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Areas Of Practice

BUSINESS / CORPORATE LAW

We are a resource for investors and companies who appreciate the value of thorough, responsive counsel with the practical approach of balancing the legal questions with the business considerations. W provide negotiation, arbitration, and litigation services when needed.

Our seasoned attorneys recognize the need to have a personal relationship with clients -- to understand each client’s situation, goals, and immediate needs -- in order to deliver the legal services at the level they deserve.

Gilliland Green provides advice and services for virtually all aspects of business operations including:

  • Buy/Sell agreements
  • Employment issues
  • Franchising
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Sale and acquisition of stock and assets
  • Shareholder dispute resolution
  • Shareholder agreements
  • Business entities formation including corporations (for-profit and not-for-profit), limited liability firms, and the various forms of partnerships
  • Business lawsuits
  • Contracts
  • Debt Collection
  • Loan workouts and restructuring
  • Real Estate -- buying, selling, leasing

 

CIVIL LITIGATION

Civil litigation is a hallmark of Gilliland Green. Our attorneys have established their credentials with a wide range of complex cases -- most notably insurance, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, and other professional liability defense.

We also have extensive experience in the areas of errors and omissions defense for insurance agents, employment law, premises liability, personal injury claims, automobile negligence actions, declaratory judgment actions, and business litigation of all kinds, particularly contract disputes.

Our attorneys strive for a cost-effective and timely resolution of disputes, handling each lawsuit in a professional and appropriately aggressive manner.

 

CONSUMER ISSUES

We have an interest in client concerns regarding deceptive practices and predatory lending. Although the details of each situation are unique, often disputes over consumer issues can be resolved with phone calls and letters. Some cases, however, require more extensive attorney involvement. Gilliland Green attorneys will work to resolve your issue as expediently and cost efficiently as possible.

 

DENTAL MALPRACTICE DEFENSE

The Gilliland Green litigation team, noted for proficiently handling professional malpractice defense, has extensive experience serving dentists. Our insightful defense attorneys have the knowledge and ability to craft effective strategies, and approach each case with appropriate aggressiveness. We serve our clients with efficiency and cost effectiveness -- and with a goal of achieving the most advantageous results whether by dismissal, settlement, or trial.

 

ESTATE PLANNING

In addition to expertise and insight, the Gilliland Green attorneys bring understanding and a sincere desire to help you make beneficial, informed decisions about your family’s future. From young parents primarily concerned about providing for their children to estates involving complex and closely-held family business interests, our estate planning attorneys will guide you through the process to achieve your goals.

Our services are extensive and comprehensive, including:
Plan Documents -- Wills, Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts, Family Trusts, Charitable Trusts, Special Needs Trusts, Transfer on Death Documents, Do Not Resuscitate Orders (DNRs), Living Wills, Health Care Powers of Attorney, Financial Powers of Attorney, Guardianships, and Conservatorships.

Probate Avoidance and Disputes -- planning techniques to help your heirs and beneficiaries avoid the expense and frustration that can occur with the probate process. When probate is necessary or disputes arise, representing and litigating for you whether you’re a beneficiary, fiduciary, guardian, conservator, trustee, executor, or administrator.

Charitable Planning -- helping you form a charitable organization or counseling you regarding other options in fulfilling your desire to support community foundations, public charities, or private charitable foundations in your estate plan.

Asset Protection -- assisting high net worth professionals, executives, and entrepreneurs with sound asset protection plans utilizing proven strategies which complement your overall estate plan.

Family Business & Succession Planning -- Your family business -- whether a farm, a store, or a manufacturing plant -- is your legacy. Using the most appropriate strategy for your interests, our attorneys can help you plan for how it will continue and who will guide it.

Elder Law -- providing counsel in mature/senior planning areas involving health care, long term care insurance, assisted living and nursing homes, Medicare and Medicaid, in-home care, and end of life decisions; preparing documents to implement the client’s plan for management and disposition of property and minimization of tax burdens.

 

FAMILY LAW

A good family law attorney can make all the difference. Gilliland Green attorneys are not only good, they are caring, understanding, and willing to listen. Our legal services encompass the difficult and emotional issues of:

  • Divorce
  • Child Custody
  • Child Support
  • Legal Separation
  • Adoption
  • Prenuptial Agreements
  • Annulment
  • Parenting Time
  • Spousal Support
  • Property Settlements
  • Domestic Partnerships
  • Separate Maintenance

 

HEALTH CARE LAW

Our attorneys are accustomed to helping meet the unique challenges faced by hospitals, physicians, and other health care professionals and organizations. From patient care situations, physician recruiting, and employment matters to regulatory matters, privileges, and HIPAA/HITECH... Gilliland Green has the expertise. We are also experienced in representing doctors, dentists, and nurses before licensing boards.

 

INSURANCE DEFENSE

Gilliland Green has a savvy and performance-proven team of veteran insurance defense attorneys. We represent national and regional carriers in a wide variety of litigation matters. Our goal is to not only be successful in the defense of claims but to do it cost-efficiently. We have the experience to develop effective defense strategies, evaluate exposures, and determine if an early settlement is a viable alternative.

