Areas of Practice - Professional Services
Professional Practices Group
Most states, including New York State, differentiate between business entities organized for the practice of a regulated profession and all other business entities. Scolaro, Shulman, Cohen, Fetter & Burstein, P.C. has, since its inception represented professional practitioners such as accountants, architects, attorneys, engineers, landscape architects, individually licensed physicians, dentists, optometrists, chiropractors, podiatrists, physical and occupational therapists and other healthcare professionals, their respective practices, and their professional organizations.
The attorneys practicing within the firm’s Professional Practices Group provide counsel to our clients for those legal issues surrounding the formation, acquisition, operation, maintenance, merger, dissolution and termination of these business entities within the special context applicable to licensed professionals and their practices. In addition, the firm represents licensed professionals before peer review organizations and licensing boards.
Consistent with the philosophy of Scolaro, Shulman, Cohen, Fetter & Burstein, P.C. to offer comprehensive solutions to our clients’ legal issues, the Professional Practices Group coordinates its efforts with the attorneys in the firm’s other areas of substantial expertise such as taxation and estate planning. Matters which the attorneys within the Professional Practices Group regularly and routinely handle include:
- Professional Practice Development and Formation
- Professional Practice Operation and Compliance
- Acquisitions, Mergers & Sales
- Professional Conduct
- Business Succession Plans
- Labor and Employment
For more information on our firm and its Professional Practices Group, please contact any of the following attorneys:
- Richard S. Scolaro | rscolaro@scolaro.com | Biography
- Stephen H. Cohen | stephen.h.cohen@scolaro.com | Biography
- Stewart M. McGough | smcgough@scolaro.com | Biography
- Jeffrey M. Fetter | jfetter@scolaro.com | Biography
- Susan Fortin Lesser | slesser@scolaro.com | Biography
- Michael J. Compagni | mcompagni@scolaro.com | Biography
- Richard E. Scrimale | rscrimale@scolaro.com | Biography
- Marc S. Beckman | mbeckman@scolaro.com | Biography
- Jeffrey B. Scheer | jscheer@scolaro.com | Biography
- John R. Appler | jappler@scolaro.com | Biography
