Carolyn Hochstadter Dicker

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.