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Brian Donnelly
Donnelly, LLC
212 West Route 38
Suite 200
Moorestown, NJ 08057
Phone: (856) 380-4063 | Fax: (609) 265-6937
http://www.donnellyllc.com
Sustaining Relationships is the Key to Client Success
Legal Topic
Business Law
Preferred New Clients
Business and non-profits requiring corporate and small business counsel. Individuals requiring estate planning, administration, probate and litigation counsel. Commercial collections.
Sub-Categories
Business Law
- Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transgender (LGBT) Rights
- Savings & Thrifts
- Venture Capital
- Reorganizations & Restructuring
- Workouts
- Liquor Licenses
- Business Successions
- Buying & Selling
- Closely Held Businesses
- Corporations
- Directors' & Officers' Liability
- Franchising
- Joint Ventures
- Limited Liability Companies (LLCs)
- Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
- Nonprofits & Tax-Exempt Corporations
- Partnerships
- Professional Corporations
- Public Offerings
- Shareholders' Rights
- Breach of Contract
- Contract Disputes
- Contract Drafting & Review
- Employment Contracts
- Business & Trade
- Imports & Exports
- Creditor's Rights
- Garnishees
- Judgments
- Locating Funds
Legal Topic
Wills, Trusts & Estates
Preferred New Clients
Business and non-profits requiring corporate and small business counsel. Individuals requiring estate planning, administration, probate and litigation counsel. Commercial collections.
Sub-Categories
Wills, Trusts & Estates
- Nolo Document Review
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transgender (LGBT) Rights
- Shareholder Disputes
- State Blue Sky Laws
- Warrants
- Charitable Giving
- Charitable Trusts
- Drafting Trusts
- Drafting Wills
- Estate Administration
- Estate Planning
- Living Trusts
- Living Wills
- Probate
- Asset Protection
- Guardianship
- Power of Attorney
- Business Succession Planning
- Special Needs Trust
- Supplemental Needs Trust
- Revocable Trust & Irrevocable Trust
Bar Admissions
NJ, Dec 2009
Other Court Admissions
New Jersey State and Federal.
Association Memberships
New Jersey, Camden County, Burlington County, and Commercial Law League of America.
Continuing Education
Attendance at seminars for business, corporate, probate and litigation matters.
Example Cases
Successfully represented partner in dissolution of partnership proceedings with partner recouping 70% of initial investment.
Formed limited liability companies for partners and negotiated franchise agreements and commercial lease space for start-up franchise successfully.
Successfully defended Exeutrix from claims of undue influence and defalcation in probate court proceedings.
Education
Degree:
LL.M., Taxation
School:
Temple University Beasley School of Law
City:
Philadelphia
State:
PA
Year:
2009
Focus and Accomplishments:
Certificate in Estate and Gift Planning.
Degree:
J.D.
School:
Rutgers School of Law, Camden
City:
Camden
State:
NJ
Year:
2002
Focus and Accomplishments:
Research assistant for Distinguished Professor NEH Hull.
Degree:
B.A.
School:
University of Maryland, College Park
City:
College Park
State:
MD
Year:
1999
Focus and Accomplishments:
Criminology and Criminal Justice.
Number of Attorneys
1
State Licensed In
New Jersey.
Firm Focus and History
DONNELLY LLC is a law firm dedicated to providing legal representation to medium and small businesses, non-profit groups, professional associations and individuals throughout New Jersey in complex and routine corporate and business planning, estate planning, and other commercial transactions and in litigation and arbitration involving business matters, debt collection and estate disputes.
Established in 2007, the firm's practice was founded on the belief that a specialized small firm can offer higher quality and more cost-efficient legal services within its specialty areas than larger general practice firms.
Previous Employment Summary
Former General Equity and Probate Law Clerk for Gloucester, Cumberland and Salem counties, New Jersey. Worked for three years as a Litigation Associate for a firm in Moorestown, New Jersey, specializing in representing banks and major lending institutions in federal bankruptcy and creditor's rights before working for a boutique firm in Princeton, New Jersey focused on counseling investment firms and hedge funds.
Activities and Awards
SuperLawyers Rising Star 2009, 2010.
What is your opinion regarding clients educating themselves on legal issues?
The firm welcomes an informed client who knows what they want. There is a fine line however, between self-education and self-representation. Some of the worst cases the firm has handled have come from clients who failed to have an attorney represent them in the beginning of a legal matter and as a result have to pay two or three times the amount they would have initially paid to extricate them from the situation they find themselves in. As Abraham Lincoln once said, "A man who represents himself has a fool for a client."
Are you willing to review documents prepared by clients?
The firm will review documents to get a feel for what the client is trying to do. After the firm is retained, it will draft the documents to get the client where they need to be.
Are you willing to coach clients who want to represent themselves?
See answer first question. The firm neither suggests clients do this, nor does it engage in this.
Why did you decide to be a lawyer?
I enjoy continually challenging my mind while at the same time counseling clients through their problems.
What work experience and education helps you be a better lawyer?
Broad range of advocacy experience spanning both litigation and complex corporate transactions. With its focused practice and emphasis on client needs, the firm works hard to keep client costs low and maintains a personal perspective that has resulted in a large number of client referrals and returned clients.
Why did you decide on your primary area of practice?
The firm's practice was founded on the belief that a specialized small firm can offer higher quality and more cost-efficient legal services within its specialty areas than larger general practice firms. The nature of the firm's practice enables it to help individuals and businesses which contribute to the flow of the economy, create jobs and preserve wealth, all of which are very fulfilling.
What do you like best about your career?
Meeting people and helping them through their problems.
Tell us about your law firm:
As a solo practitioner, the client will always be dealing with me, not an associate. This holds true from the firm's largest corporate client to its individual client. When dealing with clients, the goal of DONNELLY LLC is always the same: committed, steadfast service coupled with an understanding of the costs -- both personal and financial -- associated with legal representation.
What are your strengths and style?
The firm always approaches legal issues with an understanding of the costs -- both personal and financial -- associated with legal representation. It works aggressively to keep costs low while at the same time zealously representing its client base. This is based on the firm's belief that building and sustaining relationships is the key to client success.
Personal Interests:
Golf and fishing.
Fax
(609) 265-6937
Office Hours
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
By appointment after 6:00 p.m. and on weekends.
Emergency After Hours
Yes
Additional Offices
Washington, DC
1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006
(866) 907-6368
Cherry Hill, NJ
811 Church Road
Suite 105
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
(856) 380-4063
Fixed-Price Services and Fees
Flat fee, hourly and contingent rates depending upon the nature of the matter and the client.
Hourly Rates
Hourly, flat fee and contingency rates are available depending upon the nature of the matter.
Free Initial Consultation?
Yes.
Typical Retainer
Yes. It ranges depending upon the nature of the matter and the client.
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