Corporate & Business Law
Labor and employment
Primarily representing management, the firm provides counseling and legal services in all phases of employment law, with special emphasis on the defense of wrongful termination and employment discrimination suits. With such recent legislation as the Americans With Disabilities Act, this area of the law is becoming increasingly important to the firm’s business clients. The attorneys of Franke & Salloum, PLLC have special expertise and training in handling matters brought under this and other legislation.
Real estate
The firm provides representation in all facets of real estate practice, primarily focusing on commercial transactions including the formation of partnerships and other joint business ventures, and the acquisition, financing, development, construction, leasing, management, and disposition of real estate. These efforts would include projects such as shopping centers, office buildings, and other commercial developments.
Banking and financial institutions
Franke & Salloum, PLLC handles a number of legal transactions for, or involving, various financial institutions along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The firm also represents Mississippi’s largest bank in litigation in south Mississippi.
Bankruptcy
Primarily representing creditors, some of which are financial institutions, the firm has experience in this constantly-growing area of the law. With the United States Bankruptcy Court located in Gulfport, the firm is routinely called upon to handle matters in that Court on behalf of out-of-state clients.