Pierce Jewett, PLLC is a dynamic law firm specializing in comprehensive legal solutions for businesses, non-profits, and executives. Known for merging decades of combined experience with an energetic and innovative approach, the firm stands out for its problem-solving focus and dedication to navigating complex legal landscapes.
The firm serves a diverse clientele including growing businesses, international non-profits, and seasoned executives. Its team of determined lawyers provides outside general counsel services, leveraging deep expertise across corporate, employment, tax, and nonprofit sectors to deliver strategic and practical legal guidance.
Services Offered
- Outside general counsel services
- Deals and transactions
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Restructuring and recapitalization
- Asset and stock purchases
- New ventures, startups, and incorporations
- State, federal, and administrative litigation
- NLRB, EEOC, and DOL investigations
- Executive and Partner deals
- Employment practices compliance
- Trade secrets and non-compete agreements
- Professional licensing and disciplinary proceedings
- Asset protection planning
- Estate and Irrevocable Trust planning
- Charitable gift planning and coordination
- Trustee and executor services
- Estate, gift, and generation-skipping tax planning
- Business continuity and succession planning
- Nonprofit formation and tax exemption
- Complex structures and groups of affiliated entities
- Corporate governance
- Spin-offs of divisions of a tax-exempt entity
- Endowment funds and restricted gifts
- Grant making and charitable solicitation
- Federal and state court employment law litigation
- Commercial or individual fraud litigation
- Commercial landlord tenant disputes
- Partnership disputes
- Business and equity valuation disputes
- Individual and business tax liability resolution
- Offers-In-Compromise submissions for state and federal tax obligations
- Private letter rulings and other guidance
- Tax-free and taxable acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, spin-offs and dispositions
- International tax planning, including transfer pricing and advance pricing agreements
- Intellectual property and supply chain planning
- Foreign tax credit utilization
- Capital raising assistance through private offerings to accredited investors
- State and federal registration of exempt offerings and financings
- Mergers, acquisitions, and venture capital transactions
- Compliance matters including Blue Sky laws, reporting obligations, state registration requirements, exemptions, and broker-dealer regulations
- Counsel to officers, LLC managers, boards of directors, and investors on corporate governance and member/shareholder relations issues
- Trademark selection, clearance, and valuation
- Domain name registration and dispute resolution
- Branding guidelines and programs
- Trade-dress protection of nontraditional marks
- Advertising and promotion law
The firm operates from offices in Norfolk and Richmond, Virginia, as well as New York, New York, providing accessible legal support to clients across multiple regions.
