Business & Industries

As a long-established full-service law firm, Kaempfer Crowell is known and respected throughout Nevada and the greater business, financial and legal community for providing expert advice and counsel to the businesses and organizations our clients run, own and operate. We also take great pride in understanding the issues that affect the industries in which our clients operate. Kaempfer Crowell has decades of experience counseling a wide variety of clients in the following industries.

Builder and Developer Community

Land Use, Zoning & Licensing: The Firm is recognized as the pre-eminent firm in representing clients before county and municipal councils, boards, and commissions. The Firm's areas of expertise include licensing, land use planning, zoning and government affairs. Our attorneys have been instrumental in obtaining the required approvals and licensing for a substantial number of commercial, retail, industrial, residential and gaming projects. Additionally, our attorneys have drafted, amended, and advocated the passage of a considerable number of ordinances and regulations. Our attorneys are active in several trade and professional organizations in the land use, zoning and licensing community such as the American Planning Association, Nevada Chapter and Urban Land Institute.

Privileged Licensing: The Firm has extensive experience in representing major hotel-casinos, bars and convenience stores and other privileged licensees. We provide services in connection with all licensing, suitability findings, and other matters pertaining to such businesses, including appearances before the various county and city licensing boards, councils, and commissions.

Construction Law: The Firm represents numerous general contractors and subcontractors. Our Firm's representation covers all aspects of construction law, from original contract negotiations through performance, and the payment or settlement of disputed claims, including enforcement of lien rights. Our attorneys are active in several trade and professional organizations in the building and development community including the forum of the American Bar Association's Forum of the Construction Industry.

Legislative Affairs and Administrative Law

The Firm’s legislative practice has represented numerous clients on broad ranging issues such as property rights, taxes, water law, telecommunications, gaming and transportation issues – just to name a few. The legislative team has over 30 years of experience in drafting legislation and working with the state legislative and executive branches of government. The depth of experience of the legislative team is unmatched and has the capability to serve a wide range of our client’s needs. Our attorneys are also skilled and prepared to handle issues that may arise with administrative law matters. These matters may include assisting in formulating regulatory rules and measures to implement recently enacted state legislation and appearing before administrative bodies to thoroughly represent our client’s issues.

Financial Industry

The Firm represents leading banks, savings and loan associations, thrift institutions, mortgage investment trusts, and other financial institutions in the preparation of loan and related documents, loan collection and foreclosure, and advice regarding the structure and legality of financial transactions, as well as certain regulatory and licensing advice with respect to such entities. The Firm and its attorneys are actively involved in local and state trade associations and work in this area of law assisting companies, both small and large, at every stage of the business cycle, from start-up to mature businesses.

Corporate, Service, Retail and High-Tech Manufacturing Industries

The Firm’s corporate and commercial services include counseling clients on business organizations, corporate governance, financing for commercial and residential development, zoning, licensing, including high-tech licensing, and administrative matters.

In conjunction with the client’s CPA or tax advisor, the Firm provides practical and workable financial/business solutions to our clients’ needs, including selecting and implementing the most advantageous entity to transact business; minimizing operational tax consequences; real estate transactions and like-kind exchange; employment taxes and tax-exempt organizations. In addition, the Firm’s practice also includes estate planning for individuals and estates of all sizes. The Firm crafts estate plans which can foster the passage of businesses to family members or others, encourage children’s college education, implement charitable and philanthropic causes; provide for disabled or special needs children; plan for disability and care for livestock as well as family animals of all sizes.

The Firm provides commercial litigation services and has extensive trial experience in a wide range of cases involving insurance and aviation defense, products liability, toxic and business torts, municipal, professional liability, condemnation, and construction law. Our attorneys are active in several corporate, service, retail and high-tech manufacturing and design industries including several in the aerospace industry and defense contracting, the Carson City Chamber of Commerce, Carson City School Board, Carson City Airport Authority, Carson Tahoe Hospital Foundation and the Rotary Club of Carson City.

Real Estate Industry

The Firm represents a wide array of clients who acquire, develop, finance and sell commercial, retail, office, industrial, resort and residential properties, including shopping centers, office buildings, industrial/office complexes, hotel-casinos, golf courses, time-share projects and multi-family apartment complexes. Our real estate group has substantial experience in all phases of real estate development, including site acquisition, assemblage and subdivision; construction and development agreements; restrictive covenants and easements; and acquisition, construction and permanent financing. We also represent landlords and tenants in all types of leasing transactions, including shopping centers, industrial and office buildings, restaurants and taverns, and build-to-suit and ground leases. Our Firm represents both national and foreign institutional lenders in connection with all forms of real estate financing, and we advise both lenders and borrowers with respect to foreclosure and workout issues.

Utility and Energy Industry

The Firm’s Energy, Utilities and Renewable Resource practice represents industrial, commercial and residential clients on a broad scope of issues related to electric, water, gas and telecommunication projects. Lawyers in this practice area have worked extensively in this field in both the private and public sectors. The Firm represents clients on a variety of administrative matters before state and local government entities such as the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, Nevada State Office of Energy, Nevada Commission on Economic Development and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

Leisure, Dining and Entertainment

The Firm represents a variety of companies in the leisure and entertainment industry. Clients range from golf course operators to restaurant and nightclub operators. Nevada's world class resort industry has attracted the world's best in all types of leisure and entertainment venues. Our attorneys are called on to advise and negotiate clients in licensing, business entity formation, finance, contract and leasing, employment, litigation and many other areas necessary to the operation of these diverse businesses.

Insurance Industry

The Firm through its representation of some of the largest insurance companies in the USA focuses its representation primarily in the areas of professional malpractice, errors and omissions, and coverage issues.