ROYAL OAK
123 S. Main, Suite 100
Royal Oak, MI 48067
Phone 248-336-9680
Fax 248-336-9695
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LANSING
530 S. Creyts Road, Suite C
Lansing, MI 48917
Phone 248-336-9680
Fax 248-336-9695
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For more information about the Good Firm and their practices, please follow this link http://thegoodfirm.com
Friday, November 7, 2008
Our Philosophy
The philosophy of Krolikowski, Capelli & Fryer, PLLC is straightforward: that our lawyers can provide diligent and expert representation for their clients, while remaining well-rounded individuals.
Our founding members all have experience in large organizations, whether law firms or major corporations, and understand both the benefits and drawbacks of practice in a large organization. Each lawyer practicing with Krolikowski, Capelli & Fryer, PLLC is encouraged to practice the type of law that suits him or her best, based on the belief that people work best at what they enjoy doing.
Large law firms typically measure a lawyer’s “success” based on their hours worked and profitability to the firm. We believe that our lawyers are not mere cogs in a wheel, and that their success should truly be measured based on the quality of service to their clients, and their own satisfaction with the practice of law.
It is our mission to grow Krolikowski, Capelli & Fryer, PLLC into a group of lawyers that deliver a stellar work product for their clients, who personally care about their clients and their clients’ problems, and who also enjoy their lives.
For more information about the Good Firm and their practices, please follow this link http://thegoodfirm.com
Our founding members all have experience in large organizations, whether law firms or major corporations, and understand both the benefits and drawbacks of practice in a large organization. Each lawyer practicing with Krolikowski, Capelli & Fryer, PLLC is encouraged to practice the type of law that suits him or her best, based on the belief that people work best at what they enjoy doing.
Large law firms typically measure a lawyer’s “success” based on their hours worked and profitability to the firm. We believe that our lawyers are not mere cogs in a wheel, and that their success should truly be measured based on the quality of service to their clients, and their own satisfaction with the practice of law.
It is our mission to grow Krolikowski, Capelli & Fryer, PLLC into a group of lawyers that deliver a stellar work product for their clients, who personally care about their clients and their clients’ problems, and who also enjoy their lives.
For more information about the Good Firm and their practices, please follow this link http://thegoodfirm.com
Criminal Defense
The Good Firm handles selected criminal matters, generally traffic related. For more information and an individual consultation, please contact Andrew Capelli at 248-336-9680.
For more information about the Good Firm and their practices, please follow this link http://thegoodfirm.com
For more information about the Good Firm and their practices, please follow this link http://thegoodfirm.com
Contracts and Transactional Documents
While the firm has an extensive litigation practice, the best way to avoid many kinds of litigation is by proper documentation of agreements and commercial relationships at the time of their inception. We strive to prepare contracts and other documents that address likely issues and have maximum clarity to avoid any later disputes. All of the firm’s founding members have extensive experience in drafting and revising a wide range of contracts and other transactional documents. Some of the many types of agreements we can prepare or assist you with are:
* Purchase and sale contracts, whether for goods, real property, an operating business, or otherwise
* Leases for real or personal property
* Partnership agreements and LLC operating agreements
* Bylaws and shareholder agreements
* Employment agreements
* Noncompetition agreements
* Loan documents and credit terms
* Security agreements, liens, and mortgages
* Indemnification agreements
* Insurance-related agreements
We also provide services for the formation of various kinds of business entities, including corporations, limited liability companies (LLCs), partnerships, and other structures.
For more information about the Good Firm and their practices, please follow this link http://thegoodfirm.com
* Purchase and sale contracts, whether for goods, real property, an operating business, or otherwise
* Leases for real or personal property
* Partnership agreements and LLC operating agreements
* Bylaws and shareholder agreements
* Employment agreements
* Noncompetition agreements
* Loan documents and credit terms
* Security agreements, liens, and mortgages
* Indemnification agreements
* Insurance-related agreements
We also provide services for the formation of various kinds of business entities, including corporations, limited liability companies (LLCs), partnerships, and other structures.
