The Firm
Couzens Lansky has offices in Oakland and Wayne Counties, with over fifty employees to serve you.
Business clients of the firm include all types of entities and government organizations. Our clients are involved in manufacturing, retailing, banking, construction, labor, the service sector, public service, professional services and high technology.
The involvement of a client's other professional advisors is encouraged and valued. The firm can serve as special tax counsel to other professional advisors.
Our attorneys frequently present seminars, teach, prepare articles, participate in Bar Association activities, and otherwise contribute their time to professional, charitable and business organizations.
As owners of a growing firm, members of the firm are keenly aware of the challenges and risks facing businesses today. As the business environment becomes increasingly complex, the firm can continue to offer expert and innovative guidance.
Client Services
Business and Corporate:
- Business Formation
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Buy-Sell Agreements
- Labor
- Construction
- Dissolutions
- General Business Counseling
- Contract Negotiations
- Financing
- Government Relations, Administrative Law
Taxation:
- State, Federal and International
- Corporate, LLC, Individual and Partnership
- Audits, Appeals and Collection Matters
- Compromises of Tax Liability
- Tax Exempt Organizations
- Refund Suit Litigation
Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights:
- Debtor and Creditor Rights
- Chapter 11 Reorganizations
- Creditor Arrangements
- Debt Restructuring; Commercial Workouts
- Out of Court Liquidations
Employee Benefits:
- Pension, Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plans
- Employee Stock Ownership Plans
- Cafeteria Plans
- Employee Benefit Manuals
- Deferred Compensation Arrangements
Estate and Gift Tax Planning:
- Wills
- Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts
- Probate and Estate Administration
- Federal Income, Estate and Gift Tax Planning
- Generation Skipping Tax Planning
- Leveraged Transfers
- Charitable Gift Techniques
- Income Tax Planning for Estates and Trusts
- Transfers of the Family Business
- Preparation of Estate Tax Returns
Insurance Defense
- Automobile Negligence
- Fraud
- Labor and Employment
- Premises Liability
- Professional Liability
- Risk Management
- Workers Compensation
Litigation:
- Corporate and Commercial
- Contract Disputes
- Labor Relations
- ERISA Compliance
- Construction
- Wrongful Discharge
- Real Property
- Tax
- Insurance Defense
Real Estate:
- Commercial and Residential
- Development and Syndication
- Acquisition and Construction Agreements
- Joint Venture
- Zoning and Planning
- Environmental Law
- Leasing
Mission Statement
Couzens Lansky is a full service business, tax, estate planning, litigation and commercial law firm. We serve the needs of individual, corporate and business clients of all sizes.
The firm takes pride in anticipating and responding to our clients' needs. We handle both routine and complex matters efficiently and expeditiously. The firm endeavors not only to meet, but to exceed the expectations of our clients in the delivery of high-quality legal services. We continually seek to improve the quality of our services.
As a firm, we strive to maintain an environment for our lawyers and staff which is personally and professionally satisfying, as well as financially rewarding. We demand the highest degree of ethical conduct from all of our lawyers and staff.
Going forward, while we expect to grow, we will never do so at the expense of our integrity, quality of service, or quality of life.