Criminal Law

• Fraud
  Before entering the private sector, A.J. was an Enforcement Division Branch Chief in the New York office of the SEC, where he oversaw investigations into insider trading, offering fraud, municipal securities fraud and money laundering. A.J. began his career in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, where he became a skilled trial attorney and was a Deputy Bureau Chief in the Trial Division, supervising more than 40 attorneys.
• White Collar Crimes
  Aixa Maldonado-Quinones is a Washington D.C. and New York Partner at Zeichner, Ellman & Krause LLP, where she counsels corporate clients, including financial institutions and their executives, on government and internal investigations, compliance, and White Collar crime issues.
• Money Laundering
  In sum, the CTA requires both domestic and foreign corporations, LLCs and other entities created by filing a document with the secretary of state or similar office, unless exempt (and exemptions are broad, particularly for larger companies), to report to FinCEN the individuals who directly or indirectly exercise substantial control or own or control 25% or more of the company. The intent of this reporting is, in sum, to assist the Government in combatting money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  ZEK: Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP - Corporate Law Firm in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Tel Aviv
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  According to Kenneth L. Sherman, Founder and Managing Partner of Sherman IP, the affiliation with ZEK expands Sherman IP’s legal services both vertically with additional talent, and horizontally from IP legal services to more generalized business legal services. “Many of Sherman IP’s clients need support in structuring their entities, as well as advice and representation in mergers and acquisitions as they grow,” says Sherman. “Those legal skill sets are now available in coordination with the growth of our clients’ intellectual property assets.”
• Business Disputes
  Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP is a full-service business law firm built on three pillars: sophistication, client-centric service and competitive advantage.
• Business Transactions
  ZEK provides services in banking, business litigation and dispute resolution (including intellectual property litigation), corporate finance and structuring, commercial transactions, work-out and loan enforcement, bankruptcy, employment law and litigation, insurance, real estate, government investigations, financial crimes, anti-money laundering, regulatory and white-collar defense, healthcare, cybersecurity law and compliance, and the food service and hospitality arenas.
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
  Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP, a New York-based full-service business law firm, and Sherman IP LLP, a Los Angeles-based intellectual property law firm, announced that they have entered into a formal affiliation.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  In the area of real estate litigation, Mr. Loney’s practice includes the enforcement of commercial loan obligations through commercial foreclosure actions, replevin actions and workouts. He has also litigated such matters as quiet title and reformation actions, and has been active in the negotiation and litigation of matters involving municipal tax, zoning, code enforcement, and lien obligations.
• Land Use and Zoning

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Foreclosure
• Debt Collection
  Mr. Loney regularly defends banks and other financial institutions against various liability claims and concerning federal and state compliance issues, including claims arising under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Real Estate Settlement Practices Act, and the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act.