Bellanca,
Beattie & DeLisle provides an extensive range of services involving
business planning and transactions, personal legal matters and civil and
criminal trail and appellate services.
Our services for businesses and individuals include:
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Our civil and criminal trial services include:
You can scroll down this page, or click on any of the services listed above, to see a detailed description of that service.
Business and Corporate Services
Bellanca, Beattie & DeLisle has helped
countless individuals start, manage and grow successful businesses in
virtually every area of commercial activity. In fact, in the area of Business
and Corporate Services, that's what we do best.
That's because we understand that our job involves more than the legalities
and paperwork of doing business.
We know that our job includes helping you prosper.
In addition to the many businesses we've helped start and grow, other
clients have come to us as established, mature, businesses. The result
is, our Business and Corporate Services clients include businesses of
all types: sole proprietors, small and family businesses, as well as corporations
of all sizes, including multi nationals.
We
help with a diverse range of issues from getting started through growth.
We can help with: financing; mergers and acquisitions; divestitures; purchase
and sale and buy-sell agreements. We also help with a similar range of
operational issues, including: labor and employment matters; building
and equipment sales; real estate and equipment purchases and leases and
the drafting and negotiation of contracts of all types.
Our Business and Corporate Services attorneys are very pro active, becoming
a virtual part of your management team. Bellanca, Beattie & DeLisle
clients know they can count on us for the kind of experienced counsel
that helps avoid problems, pitfalls and landmines so they can stay focused
on achieving their marketplace objectives. That same counsel helps them
move quickly to capitalize on opportunities in today's fast paced and
highly competitive business environment.
That same business environment - too often it seems - involves conflict
and disputes. Bellanca, Beattie & DeLisle's experience in conflict
resolution is extensive and our attorneys have played a leadership role
in the development of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. In fact,
judges and other lawyers frequently select Bellanca, Beattie & DeLisle
attorneys as arbitrators, mediators and facilitators in highly contested,
complex matters.
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Real Estate Acquisition and Development
Developers and builders throughout the region
have long relied on Bellanca, Beattie & DeLisle to quarterback their
projects from vision to completion. Our Real Estate Acquisition and Development
attorneys have helped create successful residential, commercial and industrial
projects on cornfields, greenfields and brownfields.
Our expertise includes: helping to choose and create the right business
form for the often special needs of real estate projects;
negotiating
developer and development agreements; securing zoning and site approvals;
architectural, engineering and contractor agreements; condominium and
homeowner association documents, and construction, bridge and final financing.
We also serve as Counsel to several Small Business Administration Certified
Development Companies involving the placement of 504 loans.
Bellanca, Beattie & DeLisle Real Estate attorneys also provide expert
counsel involving the purchase or sale of a personal residence, second
home or investment property.
We also have extensive litigation experience involving real estate matters
on both plaintiff and defense sides.
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Labor
Relations Consultation, Negotiations,
Arbitration and Employment Law
A productive workforce may be the most valuable
asset of a successful commercial enterprise. Problems involving labor
and employment matters are disruptive and costly. That's why Bellanca,
Beattie & DeLisle has one of the most extensive, and skilled, 
Labor
and Employment Law practices to be found anywhere. Business owners, managers
and executives, as well as public officials, rely on our Labor and Employment
attorneys to help create and maintain productive and secure work places
and to help control the occurrence, cost and disruptive consequences of
employment based claims and litigation.
Our Labor and Employment Law services include: collective bargaining and
other contract negotiations; covenants not to compete; personnel policies
and employee handbooks; affirmative action matters; civil rights claims;
labor arbitrations; defense of discrimination, hiring, discipline, discharge
and sexual harassment claims before State and Federal Agencies and Courts;
claims avoidance counseling and litigation involving labor / management
relations. Bellanca, Beattie & DeLisle attorneys also represent management
before the National Labor Relations Board in unfair labor practice claims
and union certification and decertification proceedings.
In addition to private sector clients, Bellanca, Beattie & DeLisle's
Labor and Employment attorneys have served various public sector clients
including: villages, townships, cities, counties, government agencies,
courts, school districts and community colleges.
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Criminal Defense in State and Federal Courts
Few things in life are more threatening then
facing criminal charges. An accused faces what can be intimidating forces
allied against them: the police and other investigative agencies, the
extensive resources of a State or Federal prosecutor and, in too many
cases, the
glare of the media. That's why Bellanca, Beattie & DeLisle's renowned
Criminal Defense expertise is one of the most valuable resources available
to our clients.
Bellanca, Beattie & DeLisle's Criminal Defense attorneys handle a
diverse range of criminal matters from misdemeanors and OUIL charges through
major felony cases involving everything from white collar crime to homicides.
We manage every aspect of the procedure, from the initial investigation
through proceedings involving Federal Grand Juries and State prosecutor
offices, arrests, trials, sentencing and appeals.
Bellanca, Beattie & DeLisle has handled several of the most highly
visible criminal trials in recent history. Our Criminal Defense attorneys
have extensive experience in handling the media and public relations issues
that can become part of criminal proceedings.
