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Moss & Barnett Announces New Shareholders Back Row (from left to right): Sheila Engelmeier, John Boyle, Tony Marick Front Row (from left to right): Cindy Ackerman, Tony Dorland, Chris Stall Moss & Barnett, A Professional Association, is pleased to announce that Cindy J. Ackerman, John P. Boyle, Anthony A. Dorland, Sheila Engelmeier, Anthony M. Marick and Christopher D. Stall have become shareholders in the firm. Ackerman focuses her practice in the firm’s wealth preservation and estate planning practice area. She represents individuals and corporate clients in a variety of matters, including charitable trusts and tax exempt organizations, conservatorship and guardianship proceedings, estate and trust administration, IRS audits, tax planning and preparation of tax returns, and the preparation of wills and trust agreements. Boyle focuses his practice in the firm’s litigation practice area. He practices primarily in the areas of commercial disputes, including contract, shareholder, real estate and construction disputes, and labor and employment matters, handling a variety of employment litigation matters and advising clients on employee separation agreements, non-compete restrictions and litigation avoidance strategies. Dorland focuses his practice in the firm’s real estate and administrative law practice areas. His real estate practice includes the negotiation of real estate agreements with private parties, public utilities and local, state and federal agencies; real estate dispute resolution, zoning and land use, and commercial leasing. His administrative law practice consists of all areas of environmental law, including the defense and resolution of local, state and federal environmental enforcement actions, and state and federal telecommunications. Engelmeier focuses her practice in two main areas: (a) employment law; and (b) the full panoply of legal issues facing the early childhood education industry. In the employment arena, she assists both companies and executives in negotiating employment agreements and non competes and addressing a myriad of employment compliance and litigation matters. She assists companies in developing effective selection and performance management programs and has developed and facilitated numerous training programs on a variety of workplace issues. Marick focuses his practice in the firm’s business practice area, including all aspects of business and corporate law, from startup ventures to privately and publicly held companies. He advises clients on corporate governance, corporate finance, securities compliance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and executive employment and compensation issues. Stall concentrates his practice in the area of business transactions, company governance and finance. He regularly negotiates and structures a broad array of business transactions for clients, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships and equity and debt financings. He also regularly helps closely-held businesses with succession planning and with practical strategies to resolve management and ownership disputes. (December, 2007) |
