Amber, Golding & Hofstetter

    At Amber, Golding & Hofstetter,¹ we will consider accepting representation in a variety of areas. Our principal practice areas are, however, Business, Injury, Probate & Real Estate Law. We believe in prompt personal service and reasonable fees. Contact AG&H to learn more and to schedule an appointment. See also, Maps & Driving Directions, and our Home Page.

    Remember. There are deadlines, statutes of limitation, notice requirements, and other steps that must be taken in within certain time limits.  If you do not act in a timely fashion, you may loose your right to seek a remedy. Don't delay.

    Click to expand primary practice areas

• Business Law [Click to expand]

  • Acting as Resident Agent.

  • Acting as an outside corporation counsel.

  • Arbitration.

  • Commercial problems.

  • Contracts.

  • Corporate Law.

  • Corporations.

  • Emerging businesses.

  • Finance, development, and operation of businesses.

  • Insurance issues and risk management.

  • Intellectual Property [trademarks and service marks].

  • Licenses, permits, etc.

  • Liens [filing of, foreclosure of, and defense against].

  • LLCs.

  • LLPs.

  • Mediation.

  • Negotiation.

  • Partnerships.

  • Regulatory compliance and administrative issues.

  • Sales of businesses.

  • Small business problems.

  • Transactions [domestic and international].

  • Trials, appeals, and other court proceedings.

  • UCC issues.

• Injury Law [Click to expand]

  • Business injuries.

  • Car wrecks.

  • Faulty goods, products, and services.

  • Negligence.

  • Personal injury.

  • Regulatory injury.

  • Trials, appeals, and other court proceedings.

• Probate Law [Click to expand]

  • Administration.

  • Estates.

  • Trusts.

  • Wills.

  • Trials, appeals, and other court proceedings.

• Real Estate Law [Click to expand]

  • Agreements for purchase and sale.

  • Boundary disputes.

  • Closings.

  • Commercial real estate development.

  • Commercial real estate transactions.

  • Compensation for government "takings" and interference with real estate.

  • Condominiums.

  • Construction Law.

  • Contracts.

  • Conveyancing.

  • Deeds.

  • Determining ownership.

  • Document preparation.

  • Easements.

  • Ejectments.

  • Environmental Law.

  • Eviction.

  • Finance and development.

  • Foreclosures.

  • For Sale By Owner transactions - FSBO.

  • Judgments.

  • Lake County, Indiana real estate transactions.

  • Land contracts.

  • Land trusts.

  • Leases - residential and commercial.

  • Liens - filing of and defenses against:

    • Materialmen's liens.

    • Mechanics liens.

    • Other liens.

  • Mortgages.

  • Northwest Indiana real estate transactions.

  • Negotiation.

  • Neighbor disputes.

  • Opinions of counsel.

  • Project development.

  • Property tax adjustment.

  • Quiet title actions.

  • Residential real estate transactions.

  • Restrictive covenants.

  • Security deposit dispute resolution.

  • Subdivision development.

  • Tax sale purchases.

  • Title policy review.

  • Transactions.

  • Trials, appeals, and other court proceedings.

  • Zoning.

    Here are just a few of the things a lawyer² can help you do

• Buy and sell property.

• Close commercial real estate transactions.

• Consult with your lawyers in areas outside of their normal practice areas.

• Create a business plan.

• Curtail obdurate behavior.

• Determine the enforceability and impact of contracts, leases, wills, trusts, and other documents.

• Develop and legally operate highly regulated and/or licensed businesses.

• Develop, register, and license intellectual property.

• Defend against allegations of misconduct.

• File a Mechanic' Lien, Tradesman's Lien, Materialmen's Lien, or other lien.

• Foreclose a Mechanic' Lien, Tradesman's Lien, Materialmen's Lien, or other lien.

• For sale by owner "FSBO" real estate transactions.

• Form an LLC.

• Incorporate in Indiana.

• Obtain compensation for business and/or personal injuries.

• Plan, develop, form, finance, and operate a business.

• Plan, develop, and finance construction, and other projects.

• Protect business/personal interests in the event of marital dissolution.

• Purchase real estate and other property.

• Register Trademarks, Service Marks, and Copyrights.

• Represent you before administrative "boards."

• Resolve disputes by Arbitration or Mediation.

• Sell commercial real estate.

• Sell real estate without involving real estate dealers.

• Start a business.

• Understand what contracts, leases, and other documents "really" say.

• Understand what documents "should say" from your point of view.

• Work with government regulators, public officials, and institutional bureaucrats.

AG&H representative clients

Auburn Wood, LLC; CRW Construction Company; CHI-TOWN PIZZA, Inc; Healthier Lifestyle Solutions, Inc; Roman Catholic Diocese of Gary; The Village of Story, Indiana; Vista Properties, LLC.

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Notes:

¹   Amber, Golding & Hofstetter is a law firm. Doug Amber and Richard R. Hofstetter are retired.

²   If you are looking for lawyers' web sites, consider a query to a few of the search engines. Here are a few common Internet search engine search terms.  Remember: there are a many ways to find a lawyer. Many states, counties, cities, and even some towns have bar associations with free lawyer referral services.

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