Hamtini Law

The attorneys at Hamtini Law are also entrepreneurs and have been involved in many businesses themselves. This first-hand experience informs the firm's understanding of the legal and operational challenges clients face when starting, operating, growing or exiting a business.

Primary focus areas

Hamtini Law focuses its practice on:

• Business and commercial law
• Real estate transactions and disputes
• Trademark registration, maintenance and enforcement
• Employment law for employers
• Litigation and dispute resolution related to these areas

The firm often serves as outside general counsel for commercial enterprises that want ongoing legal guidance without hiring in‑house counsel.

Types of clients served

Hamtini Law represents a wide variety of business clients, including:

• Small startups and internet‑based businesses
• Technology and financial services companies
• Food and hospitality businesses
• Commercial enterprises across the supply chain (manufacturers, importers, wholesalers, retailers)
• Foreign investors and entrepreneurs

Whether a client is a startup entrepreneur or a more established commercial enterprise, the firm aims to provide cost‑effective and innovative legal solutions tailored to the client's goals.

Experience and jurisdictions

The firm's experience includes:

• Advising on and managing domestic and international commercial disputes, arbitrations, employment claims and employment litigation
• Negotiating and drafting high‑value commercial agreements and software licenses

The founder is admitted to practice in New York State courts and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Approach, values and vision

• Practical, proactive counsel – Focus on realistic, business‑oriented solutions and clear explanations of how the law affects a client's business.
• Attentiveness – Take time to understand each client's business and unique needs and give matters the attention they deserve.
• Support and accessibility – Aim to be approachable and responsive, and to work collaboratively so that legal strategy supports business strategy.
• Growth alongside clients – The firm's vision is to be a long‑term law partner and outside general counsel that grows with its clients and helps them succeed.

The firm's goal is to be a premier law firm for commercial enterprises and an integral part of each client's business over the long term.

The firm represents businesses in disputes involving:

• Business and commercial litigation under state and federal law
• Contract and business agreement disputes
• Employment‑related business disputes
• Intellectual property and related commercial issues

Shareholder disputes and ownership issues

Hamtini Law assists owners and stakeholders with disputes and planning around ownership, including:

• Counseling to address or avoid shareholder oppression
• Designing and negotiating exit strategies or mechanisms
• Facilitating exit negotiations and buy‑out solutions
• Planning for ownership transfer or succession
• Adjusting business organizations or structures
• Reviewing documentation and business history for breach, fraud or misrepresentation issues
• Assisting with freeze‑out or squeeze‑out situations and fraud on the minority

Licensing and regulatory compliance

The firm helps businesses navigate licensing and regulatory requirements in a variety of industries, including IT, mobile media, publishing and biotech. Services include:

• Identifying required federal and New York State licenses and permits
• Negotiating and drafting licensing agreements designed to maximize value from intellectual property assets

Commercial contracts: drafting, review and negotiation

Hamtini Law drafts, reviews, revises and negotiates a wide range of commercial agreements, such as:

• Goods and services contracts
• Loan contracts and promissory notes
• Internet contracts, including disclaimers, privacy policies, and terms and conditions

Clients often engage the firm to:

• Review contracts they have been asked to sign and explain key terms in plain language
• Suggest revisions to better protect the client's interests
• Negotiate directly with the other party where appropriate

Many standard contracts can be handled on a flat‑fee basis. More complex agreements or matters requiring extensive negotiation may involve additional fees, which are quoted upfront.

Franchise agreements

The firm reviews and negotiates franchise opportunities for prospective franchisees and advises franchisors. Services can include:

• Reviewing Franchise Disclosure Documents (FDDs)
• Negotiating franchise agreements and related leases
• Assessing the business opportunity and risks
• Providing day‑to‑day practical advice on launching or running a franchised business

Hamtini Law's experience with both franchisors and franchisees, combined with its commercial leasing experience, helps clients negotiate franchise‑related contracts and leases.

Mergers and acquisitions – buying or selling a small business

For buyers of established small businesses, services may include:

• Initial consultation and strategy
• Drafting letters of intent
• Reviewing and negotiating purchase agreements
• Explaining purchase agreements in detail
• Conducting due diligence
• Lien and judgment checks (additional fees may apply)
• Preparing and reviewing closing documents
• Representing the buyer at closing

For sellers, services may include:

• Preparing purchase agreements
• Negotiating with buyers
• Providing escrow services
• Representing the seller at closing

Business formation, funding and structure

Hamtini Law assists entrepreneurs and business owners with:

• Business formation – Including corporations (C‑corp / S‑corp), limited liability companies (LLCs), professional entities and other structures
• Funding startups – Advising on types of investors, equity structure, forms of investment and related securities law considerations
• Business structure and governance – Drafting internal agreements such as:
• Shareholder agreements
• Operating agreements
• Partnership agreements

The goal is to set the business up with a structure and documentation that reduces misunderstandings and supports long‑term success.