 

LEGAL MALPRACTICE DEFENSE

Professional legal malpractice defense has become a significant practice area at Gilliland Green. Our clients are served with efficiency and cost effectiveness -- and with a commitment to achieving the most advantageous results whether by dismissal, settlement, or trial.

 

MEDIATION

Virtually any type of case can be mediated. The goal is to use the assistance of a neutral third party to reach an agreement that meets the needs of both parties, without the financial and emotional strain of a court trial. The key is having an effective mediator, and Gilliland Green has attorneys with those qualifications.

The mediator does not represent either party and cannot provide legal advice. The mediation process does still require the preparation of all court forms, which the mediator may help prepare.

 

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE DEFENSE

Our litigation attorneys have concentrated experience handling medical malpractice defense for a wide variety of specialties and healthcare entities. With keen awareness and perspective, we strive to provide an accurate evaluation of the exposure involved, use effectively honed defense strategies, and if deemed beneficial, consider pretrial dispute resolution. 

Our attorneys have the savvy to assess the situation and be appropriately aggressive. Gilliland Green serves clients with efficiency and cost effectiveness -- and with a commitment to achieving the most advantageous results whether by dismissal, settlement, or trial.

 

PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE

Our litigation team can defend against most any personal injury or wrongful death claim, including those related to car and truck accidents,  defective products, premises liability, slip and falls, ADA compliance, and more. The Gilliland Green defense attorneys, with efficiency and cost effectiveness, have proven performance against the most formidable of challenges. Our goal is to achieve the most advantageous result for our clients whether by dismissal, settlement, or trial.

 

PROBATE

Gilliland Green attorneys gently, but sure-handedly, guide individuals and families who are taking a loved one’s estate through the probate process. If you have been named an executor, administrator, or personal representative of an estate, we can provide the legal counsel to help you meet the requirements of probate and successfully settle the estate.

 

PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY DEFENSE

The litigation team at Gilliland Green is especially noted for handling professional malpractice defense. Through concentrating in this area, our defense attorneys have the knowledge and ability to craft effective strategies, plus the insight to approach each case with appropriate aggressiveness. We serve our clients with efficiency and cost effectiveness -- and with a commitment to achieving the most advantageous results whether by dismissal, settlement, or trial. 

Our professional malpractice defense work has involved a wide range of medical specialties and health care entities, lawyers, and errors and omissions cases for insurance agents.

 

REAL ESTATE PLANNING

Gilliland Green provides professional services to developers, owners, financial institutions and other clients on a wide range of legal issues related to real estate including:

  • Agreements
  • Brokers and agents counsel
  • Contracts to buy or sell
  • Dispute resolution
  • Financing -- conventional and municipal
  • Landlord/tenant issues
  • Title issues
  • Homeowners’ Association covenants and disputes
  • Leasing -- commercial, residential and agricultural property
  • Condemnation actions
  • Construction contracts
  • Environmental issues
  • Foreclosures
  • Litigation and
  • Taxation issues
  • Zoning and land use issues
  • Real estate development -- residential and commercial

 

WILLS AND TRUSTS

In addition to expertise and insight, the Gilliland Green attorneys bring understanding and a sincere desire to help you make beneficial, informed decisions about your family’s future. From young parents primarily concerned about providing for their children to estates involving complex and closely-held family business interests, our estate planning attorneys will guide you through the process to achieve your goals.

Our services are extensive and comprehensive, including:
Plan Documents -- Wills, Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts, Family Trusts, Charitable Trusts, Special Needs Trusts, Transfer on Death Documents, Do Not Resuscitate Orders (DNRs), Living Wills, Health Care Powers of Attorney, Financial Powers of Attorney, Guardianships, and Conservatorships.

Probate Avoidance and Disputes -- planning techniques to help your heirs and beneficiaries avoid the expense and frustration that can occur with the probate process. When probate is necessary or disputes arise, representing and litigating for you whether you’re a beneficiary, fiduciary, guardian, conservator, trustee, executor, or administrator.

Tax Planning -- helping minimize federal and state gift, inheritance, and estate taxes. With the unintended tax liabilities a large estate can create for surviving spouses and children, devising strategies to provide the liquidity needed to deal with necessary taxes. Our services also include helping you file all the related federal and state tax returns, as well as representing you if disputes or litigation arise with the IRS or Kansas Department of Revenue.

Charitable Planning -- helping you form a charitable organization or counseling you regarding other options in fulfilling your desire to support community foundations, public charities, or private charitable foundations in your estate plan.

Asset Protection -- assisting high net worth professionals, executives, and entrepreneurs with sound asset protection plans utilizing proven strategies which complement your overall estate plan.

Family Business & Succession Planning -- Your family business -- whether a farm, a store or a manufacturing plant -- is your legacy. Using the most appropriate strategy for your interests, our attorneys can help you plan for how it will continue and who will guide it.

Elder Law -- providing counsel in mature/senior planning areas involving health care, long-term care insurance, assisted living and nursing homes, Medicare and Medicaid, in-home care, and end of life decisions; preparing documents to implement the client’s plan for management and disposition of property and minimization of tax burdens.