Areas of Practice
Innovative, Leading Edge Capabilities
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Appellate
Our board certified appellate counsel are uniquely qualified to advise trial counsel and clients not only on preservation of error and appellate strategy, but also on techniques for obtaining optimal tax treatment of judgments and settlements, an area that has undergone significant change in recent years.
Banking
Our banking and finance lawyers represent financial institutions, and corporate and individual borrowers in a wide variety of financing transactions. Institutional clients include banks as well as commercial financing and leasing companies.
Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights
Kemp Smith's Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights practice focuses on representing debtors, creditors’ committees, and trustees, as well as representing creditors in all types of bankruptcy cases.
Corporate and Business
The business attorneys at Kemp Smith achieve client objectives by combining a high level of technical and substantive legal expertise with an understanding of their clients’ businesses. The combined experience of our business attorneys encompasses all facets of domestic and international business activities.
Environmental, Administrative and Public Law
Kemp Smith provides its clients with legal expertise in the areas of environmental, natural resources, administrative and public law.
Estate Planning
Kemp Smith attorneys advise high net worth individuals and families with sophisticated estate planning and wealth transfers, and asset protection.
Health Care
Our healthcare clients include hospitals, surgical centers, home health agencies, and physicians. We have represented providers in a wide variety of issues, including medical malpractice litigation, and regulatory compliance matters.
International Law, Customs & Immigration
Kemp Smith provides its clients with legal expertise in the areas of international law, immigration and customs.
Intellectual Property
Kemp Smith provides its clients with the legal expertise necessary to protect, develop and exploit their intellectual property and to avoid problems arising from the infringement of intellectual property of others. In addition, Kemp Smith also enforces and defends the interests of its clients in trials and other commercial disputes involving all types of intellectual property
Labor and Employment
Kemp Smith has one of the largest and most experienced groups of labor and employment law attorneys in the Southwest. Our labor and employment department exclusively represent employers, both private and public, in a wide variety of labor and employment matters. We litigate before State and Federal Courts, as well as the NLRB, OSHRC, FMSHRC.
Legislative Advocacy
Kemp Smith has expertise and experience in all phases of government affairs representation. Our practice includes strategy development and execution, long range planning, strategic communications, and policy advocacy. We have a long history of experience before all major regulatory agencies including rulemaking, permitting and administrative agency litigation. We have a broad base of knowledge and strong relationships developed through years of working with the state and federal governments, and our elected representatives.
Litigation
Kemp Smith’s litigation practice is divided primarily between commercial and insurance defense litigation. The firm's trial lawyers practice before Texas and New Mexico state and federal courts and have extensive experience in virtually all aspects of trial practice. The Litigation Department is committed to the principle that avoidance of unnecessary litigation is as important as the successful pursuit and conclusion of a lawsuit.
Real Estate
Kemp Smith understands our clients’ real estate needs, and we assist in planning the structure of and negotiating complex real estate transactions.
Tax
Kemp Smith advises individuals, partnerships and corporations on domestic and international tax planning and compliance. Our extensive experience and relationships of mutual respect with federal and state taxing authorities enable us effectively to represent the interests of our clients in tax matters.
