- Corporate Law
- Mergers and AcquisitionsBVM has extensive experience in state and federal regulatory compliance, as well as administrative proceedings, ambulatory surgery centers, Certificates of Need and Determination Requests before the Department of Public Health, Division of Office of Health Care Access, contracts, corporate matters, employment matters, facility licensing, fraud and abuse counseling, HIPAA, managed care, medical staff issues, mergers and acquisitions, physician business transactions, physician compensation, and provider joint ventures.
- Business Formation
- Business DisputesRobert N. Sensale practices in the areas of bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, commercial and residential real estate, commercial and civil litigation and general business law.
- Business TransactionsRay also has an active practice in the growing area of legal cannabis. Based on his many years of experience handling complex commercial transactions and regulatory matters, Ray has applied these skills to the nascent legal cannabis industry. His clients have included owners and investors in startup recreational dispensaries and cultivation operations as well as private equity investors in cannabis facilities. This work has included entity formation and capitalization, real estate acquisition and leasing, financing, permitting, disposition and dispute resolution.
- Limited Liability CompaniesBV&M’s bankruptcy and creditors’ rights attorneys provide litigation support and legal advice for creditors’ rights issues related to all types of bankruptcy proceedings. We represent financial institutions, corporations, limited liability companies and other secured and unsecured creditors in bankruptcy proceedings. We have extensive experience protecting creditors’ rights in litigation, workouts and bankruptcy. We strive to maximize our clients’ debt recovery by identifying available assets and strategies for successful realization of claims.
- Employment ContractKathleen Tommaso is an associate at Bershtein, Volpe & McKeon. She practices in the areas of state and federal regulatory health care law and general corporate law. Ms. Tommaso has experience in managed care, employment contracts, licensure and certification, regulatory compliance, risk management, regulatory analysis, corporate transactions, physician business mergers and acquisitions, entity formation and dissolution, health information technology, and health information privacy.
- Real Estate TransactionsMr. Sensale also has extensive experience in commercial and residential real estate. He has represented clients in numerous real estate transactions including sales, refinances, purchases and leases.
- Eminent DomainBV&M’s attorneys provide legal services to commercial property owners and tenants as well as real estate developers, investors, banks and other financial institutions by assisting in the evaluation of a current or proposed property assessment, negotiating with revaluation companies and municipal assessors, representing clients at Board of Assessment Appeal hearings, and litigating assessments before the Connecticut Superior Court throughout the State of Connecticut. BV&M’s attorneys also represent commercial property owners in appeals to the Connecticut Superior Court arising from valuations and takings of commercial real estate by governmental authorities through eminent domain.
- Land Use and Zoning
- Landlord-Tenant DisputesMr. McKeon’s business law practice involves representation of large and small businesses in connection with their organizational structure, financial matters, operational issues, contracts, and governmental interactions. Having been originally trained as a litigator, Mr. McKeon also represents clients in various real estate and business litigation including land use appeals, landlord-tenant disputes, tax appeals and other contract litigation.
- Estate PlanningRay Bershtein’s law practice extends to real estate, banking, general business matters, municipal tax liens, finance, health care transactions, trusts and estates and philanthropic governance and administration. Ray represents institutional and individual clients across the real estate spectrum. His considerable real estate experience includes the acquisition, development, permitting, financing, leasing and disposition of retail, office, residential, medical and industrial projects on behalf of developers, investors, owners, tenants and lenders. He has substantial experience negotiating, restructuring and, if necessary, litigating issues related to indebtedness incurred in connection with distressed real estate and other businesses. These responsibilities have included the analysis and implementation of a variety of strategies designed to maximize recovery in litigation, arbitration, bankruptcy, regulatory and other proceedings. Ray advises a variety of entities, families and entrepreneurs regarding business formation, acquisition, disposition, capitalization, dispute resolution, ownership, employment, succession and related issues. Ray also serves as trustee for a number of clients.
- Wills
- TrustsBV&M represents individuals in connection with their personal estate and tax planning needs. We strive to assist our clients in identifying and achieving both their personal and tax planning goals. BV&M’s estate planning practice enables us to counsel clients on family business succession planning, including the use of lifetime gifts to transfer family wealth. BV&M also represents clients before the Connecticut Probate Courts on a variety of matters, including the settlement of decedent’s estates, estate and trust administration, and guardian and conservator matters.
- Probate
- Bankruptcy
- ForeclosureBV&M’ s litigation attorneys are practical and aggressive advocates. Our goal is to ascertain our client’s priorities in order to obtain the best resolution of a matter. We practice in the State and Federal courts throughout Connecticut. We are experienced in all types of commercial and real property disputes including commercial and residential foreclosures, evictions, collections, tax and zoning appeals, creditors rights, bankruptcy, labor, employment and breach of contract actions.
- Tax LawMs. Blume worked in the public sector as an Assistant Corporation Counsel with the City of New Haven for five years prior to joining BVM in February 2006. The majority of her work involved the representation of the tax assessor in the defense of Tax Appeals.