Practice Areas

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Real Estate
Landlord Tenant
Immigration Law
Municipal Court
Small Business
Wills & Estates
Collections
Family Law

Real Estate [Top]

Whether you are a first-time homebuyer or an experienced real estate investor, a residential real estate purchase can present complex legal issues. Whether you are purchasing your own home or looking for rental property with a positive cash flow, an experienced real estate attorney can help protect your interests.

Boundary disputes, right-of-way, easements, mineral rights, joint tenancy, tenancy-in-common, and title insurance. These are some of the problems that can arise in a real estate transaction. Many of these problems can be avoided by having effective legal representation.

We can assist you through the real estate maze of making an offer on a property right through to closing. We specialize in assisting first time homebuyers as well as assisting the more experienced investor. If you have a real estate need or dream, we would be honored to help you realize it.

Our clients include property owners, developers, lenders, debt and equity investors, tenants, brokers and managers. We regularly handle transactions encompassing a broad spectrum of aspects of real estate law, including:

Acquisitions and Dispositions
Development and Redevelopment
Construction and Permanent Lending
Environmental
Joint Ventures, Partnerships and Syndications
Leasing
Private Real Estate Ventures
Zoning and Land Use
Financing
Refinancing
Sale-Leasebacks
1031 Tax Free Exchanges
Purchase agreements
Sale of real estate
Leasing
Landlord/tenant
Rental properties

The Law Office of Thomas J. Palmer has developed relationships with area specialists who assist our real estate clients in a variety of ways, particularly in the sale and purchase of real property.

Landlord Tenant [Top]

We represent clients in matters brought by tenants as well as in proceedings initiated by the landlords themselves. In both cases, we strive to act in the best interests of our client.

We represent residential and commercial landlords in landlord tenant matters such as:

Illegal sublets
Failure to pay rent
Nuisance tenants
Non-renewing tenants
Violations of the lease, such as more people living in the apartment than allowed or using the apartment for a commercial use with a residential lease
Charges of negligent property maintenance
Ensuring that landlords follow prescribed procedures in unlawful detainer actions
Screening tenant applications
Evicting tenants
Reviewing residential and commercial lease agreements

We advise landlords about their rights and responsibilities under often-complex landlord tenant law. It is easy for landlords to violate the law unknowingly. We use our knowledge of landlord tenant law to help our clients avoid a costly mistake, such as a wrongful eviction or misuse of a security deposit. We research each case thoroughly, advising clients to settle if it is clear that they will lose because of an inadvertent violation of the law.

Immigration Law [Top]

Immigration practice covers all aspects of this expanding and increasingly relevant area of law. In a global economy, with the ease and convenience of the Internet, the recruitment efforts of American companies to find qualified employees are now frequently performed on a worldwide scale. We assist business clients who seek to hire foreign nationals to work in the United States in both temporary and permanent capacities.

We advise U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents in their petitions for immigrant visas for qualifying relatives. In addition, we provide guidance to lawful permanent residents who are seeking to obtain U.S. citizenship.

Not only do we provide support and assistance with the preparation of petitions, but we will also represent clients before the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services ("BCIS") and the Department of State.

Navigating the strict and often changing rules and regulations of immigration law is a necessary challenge in today's global economy. The complexity and high stakes nature of immigration regulation requires careful attention to every detail. We work to ensure that our corporate clients are in compliance with Department of Labor, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Department of State, Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration regulations implicated by the immigration status of their employees.

Our work for businesses and individuals includes:

Temporary visas such as the B (business), TN (NAFTA trade), H (foreign professional worker), L (intra-company transferee), O (extraordinary ability), F (student), J (exchange visitor) and E (treaty-trader/investor) visa categories
Visa processing at U.S. consulates worldwide for all visa categories, including both nonimmigrant and immigrant visas
Employment-based permanent residence, including labor certification, National Interest Waivers, outstanding researcher and exceptional ability petitions
Family-based permanent residence, including adjustment of status filing and consular visa processing
Naturalization and citizenship
Immigration-related procedures for corporate restructuring, including mergers and acquisitions

We also assist our clients in providing their U.S.-based employees, including their U.S. citizen employees, with visas and employment authorization so that they can travel and work outside of the United States.

Municipal Court Matters [Top]

DUI and other serious traffic offense charges can result in long-term consequences physically, financially, socially and emotionally. It is crucial that you obtain legal counsel from an experienced attorney. Don’t let a mistake ruin your life. Before you take any action, make sure you consider all of your legal rights.

Small Business [Top]

The Law Office of Thomas J. Palmer offers its business clients an integrated approach to their legal representation, combining the practices of entity formation, business transactions, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance.

We work closely with our clients, not only in their acquisition and disposition of businesses and professional practices, but also, in carefully structuring their business succession needs.

Wills & Estates [Top]

Preparing a Will (estate planning) is something everyone knows they should do, but it is very easy to put off a Will for some time in the future. Often it is put off until it is never done. This can have devastating consequences for your heirs and loved ones. Don’t let the State decide how your estate will be divided. Make sure you make that decision.

The Law Office of Thomas J. Palmer will listen to your wishes for your estate. We will counsel you on how to best achieve your wishes. We will handle your estate to see that your wishes are carried out with a minimum amount of probate time and expense.

We can assist and advise you in preparing your last will and testament. We will advise you of the best way of preparing your finances to take care of your family and love ones. We will also prepare a health care proxy and living will as part of the preparation of your last will and testament. If you allow us, we will be honored to prepare your will for you.

Collections [Top]

The Law Office of Thomas J. Palmer provides collection and litigation services to recover outstanding commercial, consumer, medical, insurance subrogation and other accounts, anywhere in New Jersey.

All accounts are worked from claim placement through post-judgment recovery. Skip tracing, asset searching, and enforcement are all handled in-house.

Let the Law Office of Thomas J. Palmer provide your business with debt recovery solutions today for a more profitable tomorrow.

Family Law [Top]

This practice area includes adoption, guardianship, divorce, visitation, custody, and property and support matters .