Practice Areas & Industries: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Although much of the legal work among the 28 practice areas involve work for corporate clients, utilities, municipalities and other business entities, we also have a long-standing private client practice assisting individuals, some of whom are principals in work done by Hiscock & Barclay for their business entities, in their personal planning and legal needs.

Our Immigration attorneys provide assistance to corporations, institutions, professionals and individuals with both business and family-based immigration needs and covers all aspects of business and family-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visa applications, with concentrations in health-care and border practice. Due to our location on the Canadian border, we are able to file certain applications for Canadian citizens in-person at a local port-of-entry, eliminating costly delays due to lengthy INS processing times. We also specialize in obtaining both nonimmigrant and immigrant visas for foreign physicians, including the preparation of J-1 waivers for foreign physicians.

Hiscock & Barclay's estate planning services are performed for a variety of clients and in each case are tailored to the needs of the particular client. The practice's services include development and implementation of estate plans, preparation and execution of advance directive documents, advice in connection with legal and tax aspects of various inter vivos (living) and testamentary arrangements, succession planning for family and closely held businesses, preparation of dispositive instruments (including wills and trusts), and the timing and structure of gift programs. These matters involve the laws of wills, trusts, probate, property, marriage, and state and federal individual and fiduciary income, gift and estate taxation.

In addition, Hiscock & Barclay's services include providing legal assistance to and planning for the elderly or incapacitated client as well as retirement and financial planning. This estate planning can entail the use of life insurance and related trusts, payment options for employment benefits and planned charitable giving.

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Immigration

The Immigration Practice Area provides assistance to corporations, institutions, professionals and individuals with both business and family-based immigration needs. Our practice covers all aspects of business and family-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visa applications, with concentrations in health-care and border practice.

We obtain all types of nonimmigrant visas for professional and skilled employees of a wide array of U.S. and foreign corporations, and for U.S. medical and research organizations. We also advise these employers in regard to compliance with disclosure and documentation requirements. We obtain U.S. permanent resident status and citizenship for company employees as well as for individual clients, and obtain labor certifications from the U.S. Department of Labor when required. We advise corporate clients in regard to the administration of all immigration-related matters, including compliance with regulatory requirements under the Immigration Act of 1990 and IRCA. We file applications with all INS Service Centers and District Offices, and are also experienced at filing immigrant visa applications with U.S. Consulates abroad.

Due to our location on the Canadian border, we are able to file certain applications for Canadian citizens in-person at a local port-of-entry, eliminating costly delays due to lengthy INS processing times. We also specialize in obtaining both nonimmigrant and immigrant visas for foreign physicians, including the preparation of J-1 waivers for foreign physicians.

Trusts & Estates

Hiscock & Barclay's estate planning services are performed for a variety of clients and in each case are tailored to the needs of the particular client. The practice's services include development and implementation of estate plans, preparation and execution of advance directive documents, advice in connection with legal and tax aspects of various inter vivos (living) and testamentary arrangements, succession planning for family and closely held businesses, preparation of dispositive instruments (including wills and trusts), and the timing and structure of gift programs. These matters involve the laws of wills, trusts, probate, property, marriage, and state and federal individual and fiduciary income, gift and estate taxation.

In addition, Hiscock & Barclay's services include providing legal assistance to and planning for the elderly or incapacitated client as well as retirement and financial planning. This estate planning can entail the use of life insurance and related trusts, payment options for employment benefits and planned charitable giving.

Hiscock & Barclay's trust and estate attorneys also provide assistance in settling estates and trusts (inter vivos and testamentary) in New York as well as Florida, including the review and primary and ancillary probate of wills and filing and recording of other documents, inventory, valuation, and marshaling of assets, preparation of estate and income tax returns for the decedent and the estate and trust fiduciary, representation in contested probate, construction, accounting, and other estate/trust proceedings, preparation and review of accountings for estates and trusts, distribution of assets to beneficiaries, and rendering administrative assistance to the fiduciary. Estate and Trust litigation services are provided to our clients as a part of the full range of trust and estate services performed for the clients of Hiscock & Barclay.