On‑demand general counsel

For select clients, the firm offers an on‑demand outside general counsel model with flexible payment arrangements. This service is aimed at businesses that need regular access to legal guidance but do not have in‑house counsel, and can cover ongoing contract review, negotiations and general business legal questions.

Real estate law

Hamtini Law handles real estate matters for business clients, including both transactions and disputes. Services include representing:

• Commercial landlords
• Commercial tenants
• Sellers of real property
• Purchasers of real property

The firm's experience negotiating from both sides of commercial real estate agreements, and litigating for both landlords and tenants, helps inform strategy and anticipate the other side's arguments in disputes.

Matters may include negotiation and drafting of commercial leases, review of purchase and sale agreements, and related real estate litigation in New York courts.

Trademark law

Hamtini Law offers a range of trademark services to help businesses protect their brands nationwide, including:

• Advising on trademark strategy at different stages of business development
• Preparing and filing trademark registration applications
• Responding to trademark office actions
• Managing trademark renewals
• Handling trademark disputes and litigation

The firm works with clients who want to safeguard the goodwill they have built in their brand names and marks and to enforce their trademark rights when necessary.

9822 Metropolitan Ave

Forest Hills, NY 11375

Contact details:

• Telephone: 718‑440‑3396
• Email (general contact): contact@hamtinilaw.com

These are the primary public contact channels for the firm.

Using the website contact form

The firm's website includes a contact form for initial inquiries. Important notes about using this form include:

• The contact form should not be used to provide confidential or highly sensitive information about your legal matter.
• Using the website or contact form to reach out to the firm, or receiving information from the website, does not create an attorney‑client relationship with Hamtini Law.
• Unsolicited submissions or emails do not create an attorney‑client relationship, and confidential or sensitive information included in such messages may not be protected from disclosure.

How an attorney‑client relationship is formed

An attorney‑client relationship with Hamtini Law can only be created by the mutual agreement of both the client and the firm, and only after:

1. A personal consultation, and
2. A conflict‑of‑interest check has been completed and cleared.

Until that process is completed and the firm formally agrees to act as counsel, Hamtini Law does not represent a person or business and cannot provide case‑specific legal advice.

Fees and billing approach

Hamtini Law aims to keep its professional fees reasonable and accessible for business clients.

• Many legal services are available on a flat‑fee basis, so clients know the cost upfront.
• The firm works to ensure that costs do not outweigh benefits in any legal strategy.
• The firm builds ongoing relationships with clients and collaborates on practical legal strategies that make business sense.

Specific fee quotes, including whether a matter can be handled for a flat fee or requires hourly or alternative billing, are provided directly by the firm based on the details of the engagement.

Scheduling a consultation

Prospective clients can contact the firm by telephone or email, or submit an inquiry through the website contact form, to request a consultation about a potential matter.

Details such as available appointment times, whether a consultation can be held remotely, and the applicable consultation fee (if any) are provided directly by the firm.

Lists York, Hamtramck, Forest Hills, and New York City as a location. Names New York and United States as a service area. Areas beyond these are not published.

Services include both defending employers when disputes arise and helping businesses design employment policies and practices aimed at reducing the risk of costly and time‑consuming lawsuits.

Employment litigation and disputes

Hamtini Law has defended numerous employers and business owners in New York State and federal courts, including cases under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and New York State Labor Law.

The firm also represents employers in administrative proceedings before government agencies, such as:

• New York State Department of Labor
• National Labor Relations Board
• New York State Division of Human Rights

Wage and hour compliance and disputes

The firm counsels employers on wage and hour laws and defends wage and hour claims. Common issues include:

• Minimum wage compliance
• Overtime compliance
• Spread‑of‑hours pay
• Employee misclassification issues
• Exempt vs. non‑exempt employee status
• Independent contractor status
• Federal and state recordkeeping compliance
• Improper wage deductions
• Tip credit issues and tip‑related disputes

Hamtini Law helps employers understand which federal and New York State wage and hour rules apply to their business and how to implement effective compliance policies.

Workplace policies, investigations and HR support

The firm's employment law practice also includes:

• Employer counseling on day‑to‑day human resources issues
• Creation and implementation of employment and HR policies and procedures
• Drafting and negotiating employment and severance agreements
• Conducting or assisting with internal investigations

Hamtini Law can also assist employers with claims and investigations related to:

• Workplace discrimination and harassment
• Retaliation and whistleblower allegations
• New York and federal Department of Labor investigations and proceedings

When to contact the firm

Employers may wish to contact Hamtini Law if they:

• Have received a complaint, agency notice or demand letter from a current or former employee
• Are concerned about the compliance of their current payroll or wage and hour practices
• Want to update or implement employment policies, handbooks or agreements
• Need guidance on handling a difficult personnel issue, investigation or termination

Specific advice about any employment situation is provided only through a direct attorney‑client engagement with the firm.

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