Services

Practice Areas

McBirney & Chuck is a downtown Los Angeles law firm with a
wide range of experience in business and real estate transactions,
civil litigation, nonprofit organizations law, probate, and estate
planning. The firm's highly skilled and experienced team of
attorneys emphasizes the prompt, personal delivery of the highest
quality legal services in an efficient, cost-effective manner.

Special areas of the firm's expertise include:

Commercial leasing practice
Representing commercial building owners and managers and commercial tenants in lease negotiations regarding office, retail, telecommunications and industrial premises and in the effective prevention and resolution of landlord-tenant disputes over rent, rent escalations, environmental matters, and construction and zoning issues;

Corporate practice
Handling the full range of corporate and business transactional
matters, including corporate formations, mergers and acquisitions,
sales of assets, service agreements, employment agreements,
business financing, trademarks, licensing, equipment leasing and
other operational matters for manufacturing, retail, and service
businesses, professional practices and public entities;

Real estate practice
Negotiating and documenting real estate sales, tax-deferred
exchanges, real estate financing, redevelopment agreements, and
partnership and other business arrangements for acquiring,
developing and investing in real estate, as well as advising
property owners on land use, construction and environmental
issues;

Nonprofit organizations practice
Forming and servicing nonprofit organizations, including public
benefit, mutual benefit and religious corporations, assisting such
organizations in gaining and maintaining tax-exempt status, and
dealing with corporate contract, employment and real estate
issues facing nonprofit clients;

Trusts and wills practice
Assisting individuals in planning and administering their estates in
the best manner to maximize the after-tax benefits to their children,
grandchildren and other beneficiaries in accordance with their
wishes and to minimize administrative delay and expense; and

Civil litigation practice
Providing corporations, partnerships and individuals with
aggressive, effective representation in civil trials and appellate
proceedings in each of the firm's business and real estate practice
areas, while avoiding the costly duplication and inefficiency that
has become an unfortunate hallmark of so many litigators.