Practice Area
AG Industry Practice Group
The Central Coast’s agricultural heritage is a reflection of the families and businesses that have made the region their home. The Central Coast also has been Kirk & Simas’ home for over 60 years and in that time the Firm has played a central role in the development and prosperity of the local agricultural economy.
The Firm represents the full range of family and corporate owned local, domestic and international agricultural businesses. The Firm’s dedicated Ag Industry Practice Group attorneys employ a multi-disciplinary approach, integrating the Firm’s practices in general business law, real estate transactions, land use, entity formation and operations, management side employment law, and wealth preservation to provide ag industry clients with specialized legal counsel and effective solutions.
In particular, Kirk & Simas’ attorneys provide comprehensive and creative counsel to clients on a range of industry-specific issues, including:
AG Land Matters
Management Side Employment Matters
The Firm is a recognized local leader in providing advice and litigation services to employers in connection with general and agriculture specific employment practices and wage and hours matters.
Succession Planning
Agriculture related businesses are often multi-generational. The Firm’s team of trusts and estates attorneys have decades of experience helping Central Coast families plan both exit strategies from their businesses and long term succession plans to pass the family’s agricultural assets and heritage to the next generation or trusted, next generation managers.
Agribusiness Transactions
Litigation
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Business & Real Estate
Estate Planning, Trusts & Probate
Civil Litigation
Public Entity
Employment Law
Agriculture Law