Practice Areas

Schlecht, Shevlin & Shoenberger offers a comprehensive understanding of the challenges faced by businesses throughout the Coachella Valley.  The firm takes a team approach to practicing law, providing quality advice and representation in all of the following areas:

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Business & Corporate Law

The business lawyers of Schlecht, Shevlin & Shoenberger provide advice and representation tailored to the needs of Coachella Valley businesses.  The firm understands local business operations, from the seasonal dynamics affecting agriculture, small retailers, and hotels to the regulation of the healthcare, banking, and insurance industries.  The firm's attorneys assist clients in a range of business transactions, such as construction contracts; consulting agreements; corporate articles, bylaws, and minutes; dissolution agreements; employment agreements; general partnerships; limited partnerships; personal property sales agreements; pre-incorporation agreements; security agreements; and shareholder agreements.

Schlecht, Shevlin & Shoenberger also offers results-oriented representation in a range of business litigation matters, such as breach of fiduciary duty, construction disputes, contract disputes, UCC disputes, corporation disputes, partnership disputes, employment disputes, environmental law, insurance litigation, lender liability, and securities violations.

To learn more, visit the business transactions overview or the business litigation overview.

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Civil Rights

The firm's experienced advocates provide assistance to clients who have suffered a civil rights violation arising from 42 U.S.C. section 1983. This statute provides a right of civil action for the deprivation by a state official of any rights, privileges, or immunities afforded by the Constitution or laws. For example, a claim of s civil rights violation may arise from employment discrimination in the public sector based on race, color, national origin, gender, or religion. False arrest without probable cause and arrest using excessive force are also examples of common civil rights violations.

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Criminal Defense

Schlecht, Shevlin & Shoenberger handles a select number of criminal matters.  In particular, the firm focuses its criminal defense practice on those cases that involve significant police or prosecutorial misconduct.  Attorney Ulrich R. McNulty was Senior District Attorney in Riverside County for 18 years, and brings to the firm his considerable insights about what to expect from the prosecution and how to capably mount an aggressive and effective defense.  To learn more, contact Schlecht, Shevlin & Shoenberger, A Law Corporation.

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Estate Planning & Probate

Schlecht, Shevlin & Shoenberger assists clients in a range of estate planning and probate matters, from simple will preparation to complex disputed probate cases.  Led by a California State Bar Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, the firm's attorneys assist clients in preparing wills, revocable living trusts, general durable powers of attorney for financial management, advance health care directives, and community property agreements.  The firm's attorneys have particular expertise in wealth preservation planning for high-net worth individuals.  For further information, visit the estate planning and trusts overview.

The firm has significant expertise in the handling of contested probate matters and all aspects of trust and conservatorship litigation.  To learn more, visit the probate and estate litigation overview.

Schlecht, Shevlin & Shoenberger also represents clients in estate and gift tax audits with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

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Family Law

Staffed with a bar-certified Family Law Specialist who is also an "AV" rated attorney, Schlecht, Shevlin & Shoenberger is proud to offer quality family law representation for clients throughout Riverside County.  The firm provides trusted advice and effective and compassionate representation in all aspects of family law, including annulments, cohabitation agreements, divorce and separation, domestic partnerships, guardianships, modifications, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, settlement agreements, and visitation rights matters.  To learn more, visit the family law overview.

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General Civil Trial Practice

The firm provides trusted advice and aggressive representation in a range of litigation matters, including those involving banking, construction, eminent domain, employment disputes, environmental law, insurance-related matters, municipal law, and personal injury.  The firm's seasoned litigators have extensive experience in pretrial, trial, and appellate practice, as well as matters before administrative tribunals.  They also are experienced in matters calling for swift and aggressive action, including injunctions, receivers, and attachments.  To learn more, visit the general civil litigation overview.

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Labor & Employment

Schlecht, Shevlin & Shoenberger represents both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide array of labor and employment matters, including those involving violations of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), wage and hour claims, and wrongful termination cases.  The firm also capably handles class action lawsuits.  To learn more, visit the general civil litigation overview or the frequently asked questions page focused on employment law.

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Native American Land Issues

Through decades of serving the Palm Springs real estate community, with its extensive Indian land allotment, the firm has accumulated significant experience in Native American real estate matters.  The firm's attorneys handle all aspects of Native American land issues in the Coachella Valley and throughout Riverside County, such as leasing, land conversions, reserved water rights, and land use litigation.  To learn more, visit the Native American real estate overview.

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Real Estate

The firm's attorneys are knowledgeable in all aspects of California real property law and have particular expertise in handling local real estate transactions.  With a decades-long presence in the Coachella Valley, Schlecht, Shevlin & Shoenberger understands the nuances of this unique region.  The firm assists clients in the complete range of real estate transactions, such as escrow, exchange agreements, leases, purchase and sale agreements, real estate development, subdivisions, and syndications.

The firm's attorneys also provide aggressive and effective representation in real estate litigation matters, such as those involving assessment appeals; covenants, conditions, and restrictions; easement disputes; eminent domain; landlord-tenant disputes; property line disputes; and zoning.

To learn more, visit the real estate transactions overview or the real estate litigation overview.

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Schlecht, Shevlin & Shoenberger A Law Corporation
Post Office Box 2744 Palm Springs, California 92263-2744
T. 760-320-7161 F. 760-323-1758