Legal Practice Areas

Business Law - Contracts, Mergers, Business Law

Whether you need a contract reviewed in Texas, in the U.S. or even across the world, our business law attorneys have you covered. Our attorneys have in-house legal experience coupled with the specialties inherent in an outside legal practice.

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We can also help you choose the right legal entity - LLC, partnership, or corporation - and decide which jurisdiction suits your needs. Call Cuccia Wilson, PLLC for legal counsel.

Civil & Commercial Litigation, Property & Business Disputes

The key to any dispute is timing. We help you decide what action to take and when to take it. Is your situation ideal for filing a lawsuit? Perhaps. Or, could an alternative to litigation be more productive? We will help you find the right solution to your situation.

Family Law - Marriage, Civil Unions, Domestic Partnerships

Whether you need a divorce, have a custody issue, or can use help with another aspect of family law, our attorneys will gladly meet any challenge to accomplish what you need.

Real Estate - Development, Leasing, Land Use

Real estate goes with Texas like oil and football. At Cuccia Wilson, we do too. We will assist with all aspects of a deal or dispute. For transactions, we set up the entity, negotiate the deal, handle the loan, and close it. We handle landlord-tenant matters and other disputes.

Acquisition, Development, Leasing and Disposition of Real Estate

We represent commercial real estate developers, pension fund advisors, financial institutions, corporations, governmental entities and others in the acquisition, development, leasing and disposition of commercial and residential real estate across the country and in many places throughout the world. Our work involves not only providing basic legal services but helping our clients evaluate and structure their real estate transactions to minimize legal and tax liabilities and maximize legal protections and profits. Whether a transaction involves a single asset or multi-asset portfolio, we have developed a strong network of local real estate advisors and co-counsel to enable our team to seamlessly complete real estate transactions throughout the United States and in many other countries.

Financing and Securities Offerings In Real Estate Transactions

A crucial aspect of any real estate transaction involves financing and raising capital. Our lawyers provide expert guidance in negotiating and structuring financing for all types of real estate transactions, including acquisitions, development, repairs and renovations. We also assist our numerous financial institution clients, including banks, savings and loan companies, mortgage companies, insurance companies, and others in connection with the negotiation and documentation of loan transactions and in enforcement matters such as loan workouts and restructuring, foreclosures, bankruptcies, evictions, etc.

Structuring Real Estate Transactions

We are actively engaged in advising our clients in the proper structure of their real estate transactions so as to provide maximum protection from liabilities and to minimize the administrative, tax and other obligations arising out of the ownership, development and operation of real estate. Our lawyers have extensive experience in the formation of various entities used in connection with investment in and ownership, development and operation of real estate, including corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and trusts.

Tax Matters

Closely linked with our structuring practice is our tax planning advice provided to our clients in connection with real estate transactions. Our attorneys maintain a high level of expertise in federal, state and local tax laws, rules and regulations. We represent our clients in matters involving property tax valuations and protests, income, franchise and margin tax issues, internal tax structuring, allocations of gains and losses, incentive compensation programs, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and divestitures involving real estate-related entities and their properties, and various other matters involving tax planning.

Project Development and Construction

The scope of the development projects in which we have served as legal counsel includes large land assemblages, single-family tract developments (including master-planned communities), condominium/townhome regimes, apartment projects, regional shopping centers, urban and suburban office buildings, industrial and other commercial buildings, sports stadiums and other recreational properties (including golf course developments and fitness facilities), medical buildings (including medical office buildings, hospitals, nursing homes and related facilities and continuing care retirement communities). We assist our clients throughout the entire development process, from land acquisition to zoning, permitting and construction, advising our clients in conjunction with development agreements with governmental authorities, construction agreements with contractors and subcontractors, environmental matters, and land use regulations and restrictions.

Litigation

Our firm has a strong foundation in commercial litigation and, within that area, our Real Estate Litigation Practice Group provides a wealth of experience in the resolution of disputes involving real estate. Sample matters in which our attorneys have been involved include purchase and sale contract disputes, partnership disputes, claims involving breach of fiduciary duty, commercial lease disputes, eviction proceedings, property insurance litigation, property tax assessments and protests, design and construction defects, title and boundary disputes. Our attorneys appear daily before courts, governmental agencies, boards and commissions and alternative dispute resolution proceedings such as mediations and arbitrations, advocating for our real estate clients and their interests. Our litigation team is capable of staffing each matter appropriately with the proper level of expertise so as to provide our clients with the best value to achieve their desired results.

Eminent Domain & Condemnation

We represent clients at all stages of condemnation proceedings including pre-condemnation planning, assisting landowners with strategy and negotiations after an initial notice of a taking is received, Special Commissioners’ hearings, mediations, trials (whether bench or jury) and appeals. We have represented clients including landowners and companies of all sizes in eminent domain proceedings involving utilities, pipelines, parks and roadway takings in both urban and rural areas across the state. Our attorneys are skilled trial lawyers who work with land use professionals including real estate appraisers, engineers, land planners and real estate brokers to advocate for maximizing the property owner’s just compensation for the taking of their property. Additionally, we represent entities possessing the power of eminent domain, such as utility and pipeline companies.

Why Real Estate Clients Feel Secure at Cuccia Wilson

Your experience with our attorneys will be fully aligned with your goals and objectives and tailored specifically to how you want to do business with us. You will never be “pigeon holed” or forced into a solution with which you are not comfortable. Whether we are your longtime partner in closing a high value transaction or representing you in the courtroom, you will be comfortable with our skill and practical approach. We know exactly when to escalate matters and when collaboration is a more intelligent way for you to achieve your goals.

Criminal Defense

Cuccia Wilson’s criminal defense group represents clients in matters ranging from marijuana possession to capital murder. Our experienced attorneys and staff in our criminal defense section allow us to achieve your goals in the most efficient and cost-effective manner. We have handled thousands of cases all over the State of Texas.

Criminal Experience

Our experience in criminal matters include state and federal cases involving capital murder, murder, manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, possession of controlled substance (delivery, intent to deliver), conspiracy to distribute drugs, felon in possession of a handgun, resisting arrest, fraudulent use Social Security Numbers, endangering a child, hindering secured creditor, violation of Clean Air Act, embezzlement, forgery, evading arrest, welfare fraud, marijuana (possession, delivery), dwi (misdemeanor, felony), theft, assault (aggravated, sexual, continuous, public servant, intoxication, family violence), nuisance, use of dyed diesel, motions to adjudicate community supervision and motions to revoke community supervision.
 
Our goal at Cuccia Wilson is to get your case dismissed or reduced so that you can have your arrest record, fingerprints and mugshot removed from public records by way of a petition for nondisclosure or expunction. We have free consultations and payment plans available.