In short, Bellanca, Beattie & DeLisle's expansive expertise and experience
in defending and handling criminal proceedings, trials and appeals can
help level the playing field.
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Life and Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts
Bellanca, Beattie & DeLisle puts a high
priority on providing knowledgeable and thorough services involving Life
and Estate Planning and Wills and Trusts. That's because we know that
you've worked too hard and too long to expose yourself and your assets
to the risks associated with poor planning or the failure to plan.
And, those risks aren't just about death. The potential risks faced by
successful people during their lifetime are significant. That's why 
we
provide Life Planning services that include Durable Powers of Attorney,
Living Wills and asset protection planning.
Our Estate Planning services include everything from simple Wills to the
most complex Trust arrangements. Our goal is to assure that your wishes
are carried out and your assets are protected from adverse tax consequences.
Bellanca, Beattie & DeLisle Life and Estate Planning experts work
closely with your accountants and other financial advisors to assure that
your Life and Estate plans are consistent with your current and projected
financial circumstances and needs.
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You've probably read, or heard, that Probate
Court is to be avoided at all costs. That's simply not true. What is true
is that Probate Court is one of the most misunderstood courts in the entire
judicial system. That's why Bellanca, Beattie & DeLisle clients find
comfort in the fact that we have extensive experience with Probate proceedings.
Our Probate practice includes: the creation of Guardianships and Conservatorships
and their administration and accountings; administration of Decedent's
Estates; name change petitions; adoption proceedings; Settlement Agreements
and litigation of Will contests. We also serve as Legal Counsel to the
Consulate of Italy and, in that capacity, we have handled hundreds of
Probate matters involving property in the United States left to residents
of Italy. This representation has been continuous for over 54 years.
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Bellanca, Beattie & DeLisle has represented
virtually all levels of governmental entities: villages, townships, cities
and counties, and their elected and appointed officials, as well as school
districts, government agencies and courts. Our services for them include:
labor and employment relations counsel; negotiation of union contracts
and collective bargaining agreements; grievance and arbitration proceedings,
including Public Act 312 arbitrations and defending employment and discrimination
claims.
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Civil Trials and Commercial Litigation
Bellanca, Beattie & DeLisle attorneys
serve our business and individual clients by bringing lawsuits on their
behalf and defending them when they are sued. Our attorneys have successfully
resolved millions of dollars of civil and commercial claims in state and
federal courts.
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Family Law proceedings are never easy. But,
Bellanca, Beattie & DeLisle's extensive experience in Family Law matters
can give you the benefit of knowing that your matter is in exceptionally
competent hands. That competence extends to understanding the emotions
and deeply personal issues that are a necessary part of Family Law cases.
Bellanca, Beattie & DeLisle's Family Law clients have the benefit
of our experience and sensitivity and - where children are involved -
our strong commitment to the child's best interests.
Our Family Law attorneys have handled divorces from the amicable to highly
contested proceedings, including many high profile cases, on both Plaintiff
and Defendant side. Our Family Law services include: separation and divorce;
child custody, support and parenting time (formerly visitation) matters;
property settlement agreements and post Judgment modification and enforcement
proceedings.
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Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice
Lawyers call personal injury cases "torts."
The recent flurry of tort reform in Michigan has changed many of the rules
regarding tort litigation. But one rule hasn't changed: if you've been
injured because of someone else's negligence you should talk to an experienced
personal injury attorney immediately.
Bellanca, Beattie & DeLisle's Personal Injury attorneys have the experience
and resources you need. We'll investigate the matter promptly and, where
appropriate, secure and preserve relevant evidence. We'll provide you
with an early assessment of your claims and the possible defenses to them.
If your claim reaches the now required level of "seriousness"
to be actionable we will aggressively pursue any and all remedies available
to you.
Our Personal Injury experience includes Workers Compensation and cases
involving: auto accidents; injuries on private and public property; doctor's
errors or misdiagnosis and other medical malpractice. In addition, if
you are sued in a personal injury matter and have no insurance coverage,
we will defend you.
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Liquor and Lottery Commission Cases
Bellanca, Beattie & DeLisle is Counsel
to a large Michigan trade association for food and beverage retailers.
As a result, we have extensive experience in proceedings before the Michigan
Liquor Control Commission and the Lottery Commission dealing with licensing
and violation matters.
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Bellanca, Beattie & DeLisle handles
civil and criminal Appeals in both State and Federal courts. We have extensive
experience before Michigan's Appeals and Supreme Court and the United
States 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. We handle appellate matters on behalf
of our own litigation clients as well as on behalf of clients who were
represented at trial by other lawyers but came to Bellanca, Beattie &
DeLisle for their Appeals.
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Bellanca, Beattie & DeLisle attorneys
have handled Workers Compensation cases on behalf of injured workers,
including death claims. In addition, we have - for many years - defended
self-insured employer groups in Workers Compensation matters. Because
we represent both employees and employers, we are exceptionally good at
evaluating the likely success, and value, of Workers Compensation cases.
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