Effective Representation & Client Successes
What attributes should you look for in a lawyer to handle your pressing legal needs?
- Industry knowledge
- Hands-on experience
- Attention to detail
- Follow-through from start to finish
- Ability to handle a wide range of legal issues
- Personalized representation
- Business acumen
- Regard for your bottom line
These qualities are Scott Miller's hallmark and he brings them to every client situation.
Real Estate – getting the deal done
Pennsylvania commercial and residential real estate transactions; buy sell agreements; financing and business transactions; acquisition and development agreements; titles and deeds.
- Blocked real estate deed transfer granting sole ownership of property to only one inheritor. (Philadelphia County)
- Guided sellers of real estate in a "bad faith" claim of the selling price due to broker failure to correctly present written terms.
- Won settlement of seller's claim that $70,000 real estate escrow for potential environmental remediation liability and property repairs was unnecessary. (Chester County)
- Secured judgment and collection for residential buyers where sellers
had failed to disclose serious water leakage into basement. (Delaware County)
Contracts – ensuring the intended result
Agreements of understanding; promises to perform; selling and purchasing business assets; enforcement of terms and provisions; interpretation and review.
- Enforced rights of sellers of real estate in a written agreement when buyers attempted to change the terms or terminate the deal.
- Planned, executed and documented acquisitions of $10+ million in business assets of automobile dealerships, resulting in establishing dealership network and consumer finance group. (Berks, Chester, Dauphin and Lancaster Counties
- Advised and assisted owners to re-structure business entity to obtain Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) certification. (Delaware County)
- Provided 'pro bono' services in forming non-profit organization and securing IRS tax-exempt status for youth sports group. (Montgomery County)
- Settled employee's wage payment claim that new company was required
to pay him full amount unpaid where he left prior job and it did not
provide starting date because of lack of office facility. (Montgomery
County)
Business Entities – shaping and establishing the business structure
Partnerships, Pennsylvania limited liability companies, sole proprietorships, S Corporations, startups; legal and tax considerations; business and financial decision-making; ownership; merger and acquisition agreements; membership and shareholder agreements; private finance documentation; advice and counsel.
- Won settlement of claim that former partner improperly took company assets in beginning a new business. (Montgomery County)
- Formed and maintained multiple corporations, limited liability entities and sales finance company, which created favorable tax structures and shareholder/member protections. Allowed separate companies and investors to proceed with joint business ventures, while providing them with reasonable protection of their interests and goals.
- Negotiated multiple million dollar commercial real estate leases with lenders and users. Provided new and/or relocated businesses with the opportunity to establish operations in a new facility. (Chester, Dauphin and Lancaster Counties)
Construction – moving quickly to project delivery and secure payment
Contractor claims, dispute avoidance and resolution; land acquisition and development through post-construction; defense of rights to payment under contract; liens on real property; licensing and permitting; construction project financing; construction injuries; counseling and advising contractors and subcontractors.
- Defeated attempt of school district to impose $2 million fire damage claim for commercial contractor's alleged improper replacement of heating system. (Philadelphia County)
- Won $1.5 million settlement of construction injury claim by establishing relevant facts, setting the legal framework and making persuasive argument. (Philadelphia County)
Commercial – simplifying and resolving complex issues
Business and commercial transactions; business dispute resolution; enforcement of contracts, financing agreements and judgments; small-and-large business claims under the Uniform Commercial Code; copyright infringement as a result of business trades; government regulatory agency purview and compliance.
- Defeated attempt of disappointed suitor to upset $3 million business asset and real estate acquisition by securing successful court verdict. (Delaware County)
- Won settlement in the federal courts of copyright infringement damage claims of over $35 thousand on architectural plans and methods developed to operate sales businesses.
- Won $10 thousand settlement of claim that bank improperly paid business checks made payable to another party. (Northampton County)
- Assured compliance with state regulatory agencies in the areas of commercial advertising and department of banking requirements.
