Legal Services provided by Cumberland & Erly

Family Law | Criminal Law | Business Organizations | Real Estate | Personal Injury
Estate Planning and Probate | Business and Commercial Law

Family Law

Divorce proceedings can be the most difficult and trying experience in the best of circumstances.  Decisions and rulings must be made in regards to such matters as child custody and support, alimony, division of assets including the marital home, furnishings and retirement accounts, to name a few.  Cumberland & Erly, LLC, is committed to providing explanations on all options available and the legal consequences that accompany each option.  Family law encompasses a full range of matters including adoption, divorce, separation, premarital agreements, paternity, custody, alimony and child support.

Criminal Law

At Cumberland & Erly, LLC, we understand that a criminal charge can negatively effect every area of a person's life causing stress and anxiety.  Our firm has extensive experience defending the rights of people arrested and accused of criminal offenses. We handle all types of criminal cases, from minor infractions and misdemeanors to the most serious felony indictments, such as, drunk driving, drug possession and distribution, narcotics sales, theft and grand larceny, white collar fraud, embezzlement, sex offenses, arson, and conspiracy.  As your legal advocate, we will aggressively work with all individuals and agencies involved to resolve your legal problems.  We provide personalized representation and provide our clients with regular updates regarding their case.

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Business Organizations

The form of business chosen for a business entity potentially affects every aspect of its operations. Our firm assists our clients in formation and business planning in deciding whether they want to operate as a closely held business, limited liability company, partnership, or corporation. We advise our clients about directors' and officers' liability, dissolution, franchising, reorganization, trade association membership and activity, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, business successions, and shareholders' rights. Our attorneys have more than 100 years of combined experience in handling both transactional and litigation matters.

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Real Estate

Our firm represents both commercial clients and individuals in all proceedings and transactions that deal with real property-land and the structures attached to it-including purchase and sale, construction, mortgages and foreclosures, leases, zoning, title examinations, quiet title actions, closings, and management.

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Personal Injury

Our firm represents individuals involved in controversies alleging a wrong or damage to another's person, rights, reputation, or property resulting from events or activities such as automobile accidents, defective products, infliction of emotional distress, intentional misconduct, and negligence.

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Estate Planning and Probate

Our firm handles Estate Planning matters which is the area dealing with the distribution of an individual's property at his or her death, taking into account wills, taxes, insurance, property, and trusts so as to gain maximum benefit of all laws and, at the same time, carrying out the person's wishes. Probate is the court proceeding through which a will is proved to be valid and the estate of a decedent is administered. The process, generally, includes collecting a decedent's assets, liquidating liabilities, paying necessary taxes, and distribution of property to heirs.

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Business and Commercial Law

We provide a wide variety of services to our business clients from assisting in selecting the type of organizational entity under which to operate, preparation of agreements, sale and purchase of businesses, obtaining financing and funding for business operations, and employee relations, to dissolution.

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