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Brokerage Agreements
Nielsen, Zehe & Antas works with real estate brokers in a variety of business related transactions. Further, they represent brokers from the beginning stages of a listing agreement to the filing of any liens.
Business Formation
At Nielsen, Zehe & Antas, P.C., we specialize in the formation of corporations, LLCs, sole proprietorships and partnerships. From these basic business organizations, we also form and work with companies to create series LLC’s and other specialized business entities. The firm works directly with the business owners and operators to ensure they are legally formed in a proper manner.
Business Related Contracts
Nielsen, Zehe & Antas, P.C. specializes in the drafting and formation of bi-laws, operating agreements, shareholder agreements, buy and sell agreements, sales agreements, employment agreements, independent contractor agreements, power of attorney, assignments, settlement releases, internet and online transactions, technology contracts, entertainment contracts, service and maintenance contracts, and other agreements such as indemnity and personal property release agreements. All these documents are classified as business contracts which Nielsen, Zehe & Antas, P.C. tailors for various private and public companies. We believe that these documents are the foundation of any successful business and give care and attention to each agreement while keeping in mind the businesses needs moving into the future.
Labor & Employment
The objective of the Labor & Employment practice group, like that of the firm generally, is to provide legal services to clients in an effective, timely and economic manner. Its members are particularly cognizant of the cost-sensitive nature of labor and employment-related legal services and work closely with clients to address their billing, staffing and budgetary needs and concerns, together with their underlying legal problems. Nielsen, Zehe & Antas attorney’s focus on solving our client’s problems before litigation is necessary.
Warehouse & Transportation
In our Warehouseman's Legal Liability and Transportation Practice, the attorneys at Nielsen, Zehe & Antas, P.C. have represented companies across the United States, including owners and insurers of warehouses, carriers, brokers and freight forwarders. The cases handled by Nielsen, Zehe & Antas, P.C. have involved the storage and transportation of all types of products and materials, ranging anywhere from ice cream, dry goods, raw materials, paper products, seafood, chocolate, printing presses, power equipment and liquor. In addition to litigation, Nielsen, Zehe & Antas, P.C. provides the drafting and negotiating of warehouse and transportation agreements that incorporate industry standards, company specific requirements, product specific requirements, and up to date legal standards.
The attorneys at Nielsen, Zehe & Antas, P.C. have been involved in some of the largest warehouse losses in the country, including:
-A fire at a 100,000 sq. ft. warehouse facility in Green Bay, Wisconsin that stored a variety of paper products and burned for two weeks before it was fully extinguished.
-A multi-million dollar theft of frozen seafood products in Texas that involved security issues.
-A $100 million arson fire at a wine warehouse in California that involved over 50 plaintiffs.
-Series of ammonia leaks at a refrigerated warehouse in Indianapolis, Indiana that caused extensive product damage.
-Multiple claims involving storage rack collapses.
-Property damage claims involving natural disasters including, flood, wind and earthquake.
-A claim for missing space program equipment involving unique damage evaluation issues.
The attorneys at Nielsen, Zehe & Antas, P.C. have also been involved in transportation losses, including:
-An accident involving a carrier that caused significant property and personal injury damages wherein the carrier was exposed to significant uninsured loss.
-Damage to a super heater loaded on a railcar during an unauthorized movement.
-Multiple cases involving rollovers of tractor trailers causing personal injury and property damage.
-Failure to properly secure cargo.
-Temperature abuse claims for property in transit on trucks, containers, railcars and airliners
-Damage to earth moving equipment after hitting a highway overpass.
-Theft of unsecured trailers containing cigarettes and applicability of insurance coverage.
-A chemical spill on an interstate involving improperly secured cargo.
-Represented one of the largest trailer leasing companies in the Unites States for recovery and property damage of trailers and containers.
-A dispute over a track maintenance agreement involving personal and property damage.
Kevin M. Phillips of Nielsen, Zehe & Antas, P.C. also serves as general counsel for the International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA), which is one of largest logistics associations in the world with over 500 members worldwide. Nielsen, Zehe & Antas, P.C. attorneys draft and negotiate warehouse and transportation agreements for IWLA members. Attorneys from Nielsen, Zehe & Antas, P.C. also regularly present warehouse and transportation topics at seminars, conferences and conventions across the country.
Nielsen, Zehe & Antas, P.C. represents some of the largest warehouses in the United States.
