Weiland, Golden, Smiley, Wang Ekvall & Strok, LLP combines the sophistication, experience and scholastic excellence of a large law firm with the efficient, high-energy, hands-on attitude and focus of a specialized boutique. The firm's attorneys are graduates of nationally ranked law schools, served judicial clerkships to Federal Judges, or apprenticed with major law firms.
The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory awarded Weiland, Golden, Smiley, Wang Ekvall & Strok, LLP an "AV" rating, the highest professional rating awarded by that publication. The firm also appears in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, and received a First-Tier Ranking in the 2010-2013 editions of the U.S. News and World Report publication, "Best Law Firms". The firm is included in Fortune Magazine's 2013 Top Ranked Law Firms. Many of the firm's lawyers have been named Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers.
Weiland, Golden, Smiley, Wang Ekvall & Strok, LLP's bankruptcy attorneys gained extensive experience clerking for bankruptcy judges and serving as bankruptcy trustees and receivers. The firm is uniquely qualified to represent debtors, creditors, creditors’ committees, trustees, asset purchasers and other parties in bankruptcy cases, receiverships, private workouts and settlement negotiations. The firm has confirmed chapter 11 plans for a wide variety of businesses and has successfully represented parties in cases involving such diverse industries as apparel, automobile dealerships, computer equipment, computer software, electronics, energy, entertainment, equipment leasing, hospitality, manufacturing, municipalities, nurseries, real estate, restaurants, retailing, packaging, plastics, telecommunications, transportation and waste disposal.
The firm’s transactional attorneys are skilled in secured lending transactions, the acquisition, financing, entitlement, development, subdivision, operating, leasing and sale of real property, business entity formation, and general business matters.
The firm’s attorneys also include experienced mediators, cognizant of the importance of resolving disputes before they develop into expensive protracted litigation. But when settlement discussions or mediation fail to produce an acceptable compromise, the firm’s highly experienced litigators can provide the insightful, aggressive, effective and cost efficient advocacy and counsel needed to guide the client through the complex discovery, trial and appellate process.
Weiland, Golden, Smiley, Wang Ekvall & Strok, LLP prides itself on learning the nuances and intricacies of the client’s business and industry, and in bringing the right talent and resources to bear on the client’s issue. The firm's first and foremost objectives are to identify and effectuate practical solutions and produce outstanding results for its clients.