PRACTICE AREAS: Languages Encountered

Following is a listing of the languages which the law firm or lawyers in the law firm have encountered in performing legal work. The non-English languages have been encountered in a number of different contexts. The most common are business transaction documents, patent "prior art" references, non-U.S. (i.e. foreign) patent prosecution documents and foreign (i.e. non-U.S.) governmental or legal publications.

Aside from our in-house language capabilities, we have ready access to outside translators and interpreters who can assist us as needed.

LANGUAGES INVOLVED IN LEGAL WORK PERFORMED:

English
German
Spanish
Japanese
French
Arabic
Russian
Chinese
Italian
Korean
Portugese
Turkish
Farsi
Dutch
Swedish
Danish and Norwegian
Polish
Hungarian
Greek
Finnish
Czech

Special Counsel Usually Engaged or Consulted for the following areas:

Issues of Foreign (i.e. non-U.S.) Law and Procedure
Interpretation of Foreign (i.e. non-U.S.) Legal Documents

The above listing of the Languages Encountered does not include related areas covered on other of our web pages: the Business Related Litigation, the particular Courts and Agencies Involved, Particular Industries Or Business Types Involved, or our Consultant And Expert Witness Services work. They also do not describe the substantive legal areas: Corporate Law, Tax Law, General Business Law, Intellectual Property Law, Government Contracts, Business Acquisitions And Dispositions and International Business Law.