About Our Services.

Rich Crites & Dittmer, LLC is engaged in the general practice of law with concentration in the following areas:

• Administrative Law, including representation before state and local agencies for licensing and compliance, professional legal ethics matters, environmental law, and administrative reviews and appeals.

• Entertainment and Business Law, including the determination of the most advantageous business and professional organization, including planning, document preparation, advice and guidance for both new and established businesses, along with assistance in franchising; entertainment law including recording, TV and motion picture contracts and planning; real estate transactions; and employment law.

• Family and Matrimonial Law, including divorce, dissolution, custody, child support, alimony, valuation of marital property, tax considerations, and post decree motions for modification and enforcement of prior court orders.

• General Litigation, including all aspects of conflict resolution, such as arbitration, mediation or trials of business, tax, commercial, premises liability, personal injury, product liability, domestic relations, injunctive relief, real property valuation appeals, complex litigation, eminent domain, white collar crime, criminal, health care fraud, malpractice and bankruptcy.

• Probate Law, including contested litigation; preparation of wills and trusts; administration of estates, guardianships; adoptions; general and specialized estate planning.

• Public Law, including full law director and prosecutorial services, special counsel and special prosecutor services, zoning matters, annexation, zoning code reviews, charter review services, JEDDs, CEOAs and TIFs, and public law litigation and appeals.

• Real Estate Law, including foreclosure, liens, land development and acquisitions, appropriation, title insurance issuance, tax exemptions and abatements, real estate tax valuation challenges, zoning and land titles.

• School Law, including real property tax and general litigation, labor negotiations, construction disputes, drug policies, tax abatement agreements, annexation disputes, sexual harassment disputes, and student discipline matters.

• Tax Law, including federal, state and local form preparation, audits and litigation; sales, use, estate and gift tax; real and personal property taxes; and business and related estate and tax planning.