenging the legality or propriety of executive officer decisions, or with partners who want to change or leave the partnership, a Washington, D.C. business litigation lawyer can help you find a resolution.

• Employment litigation. Employment litigation takes many forms, all requiring legal assistance. This includes back wages and overtime disputes, discrimination claims, and unsafe workplace claims.

• Construction disputes and mechanics liens. When one of your clients cannot or will not pay for services rendered, you can turn to a business litigation attorney in Washington, D.C. to enforce your rights.

• Commercial disputes. Any dispute between two businesses—usually based on a written or oral contract—can require the assistance of a business litigation attorney to resolve promptly and properly.

• Fraud and misrepresentation. When one party to an agreement omits, hides, or misrepresents essential information, the contract may be null and void, but contact a business litigation law firm in Washington, D.C. to ascertain your rights and obligations.

• Premises liability. When a customer, client, or business partner is injured on your property and decides to sue you for negligence, a Washington, D.C. business litigation lawyer can defend you and help prevent large settlements or judgments against you.

• Federal white-collar criminal investigations. You should have legal representation at all times, in all stages of a white collar investigation, whether you are a witness, target, or person of interest.

• Tax sale foreclosure representation. If you get too behind in your taxes and cannot raise the money any other way, you may be forced to sell property, and only a skilled business attorney can limit your losses as much as possible.

- Business Disputes

Our firm helps clients with all types of Washington D.C. business disputes. We are there if your corporation is being sued and has been served with a summons and complaint, or if a vendor fails to deliver essential products and you need to file a breach of contract action.

- Labor and Employment Law

Our firm provides counseling, representation and training to employers in all aspects of labor and employment issues, including:

• Selection, hiring, and promotion
• Compensation and benefits
• Wage and hour compliance
• Family and medical leave and disability issues
• Discrimination
• Harassment
• Discharge and discipline
• Business immigration
• Restrictive covenants
• OSHA compliance
• WARN Act compliance
• FLSA audits and compliance

- Business Immigration

In all aspects of business immigration law on a nationwide level, Tobin, O’Connor & Ewing represents corporations, healthcare organizations, educational institutions, non-profit groups, and, high-achieving individuals.

We can help clients navigate United States immigration law complexities associated with the following:

• Temporary and immigrant visas
• PERM labor certification
• I-9 compliance
• Physician practice
• Benefits applications for individuals and families
• Key employee immigration status in corporate reorganizations

- Real Estate

To assist business and individual clients, Tobin, O’Connor & Ewing conducts a general real estate practice, including:

• Residential, commercial and refinancing settlements
• Foreclosures
• Deed transfers
• Contract and boundary disputes
• Quiet title actions
• Adverse possession
• Lease/occupancy agreements
• Landlord/tenant matters
• Tax sale foreclosure representation

- Corporation Litigation

Every corporation faces situations in which it needs legal representation. Such situations can include everything from executive compensation negotiations to unexpected shareholder derivative suits. At Tobin, O’Connor & Ewing, our corporation litigation attorneys in Washington, D.C. have the experience and foresight to help your company avoid litigation when possible—and the knowledge and skill to help your company prevail when corporation litigation becomes unavoidable.

- Estate Planning, Probate, and Guardianship

Our firm can assist individuals and families with both simple and complex estate planning issues. Whether it is a simple will, complex trusts, durable powers of attorney, or health care directive, we are ready, willing and able to help you protect yourself and your loved ones.

- Academic Medicine and Teaching Hospitals

Our firm has become an Associate Member of the District of Columbia Hospital Association and represents teaching hospitals as well as professional practices in dealing with academic and regulatory issues affecting medical students, residents, physician-faculty, and teaching institutions.

We assist both institutions and medical professions with issues that include:

• Designing and implementing resident disciplinary procedures
• Helping hospitals navigate and resolve employment law issues
• Resident selection and hiring
• Due process and disciplinary procedures
• Employment law requirements in the academic and hospital environment
• Immigration processes for foreign-born health professionals, including residents, interns, physicians, and allied health professionals

- Guardianships

Our firm assists institutions, individuals and families throughout the Washington DC metropolitan area with all guardianship-related matters, including:

• Filing petitions for guardianship
• Representation at hearings to determine competence
• Assistance for clients named as guardians by the court
• Setting up trusts for adult wards and minors to manage their finances
• Developing plans for the ward's care and protection
• Annual reporting and accounting of assets and expenses
• Discharge of guardians at the end of the case

Our attorneys work with clients throughout the process and advise them on how best to care for their loved ones. When a family member is not appointed as a guardian, we make sure that your loved one is receiving the best care possible.

- Electronic Discovery

The law firm of Tobin, O'Connor & Ewing is firmly committed to monitoring the continued evolution of the laws concerning electronic discovery. Our attorneys have extensive experience trying commercial litigation cases involving e-discovery, and have the knowledge and skill to successfully resolve your problems.

- Wrongful Termination

Our firm represents clients that are facing wrongful termination claims in state and federal court. Our firm also provides consultation services for businesses and other professional practices that are aimed at establishing employment policies and procedures concerning employee hiring and termination. Our labor and employment law attorneys have extensive experience working with the federal statutes that govern these cases, and have the knowledge and skill to get you the best possible results in court.

- Visas

Visa attorneys at Tobin, O’Connor & Ewing can help you with every aspect of your visa application process, from ensuring all of your papers and documentation are in order to working with USCIS and the Department of Labor to avoid unnecessary delays.

- Green Cards

Green Card attorneys at Tobin, O’Connor & Ewing know how to help you present your case to the immigration officer and advocate for you if your case ends up before an immigration judge.

Attorneys

	Mr. Todd B. Ewing Attorney Business and Industry, Litigation, Real Estate		Mr. Stephen J. O’Connor Attorney Business and Industry, Computer and Software, Estate Planning, Government Contracts, Real Estate
	Mr. David C. Tobin Attorney Administrative Law, Civil Litigation, Criminal Law, Estate Planning, White Collar Crime

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