For more information about the Good Firm and their practices, please follow this link http://thegoodfirm.com
Captive Insurance and Alternative Risk Transfer Specialty
What is “Captive Insurance”? In very simple terms, captive insurance is the use of a separately incorporated insurance company to cover the risks of one or more individuals or legal entities that are directly or indirectly related to the insurer, and able to exercise some degree of control over the captive insurer. There is a broad range of structures that are viewed as captive insurance structures in the industry, with some deviations from this basic definition.
Who uses “Captive Insurance”? In the last decade, captive insurance and other forms of alternative risk transfer have become a major, and in some industries dominant, form of protection against liability risks. The healthcare industry is one field in which captives are commonly used, where they may be owned by a single hospital or hospital system, a group of unrelated hospitals, a large group of physicians, or a chain of nursing home facilities. Captives are also commonly found insuring various other large organizations, such as certain retailers, distribution businesses, and transportation concerns.
Our practice: Our captive insurance and alternative risk transfer practice is responsive to client needs. We may provide ongoing, general representation of a captive in a variety of corporate, insurance and regulatory matters, or we may handle specific, isolated matters or simply be available when legal questions arise. We have experience with a wide range of captive insurance and alternative risk transfer structures, including:
* Offshore single-parent captives
* Offshore group captives
* Segregated cell captives
* Offshore captives making the 953(d) tax election
* Domestic captives
* Risk retention groups
* Risk purchasing groups
* Self-insurance trusts
* Rent-a-captive arrangements
* High deductible arrangements
We believe that our captive insurance and alternative risk transfer practice is distinguished by our breadth of experience, our ability to provide focused attention and be responsive, and our cost effectiveness.
Our captive insurance expertise: Zach Fryer is the firm's primary attorney for captive insurance and alternative risk financing matters. Mr. Fryer has nearly seven years of experience working with captive insurers and related structures. Mr. Fryer has worked with a range of captive types, including offshore single-owner and multi-owner captives, segregated portfolio company captives, rent-a-captives in several domiciles (Bermuda, Cayman, and Barbados), and onshore captives and risk retention groups domiciled in South Carolina, Arizona, Nevada, and Kentucky. He has worked on the formation, ongoing operation, and winding-down of captives in various circumstances, as well as the transfer of risks between separate captives, and between a self-insurance trust and a captive. Mr. Fryer has spoken on captive insurance at several conferences, and is a contributing author to one of the few published books on captive insurance, Alternative Risk Financing for Healthcare Organizations, published by the American Health Lawyers Association in 2005.
Jill Krolikowski provides support for Mr. Fryer in captive insurance matters, as needed. Ms. Krolikowski practiced with Mr. Fryer for more than two years at the same large law firm, working with him and other attorneys on a wide range of captive insurance matters, as well as other types of insurance matters including research and evaluation of state regulatory issues in various U.S. states, the evaluation of insurance coverage positions and questions of coverage under various insurance policies, and litigation of insurance coverage matters.
For more information about the Good Firm and their practices, please follow this link http://thegoodfirm.com
Who uses “Captive Insurance”? In the last decade, captive insurance and other forms of alternative risk transfer have become a major, and in some industries dominant, form of protection against liability risks. The healthcare industry is one field in which captives are commonly used, where they may be owned by a single hospital or hospital system, a group of unrelated hospitals, a large group of physicians, or a chain of nursing home facilities. Captives are also commonly found insuring various other large organizations, such as certain retailers, distribution businesses, and transportation concerns.
Our practice: Our captive insurance and alternative risk transfer practice is responsive to client needs. We may provide ongoing, general representation of a captive in a variety of corporate, insurance and regulatory matters, or we may handle specific, isolated matters or simply be available when legal questions arise. We have experience with a wide range of captive insurance and alternative risk transfer structures, including:
* Offshore single-parent captives
* Offshore group captives
* Segregated cell captives
* Offshore captives making the 953(d) tax election
* Domestic captives
* Risk retention groups
* Risk purchasing groups
* Self-insurance trusts
* Rent-a-captive arrangements
* High deductible arrangements
We believe that our captive insurance and alternative risk transfer practice is distinguished by our breadth of experience, our ability to provide focused attention and be responsive, and our cost effectiveness.
