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The Harrisburg office of Eckert Seamans is a full service provider of legal
services to its local and national clients. Strategically situated in the
state capital, our Harrisburg attorneys adeptly represent clients in such areas
as civil litigation, corporate and public finance, government relations,
business organizations and commercial transactions, energy, labor and
employment, gaming, utility and telecommunication regulation, real estate, land
use, estate planning, bankruptcy, insurance business and compliance, white
collar defense and securities. The Harrisburg office represents a wide variety of clients both
from central Pennsylvania and throughout the country,
including manufacturers, financial institutions, multinational corporations,
closely held and privately traded corporations, industrial and commercial
developers, municipalities and public authorities, professional groups and
associations, nonprofit organizations and individuals.
Because of its location, the Harrisburg office
is well situated to represent clients daily in dealings with the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania's executive
and legislative branches of government. Drawing on experience gained from
holding key positions in Pennsylvania government, our attorneys
routinely handle legislative, regulatory and administrative matters before the
Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, the Pennsylvania General Assembly and
executive branch agencies such as the Departments of State, Transportation,
Community and Economic Development, Insurance, Revenue and Environmental
Protection, as well as the Securities Commission.
The firm's Harrisburg attorneys have extensive litigation
experience in both the state and federal courts, as well as before many state,
federal and local government administrative agencies. The office's trial
attorneys handle all types of litigation including complex business and
commercial litigation, product liability cases, injunctions, environmental
cases, securities litigation, insurance disputes, employment-related litigation,
intellectual property cases, real estate and land use litigation, class actions,
white collar and personal injury defense. Harrisburg lawyers practice in all federal and state courts
in Pennsylvania, and have handled cases in courts
in most of the 50 states. The Harrisburg office, also, has an active
Appellate Court practice, both in the state and federal court systems.
The Harrisburg office serves the business
objectives of its clients by offering a full range of business
organization/dissolution, commercial transaction, land use, real estate and
title insurance services. Harrisburg's corporate department attorneys
take great pride in their responsiveness to clients and in their creative legal
solutions to meet the demands of today's global market in which their business
clients are operating. The office provides legal advice to assist clients
with structuring innovative transactions and entities, to organize and counsel
corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability corporations
(LLCs) and partnerships (LLPs), business trusts and other forms of business
enterprise. The corporate practice at Eckert's Harrisburg office
emphasizes the provision of timely and cost effective legal representation to
accomplish the business needs and objectives of its clients, while avoiding
legal pitfalls.
The Harrisburg office offers services in estate
planning, ERISA and other matters involving the transfer and preservation of
assets. Please find below additional descriptions of our practice areas in
gaming, insurance business and regulatory compliance, labor and employment,
public finance and utility and telecommunication regulation.
In the area of Gaming, the firm’s Harrisburg attorneys have extensive experience
with both the legislative and administrative process of gaming and wagering laws
in the Commonwealth. Our attorneys were actively involved in the enactment
of the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development and Gaming Act in 2004, and maintain
constant involvement in legislative matters impacting gaming in Pennsylvania. They
currently serve as regulatory counsel to three of the nine licensed casinos in
the Commonwealth, as well as represent gaming manufacturers, gaming employees,
and vendors before the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. Additionally,
our lawyers are highly experienced in representing casinos on a multitude of
issues including financial and real estate transactions, zoning matters, utility
and environmental issues, state and federal tax matters, liquor issues and
litigation in both state and federal courts. Beyond casino gaming, our
attorneys represent thoroughbred and harness racetracks before the Horse and
Harness Racing Commissions, manufacturers and other interested parties under
Pennsylvania’s
Small Games of Chance Act and municipalities as to the disposition of their
local share of gaming proceeds.
In addition, the Harrisburg office provides Insurance
Business and Regulatory Compliance counseling to a broad range of clients,
including property and casualty, health, life and reinsurance companies, third
party administrators, premium finance companies, agencies and brokerages.
The firm advises on a wide variety of insurance matters such as insurance
department filings in all 50 states covering insurance products, licensing,
rates and related forms, negotiation of mergers and the acquisition of blocks of
insurance business, corporate restructuring and the evaluation and
implementation of regulatory compliance procedures. Attorneys advise insurers,
agencies, brokers, third party administrators, premium finance companies and
other insurance entities in administrative proceedings and appeals nationwide,
and assist in the drafting and review of insurance-related contracts. As
former Insurance Department Counsel, Harrisburg’s attorneys, also, have firsthand
experience in handling claims and providing guidance in insurance company
receiverships (liquidation and rehabilitation).
In the area of Labor and Employment, the firm’s Harrisburg attorneys have
extensive experience exclusively representing employers and businesses in
employment law and traditional labor relations matters. They serve a broad
array of clients from small family-owned businesses to multinational
corporations as well as boroughs and townships throughout Pennsylvania. Our
Harrisburg Labor and Employment attorneys regularly defend employers in
discrimination litigation and other types of employment-related litigation in
state and federal courts, as well as before administrative agencies. They
also provide a full range of traditional labor services including union
avoidance, public and private collective bargaining, handling labor arbitration
and grievance proceedings for private companies and public municipalities as
well as unfair labor practice matters. Our attorneys also routinely
provide practical human resources advice, counseling and training on a spectrum
of issues including wage and hour matters, affirmative action advice, health and
safety matters, unemployment and workers’ compensation matters, restrictive
covenant advice and employee benefits matters.
In the area of Public Finance, the Harrisburg office is a leader in central Pennsylvania,
representing municipalities, school districts, public agencies, authorities and
higher education and health care service institutions in major debt financing
projects. The office smoothly and professionally serves clients on all
types of public financing mechanisms, including government sponsored funding
programs, tax increment financing and debt related derivative products, for an
array of projects, including water and sewer systems, municipal buildings and
public infrastructure, parking facilities, airports, schools, housing and
redevelopment programs, solid waste disposal facilities, hospitals, nursing
homes, retirement facilities, industrial facilities and business
improvements. Further, the firm's Harrisburg attorneys render state of the art
advice on tax controversies and the intricacies of refinancing public debt.
The Utility and Telecommunication Regulation Practice Group is
principally located in the firm’s Harrisburg office. Members of this group
represent major telecommunications, energy, and water utility companies before
state and federal regulatory agencies and provide legal advice with respect to
other aspects of clients’ business activities. With acknowledged
competency in the field, the firm’s utility regulation lawyers are closely
involved in the restructuring of the telecommunications, natural gas, and
electric industries. Additionally, the group is highly experienced in
compliance and licensing issues involving all types of regulated companies—from
water utilities, telecommunications, natural gas, and electric competitive
suppliers to transportation companies. The group is also well versed in
regulatory and transactional issues associated with alternative and renewable
energy and clean technology development. The group’s legal and business
acumen allows them to assist both new entrants and incumbents in utilizing
effective legal and regulatory strategies to compete successfully in emerging
competitive markets.
The Harrisburg office of Eckert Seamans is
structured to meet the needs of its clients and to serve a constantly expanding
client base. Moreover, the office is supported by the total resources of
Eckert Seamans' firm-wide complement of attorneys in all practice areas and
several hundred support staff in major metropolitan areas throughout
Pennsylvania and along the Eastern seaboard.
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