Practice Areas

4416 East West Highway
Fourth Floor
Bethesda, MD 20814-4568
Phone: (301)986-9600
Fax: (301)986-1301
Toll Free: (888)986-9600
E-mail: sgro@sgrolaw.com

Corporate & Business

Real Estate

Tax Planning

Estate Planning & Administration

Pension, Profit Sharing & Employee Benefits

Litigation

Employment & Labor

Construction

Domestic Relations

Bankruptcy

Trademarks

Securities

Corporate & Business

Applying business acumen as well as legal and negotiating skills, Selzer Gurvitch Rabin & Obecny handles the structuring and formation of the business entity, transaction negotiations and agreements, commercial financing, partnership and shareholder/management disputes, and the sale or purchase of businesses.

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Real Estate

The firm has extensive experience representing clients in the acquisition and sale of real property, financing, property lease agreements and other agreements with respect to the ownership, operation and investment in real estate.

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Tax Planning

Because every financial decision - personal as well as business - has tax ramifications, Selzer Gurvitch Rabin & Obecny's well respected tax expertise enhances all areas of the firm's practice, from shaping pension plans and estate planning to divorce agreements, litigation settlements, and all aspects of the creation, acquisition, operation and disposition of businesses and real estate. This comprehensive, personal approach serves to maximize the after-tax earnings of clients and their family members, often times throughout their entire lives. Additionally, the firm handles administrative tax matters for businesses, estates and individuals at the federal and state levels, including IRS audits and appeals and representation before the U.S. Tax Court.

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Estate Planning & Administration

Selzer Gurvitch Rabin & Obecny routinely structures estate plans - including wills, trusts for children, generation skipping trusts, family partnerships, charitable trusts, private family foundations, powers of attorney and living wills. The firm also has extensive experience in the administration of trust and estates including tax planning for the trust, the estate and the beneficiaries. The responsibility of the firm is to help preserve assets while achieving family goals.

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Pension, Profit Sharing & Employee Benefits

Selzer Gurvitch Rabin & Obecny designs benefit plans that help protect the financial base of their clients. These plans include pension, profit-sharing, stock bonus and employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), HR-10 plans, 401(k) plans, cafeteria plans, medical expense reimbursement plans, stock option plans and deferred compensation, and other executive compensation arrangements. The firm also counsels businesses, plan administrators, trustees and fiduciaries on their responsibilities under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

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Litigation

Because of the risks and potential cost involved, litigation is the course of action taken after other, more direct forms of negotiation and strategic persuasion have been considered. Handling the full range of complex civil litigation cases in an economic fashion, the firm has achieved a high rate of success in court - the result of its thorough, tough professionalism and tenacious assertion of client positions.

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Employment & Labor

Employers increasingly need to take active steps to protect their trade secrets and prevent unfair competition. Selzer Gurvitch Rabin & Obecny serves employers by helping to put in place and enforce policies and agreements that prevent disclosure of confidential information, clarify the employment relationship, and prevent former employees from taking unfair advantage of their prior employers. In addition, the firm helps guide employers through the increasingly regulated workplace to ensure compliance with laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, COBRA, and the Fair Labor Standards Act. This includes both the development of policies aimed at avoiding claims of sexual harassment, and other forms of discrimination, as well as the active defense of such claims in the event of an administrative claim or litigation.

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Construction

The firm represents owners, general contractors, subcontractors and suppliers in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia, advising on a wide variety of construction issues and litigation, including bond claims, delay and acceleration claims, breach of contract and mechanic’s lien actions.

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Domestic Relations

Representing individuals in divorce actions, Selzer Gurvitch Rabin & Obecny offers clients both the legal skill and the personalized support that are so critical at this difficult time. As strong legal advocates and as trusted allies, Selzer Gurvitch Rabin & Obecny helps clients secure agreements that respect the concerns of all involved.

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Bankruptcy, Debtors' Rights and Creditors' Rights

The firm has experience in representing debtors, creditors' committees, secured creditors and unsecured creditors in all aspects of Bankruptcy under Chapters 7, 11 and 13, including motions for relief from the automatic stay, cash collateral litigation, asset sales under § 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, preference litigation, discharge litigation and plan confirmation litigation. The firm also has experience in workouts and non-bankruptcy liquidations. When the Bankruptcy forum is not appropriate, the firm has experience in both State and Federal Courts placing businesses into receiverships, obtaining injunctions to prevent the wasting of assets, seizing assets both before and after obtaining a judgment, obtaining and defending confessed judgments and litigating the rights of noteholders, makers and guarantors.

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Trademarks

The firm helps its clients protect their distinctive goods and services, and the unique images represented in their décor, designs, labels, logos and packaging by filing and prosecuting trademarks, service marks and trade dress applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. We advise our clients on matters of infringement, likelihood of confusion and unfair competition. When necessary, members of the firm have initiated and defended trademark infringement claims in federal and state court proceedings.

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Securities

The firm's securities practice is both litigation and transactional. Members of the firm have represented corporations, officers, directors, general and limited partners, and investors in securities litigation in federal and state courts. The firm routinely represents investors in securities arbitrations before the NASD, NYSE and AAA. The firm also represents stockbrokers, investment advisors, issuers and securities salesmen in securities investigations and before administrative agencies. Members of the firm have represented persons in SEC enforcement proceedings for insider trading, market manipulation and other fraud claims. In transactional matters, members of the firm have advised clients on venture capital financing transactions, mergers with public companies, and a wide range of securities law issues involving public registration, private offerings, SEC no-action and interpretative letters, and broker-dealer and investment advisor compliance.

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