Our captive insurance expertise: Zach Fryer is the firm's primary attorney for captive insurance and alternative risk financing matters. Mr. Fryer has nearly seven years of experience working with captive insurers and related structures. Mr. Fryer has worked with a range of captive types, including offshore single-owner and multi-owner captives, segregated portfolio company captives, rent-a-captives in several domiciles (Bermuda, Cayman, and Barbados), and onshore captives and risk retention groups domiciled in South Carolina, Arizona, Nevada, and Kentucky. He has worked on the formation, ongoing operation, and winding-down of captives in various circumstances, as well as the transfer of risks between separate captives, and between a self-insurance trust and a captive. Mr. Fryer has spoken on captive insurance at several conferences, and is a contributing author to one of the few published books on captive insurance, Alternative Risk Financing for Healthcare Organizations, published by the American Health Lawyers Association in 2005.
Jill Krolikowski provides support for Mr. Fryer in captive insurance matters, as needed. Ms. Krolikowski practiced with Mr. Fryer for more than two years at the same large law firm, working with him and other attorneys on a wide range of captive insurance matters, as well as other types of insurance matters including research and evaluation of state regulatory issues in various U.S. states, the evaluation of insurance coverage positions and questions of coverage under various insurance policies, and litigation of insurance coverage matters.
For more information about the Good Firm and their practices, please follow this link http://thegoodfirm.com
Real Estate
Our real estate practice is led by Andrew Capelli, who has over a decade of experience in real estate law and transactions, both as an attorney and as a resident agent for title insurance. Mr. Capelli has reviewed thousands of title abstracts, loan documents and purchase agreements, and he has personally handled over two thousand real estate closings.
Our firm handles a range of real estate matters for individuals and businesses. Areas of real estate law in which we can assist you include:
Selling or buying residential real estate: Whether a cash sale, financed purchase, land contract or even a 1031 exchange, we can draft offers to purchase, disclosure documents, counteroffers and other contracts, or review such documents prepared by another party.
Leases and rental agreements: We can draft or review your lease and assist you with the enforcement of your contractual rights. Also, we can help landlords with evicting delinquent tenants, and help tenants review their options when they have fallen behind or have other problems with their rented property.
“Quiet title”: Unrecorded or improperly recorded documents, misapplied tax bills, fraud by other parties, and other discrepancies can unexpectedly cause you problems when you are looking to sell or refinance your home. We can track down and repair the “blemishes” to your home’s chain of title so that you can use or transfer your property as you wish.
Real estate litigation: Seller disclosure issues, easement disputes, boundary disagreements, enforcement of real estate contracts and other matters often require litigation. We have the experience and skill to represent you in such matters, whether you are a plaintiff or defendant.
For more information about the Good Firm and their practices, please follow this link http://thegoodfirm.com
Our firm handles a range of real estate matters for individuals and businesses. Areas of real estate law in which we can assist you include:
Selling or buying residential real estate: Whether a cash sale, financed purchase, land contract or even a 1031 exchange, we can draft offers to purchase, disclosure documents, counteroffers and other contracts, or review such documents prepared by another party.
Leases and rental agreements: We can draft or review your lease and assist you with the enforcement of your contractual rights. Also, we can help landlords with evicting delinquent tenants, and help tenants review their options when they have fallen behind or have other problems with their rented property.
“Quiet title”: Unrecorded or improperly recorded documents, misapplied tax bills, fraud by other parties, and other discrepancies can unexpectedly cause you problems when you are looking to sell or refinance your home. We can track down and repair the “blemishes” to your home’s chain of title so that you can use or transfer your property as you wish.
Real estate litigation: Seller disclosure issues, easement disputes, boundary disagreements, enforcement of real estate contracts and other matters often require litigation. We have the experience and skill to represent you in such matters, whether you are a plaintiff or defendant.
For more information about the Good Firm and their practices, please follow this link http://thegoodfirm.com
Family Law
While “family” brings warm images to mind, sadly, “family law” is often highly charged with frustrating emotions. Our lawyers understand that divorce, custody disputes, property settlements, parenting time arrangements and child support determinations require not just legal expertise, but a combined measure of both nerve and compassion.
