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Areas of Competence

Administrative Law
Administrative law is the body of law that governs the activities of administrative agencies of government. Government agency action can include rulemaking, adjudication, or the enforcement of a specific regulatory agenda.


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Admiralty
Admiralty law (also referred to as maritime law) is a distinct body of law which governs maritime questions and offenses.

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Professional Liability/ Malpractice
Liability for injury, including bodily or personal injury or death, and property damage arising out of the negligent act or omission of a professional, ie, pharmacist, physician, attorney, architect, engineer, in performance of their professional activities.

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Labor
Labour law (or "labor", or "employment" law) is the body of laws, administrative rulings, and precedents which address the legal rights of, and restrictions on, working people and their organizations.

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Civil Rights
Personal rights guaranteed and protected by the Constitution, ie, freedom of speech, press, freedom from discrimination.

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Social Security
A federal program that was passed in the United States in 1935. Today it supports helping those of retirement age and beyond. It usually refers to retirement benefits but also includes disability income and survivorship benefits.

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Environmental Law
Environmental law is a complex and interlocking body of treaties, conventions, statutes, regulations, and common law that, very broadly, operate to regulate the interaction of humanity and the rest of the biophysical or natural environment.

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FELA
The Federal Employers Liability Act

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Products Liability
Product liability is the area of law in which manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, retailers, and others who make products available to the public are held responsible for the injuries those products cause.

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Securities
The body of laws governing the issuance and selling of securities

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Bankruptcy
A legal process of consumers or businesses seeking federal protection from creditors when the borrower is unable to repay debt obligations.
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Insurance
Insurance, in law and economics, is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent loss.

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Intellectual Property
Any product of someone's intellect that has commercial value, especially copyrighted material, patents, and trademarks.

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Consumer
Consumer is a broad label for any individuals or households that use goods and services generated within the economy. The concept of a consumer occurs in different contexts, so that the usage and significance of the term may vary.

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Business Litigation
Business litigation is the area of law that provides assistance in the preparation and presentation of a lawsuit or other resort to the courts to determine a legal question or matter in business situations. Business can be any activity or enterprise entered into for profit: usually a company, a corporation, partnership, or any such formal organization.

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Real Property
Property signifies dominion or right of use, control, and disposition which one may lawfully exercise over things, objects, or land. One of the basic dividing lines between property is that between real property and personal property. Generally, the term real property refers to land. Land, in its general usage, includes not only the face of the earth but everything of a permanent nature over or under it. This includes structures and minerals.

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Personal Injury
The most common types of personal injury claims are road traffic accidents, accidents at work, tripping accidents, assault claims, accidents in the home, product defect accidents (product liability) and holiday accidents. The term personal injury also incorporates medical and dental accidents (which lead to numerous medical negligence claims every year) and conditions that are often classified as industrial disease.

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Contracts
A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties. The core of most contracts is a set of mutual promises (in legal terminology, "consideration"). The promises made by the parties define the rights and obligations of the parties.

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Employment
Labour law (or "labor", or "employment" law) is the body of laws, administrative rulings, and precedents which address the legal rights of, and restrictions on, working people and their organizations. As such, it mediates many aspects of the relationship between trade unions, employers and employees.

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Construction
Construction Law involves the unique application of many different general bodies of law to the industry specific issues and problems that arise in connection with the construction process and its many different business relationships.

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Commercial
Commercial law governs the broad areas of business, commerce, and consumer transactions. Specific law has developed in a number of commercial fields.

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Workers Compensation
Workers' Compensation laws are designed to ensure that employees who are injured or disabled on the job are provided with fixed monetary awards, eliminating the need for litigation. These laws also provide benefits for dependents of those workers who are killed because of work-related accidents or illnesses.

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Other

Ken Heineman also specializes in Toxic Torts, which are special types of personal injury lawsuits in which the plaintiff claims that exposure to a chemical caused the plaintiff's injury or disease.

James Whitney also specializes in Family Law, which is an area of the law that deals with family-related issues and domestic relations.

Thomas Lang also specializes in Family Law, which is an area of the law that deals with family-related issues and domestic relations.


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