Carolyn Hochstadter Dicker

Represent business entities & individuals in their capacity as creditors, debtors in bankruptcy, chapter 7, 11 or 13 trustees, debtor or equity committees & indenture trustees. Handle collections, restructuring, work-out & dissolution matters.

32 years

Draft Plans, Motions & Settlements. Represent: Barneys, Phoenix Information Systems, Equity Security Holders Committee, Columbia Gas, Bondholders Committee, Federated Department Stores, DBSI Diversified Realty REIT & Trustee, Cajun Electric.

32 years

Assist client to get a fresh start & keep their homes. Prepare Petition & Schedules. Draft & Administer Chapter 13 Plans. Deal with student loan discharge, exemption, relief stay & related matters. Negotiate loan modifications. Settle disputes.

32 years

Assist client to get a fresh start. Prepare Petition & Schedules. Run through Means Test & Financial Analysis to qualify for Chapter 7 (v. Chapter 13). Deal with student loan discharge, exemption, relief stay & related matters.

32 years

Assist in forming company, as well as financing, operations, tax & exit strategy & execute same. Draft equity, investor & employment agreements. Assist with employment policies. Help secure virtual or bricks & mortar office space.

32 years

Form corporations. Draft & file relevant state registration documents, namely, Certificate & ByLaws. Draft shareholder agreements, restricted stock purchase agreements & related required agreements & equity benefit or other plans.

32 years

Draft Promissory Notes, Security Agreements, UCC-1 Filing Statements & Mortgage Instruments & perfect/file security interests. Draft ancillary agreements. Assist with payment disputes, prepayments, collections & cross-collateralization issues.

32 years

Draft Equipment Lease & Financing Agreements & related UCC-1 filing statements. Deal with bankruptcy assumption or rejection of true leases & treatment of finance leases, including strategic options for debtor & lessor/financier.

32 years

Form LLC's. Draft & file state registration documents, namely Certificate & Operating Agreement. Draft related property transfer/other agreements. Handle professional practices, L, E or other non-immigrant visa start-ups, music, tech & more.

32 years

Draft/negotiate/execute asset or stock agreement for purchase or sale of all or part of a company. For tax, licensing & financing purposes, choose triangular or simple, reverse or forward mergers, depending upon private or public structure.

32 years

Assist issuer or investor clients seeking to offer, sell or purchase securities via crowdfunding, private placement or initial public offering (IPO). Draft business plan, prospectus, SEC forms, Survey Letter & LOIs.

32 years

Assist founders & investors with VC financing term sheets & execution of investment transactions. Includes choice of, or conversion to, a particular entity structure, as well as tax & financing analysis.

32 years

Assist employees & employers with agreements, policies, restrictive covenants & equity allocation in recruiting, hiring, retention, promotion, termination & severance matters under Title VII, IX, Disability, Age, Nationality, Wage & Hour laws.

32 years

Help create, protect & license IP via legal process. Implement trade secret program. Draft restrictive contractual covenants & employment agreements to monitor past employee practices & prevent future employer infringement or misappropriation.

32 years

Help secure copyright qualification, protection & licensing. Assist with registration & notice, infringement & take-down issues under Digital Millenium Copyright Act, as well as public domain issues.

32 years

Help companies, entrepreneurs & employees secure patents in the U.S. & abroad. Assist with trade secret program v. patent prosecution. Help companies, entrepreneurs & employees avoid/defend infringement suits & obtain relief from infringers.

32 years

Help secure qualifying trademarks for business branding. Assist with policing, registration & notice. Help avoid/defend infringement suits & obtain relief from infringers. Assist with disputes over confusion, dilution or tarnishment.

32 years

Draft employment, equity, intellectual property, joint venture & other contracts among parties from different countries & venues. Help foreign start-ups establish companies in the U.S. for both business & non-immigrant L, E or other visa purposes.

32 years

Assist individuals, business entities & investors to purchase, sell or lease commercial & residential property. Draft leases & purchase/sale agreements. Assist with landlord-tenant matters, tax appeals & related matters.

32 years

Defend homeowners from foreclosure actions. Prosecute actions on behalf of lenders. Mediate loan modifications & resolutions of disputes. Assist with reinstatement &/or pay-off.

32 years