Our practice encompasses the full range of family law:
Pre-Nuptial Agreements: Often, the best way to solve a dispute is to prevent it from happening. Pre-Nuptial agreements, while perhaps considered “unromantic,” offer newlyweds peace of mind, particularly for second or subsequent marriages. These contracts can help ensure fair distribution of assets and protection for children from previous relationships without the acrimony and expense of litigation.
Divorce: Unfortunately, when people think of “family law,” they think of “divorce.” The harsh reality, however, is that in our society, many marriages end prematurely. If you are contemplating filing for divorce, or are being divorced by your spouse, we will assist you through this unhappy event with sympathy and professionalism. We will fight for you when it is needed, but our attorneys recognize that negotiation and compromise are often the favored tools for the best, most fair result.
Paternity: Not all children are born to marriage. If you are seeking confirmation of a child’s paternal relation, we can guide you through the legal steps needed to resolve your situation as quickly and painlessly as possible.
Custody and Parenting Time Issues: Situations change. Job relocation, mental health issues, new relationships, substance abuse problems and other factors can all turn a once positive arrangement into a nightmare for children. If you feel that a change in custody or parenting time is needed to protect your children, we will champion your cause. Conversely, if you are being unfairly denied custody rights or parenting time, we will rapidly seek to remedy your situation.
Child Support Determination: Whether you are not receiving enough or paying too much, we can help you navigate through the bureaucracy involved to reach a fair economic result.
“Father’s Rights”: We are not a “Father’s Rights” firm because we believe in representing our clients, not a gender. However, we sincerely recognize that children need both of their parents. Whether you are a man or woman, we will zealously represent you and seek to obtain the most fair and harmonious resolution for you and your family.
Miscellaneous Post-Judgment Issues: Sometimes prodding is needed to remind a party of their obligations from a legal judgment. We can help you use the court system to speed up enforcement of court orders.
“Alternative” Family Law: This is an often nebulous area in Michigan law, but if your family does not fall within the confines of the traditional “nuclear” family, we can still offer sound advice and assist you in using your available legal tools.
For more information about the Good Firm and their practices, please follow this link http://thegoodfirm.com
Our practice encompasses the full range of family law:
Pre-Nuptial Agreements: Often, the best way to solve a dispute is to prevent it from happening. Pre-Nuptial agreements, while perhaps considered “unromantic,” offer newlyweds peace of mind, particularly for second or subsequent marriages. These contracts can help ensure fair distribution of assets and protection for children from previous relationships without the acrimony and expense of litigation.
Divorce: Unfortunately, when people think of “family law,” they think of “divorce.” The harsh reality, however, is that in our society, many marriages end prematurely. If you are contemplating filing for divorce, or are being divorced by your spouse, we will assist you through this unhappy event with sympathy and professionalism. We will fight for you when it is needed, but our attorneys recognize that negotiation and compromise are often the favored tools for the best, most fair result.
Paternity: Not all children are born to marriage. If you are seeking confirmation of a child’s paternal relation, we can guide you through the legal steps needed to resolve your situation as quickly and painlessly as possible.
Custody and Parenting Time Issues: Situations change. Job relocation, mental health issues, new relationships, substance abuse problems and other factors can all turn a once positive arrangement into a nightmare for children. If you feel that a change in custody or parenting time is needed to protect your children, we will champion your cause. Conversely, if you are being unfairly denied custody rights or parenting time, we will rapidly seek to remedy your situation.
Child Support Determination: Whether you are not receiving enough or paying too much, we can help you navigate through the bureaucracy involved to reach a fair economic result.
“Father’s Rights”: We are not a “Father’s Rights” firm because we believe in representing our clients, not a gender. However, we sincerely recognize that children need both of their parents. Whether you are a man or woman, we will zealously represent you and seek to obtain the most fair and harmonious resolution for you and your family.
Miscellaneous Post-Judgment Issues: Sometimes prodding is needed to remind a party of their obligations from a legal judgment. We can help you use the court system to speed up enforcement of court orders.
“Alternative” Family Law: This is an often nebulous area in Michigan law, but if your family does not fall within the confines of the traditional “nuclear” family, we can still offer sound advice and assist you in using your available legal tools.
For more information about the Good Firm and their practices, please follow this link http://thegoodfirm.com
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