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PRACTICE AREAS

Established in 2003, Masounasir @ law has successfully helped thousands of injured clients throughout California get the legal representation and compensation they deserve. We handle every aspect of the personal injury claim so our clients can focus on treating their injuries and their recovery. If you have been injured and are overwhelmed with stress and anxiety of dealing with an insurance claim, call our experienced personal injury attorneys and legal team for a free legal consultation.

Find a solution to your collection problem with us

If you are a contractor who needs to be paid for the work you provided to a customer, give our firm a call. Attorney Andy Hariss has experience filing and enforcing mechanics' lien as well as matters involving home improvement contractor statutes. If you have any questions, lets us know. If you or the organization you represent is owed money, our firm can advocate on your behalf for a fair and timely repayment. Get started today by calling us to book your free initial consultation. 

Fair representation for debtors and creditors

If you're in debt and struggling to make your payments, it may be tempting to avoid your problems and ignore the calls you receive from collection agencies. However, ignoring your mountain debts won't solve anything. Instead contact Masounasir @ law. Our firm can represent you, and help you work towards a more manageable approach to your debt.

Estate & Trust Litigation

Litigation focused on estates and trusts is a rapidly growing area. Each lawyer practicing in the Estate & Trust Litigation Group at Masounasir @ Law concentrates on litigation involving probate matters, estates, trusts, fiduciaries, and guardianships.

Our estate and trust litigation attorneys have represented both institutions and individuals. These institutions include banks, corporate fiduciaries, and investment companies. The individuals include the beneficiaries of estates and trusts, executors, administrators, trustees, surviving spouses, guardians, and incapacitated persons. One of the benefits of our estate litigators is that they work closely with and are supported by the expertise of the Estate Department attorneys and estate administrators in tax and estate administration.

Among our multi-disciplinary services are:

  • Attorney advice on the administration of estate and trust matters
  • Litigation on the interpretation of Wills, trusts, and beneficiary designations
  • Representation in basic Will contests, as well as complex Will contests receiving local, regional, and national media coverage
  • Evaluation and litigation of undue influence and incapacity issues
  • Assistance to executors and trustees on preventing and handling disputes
  • Preparation and presentment of fiduciary accountings
  • Assessment of claims by beneficiaries of estates and trusts
  • Counsel on investment decisions by executors and trustees
  • Counsel on the challenge to or defense of lifetime transfers, gifts, joint accounts, jointly owned property, and beneficiary designations
  • Formation and implementation of administrative policies by fiduciaries
  • Acceptance of appointments by probate judges as counsel and guardians
  • Recovery of costs and counsel fees from estates and trusts
  • Service as mediators certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court
  • Publishing and lecturing on the local and national levels for private firms as well as for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, the American Law Institute and the American Bar Association.

                      Family Law

The lawyers of our Los Angeles Matrimonial Department have established a statewide reputation for excellence in all areas of matrimonial and family law, including divorce, equitable distribution, division of business interests, division of retirement assets, tax issues, child support issues, issues concerning custody and parenting time, domestic violence, enforcement of prior orders, premarital agreements, and adoption. The Department has also established a reputation for providing caring, timely, responsive, yet aggressive representation in this most sensitive area of the law. Each CA family attorney believes that achieving settlements is desirable, while still recognizing the importance of being prepared, willing and able to seek judicial intervention. Department lawyers have also been qualified as California divorce mediators by the Academy of Family Mediators. Additionally, the Department draws upon the many resources of our Firm as issues arise in family law matters related to real estate, tax, corporate and other areas of the law.

For years, our California lawyers have been at the forefront of the development of procedural and substantive family law. They have served as the chair of the Family Law Committee of the Camden County Bar and the Family Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association. They have been editors of and contributors to the California Family Lawyer, including editor-in-chief. Department lawyers have also served on the Executive Committee of the Family Law Section of the California State Bar Association and on the California Supreme Court Family Part Practice Committee, the Committee which monitors the administration of family law for the California Supreme Court. One Department attorney chaired a California Supreme Court Work Group on Matrimonial Early Settlement Programs. Finally, the Department Chairman served as Co-Chair of the New Jersey Supreme Court Special Committee on Matrimonial Litigation that, in 1998, authored a far-reaching report recommending substantial revisions to matrimonial practice and which, in large measure, has been adopted by the New Jersey Supreme Court.

         Immigration & Mobile                                 Mobility

Global business is 24/7.  Competing in today’s global economy requires nimble and immediate response to clients’ needs, anywhere in the world. For many businesses, assembling and mobilizing the right team makes all the difference. Masounasir @ Law understands that today’s successful businesses rely on immigration and global mobility solutions that cross borders, languages, and customs. We provide a comprehensive slate of immigration and global mobility services that help businesses stay competitive while complying with quickly evolving laws and regulations.


Masounasir @ Law's immigration capacity reflects our understanding that the domestic business and immigration needs of our clients are not limited by state and are increasingly trending internationally. Archer’s global mobility capability recognizes the challenges of managing a global workforce and additionally partners with our clients to provide practical solutions to their business, employment, labor and global immigration needs.

With eight regional offices and a partner network around the world, Masounasir @ Law provides multi-national, Fortune 100, regional and local businesses with the counsel they need to meet staffing needs, stay on top of changing laws and shifting enforcement priorities, and navigate efficiently the immigration implications of mergers and acquisitions all to keep business moving forward.

Masounasir @ Law's Immigration and Global Mobility team is backed by a multi-disciplined cadre of attorneys from our business, corporate, labor and employment, taxation, banking and finance, technology, intellectual property, family and civil rights practice groups.

Our teams mobilize quickly to respond to real-time immigration needs. We provide full-service support to clients seeking lawful temporary visas and permanent immigration for employees and their families.  We work with general counsel and human resources departments to develop immigration strategies for both the near and long terms.  We also conduct detailed compliance audits and provide customized training programs that help businesses institute best practices for handling employment eligibility verification, I-9 compliance, and other requirements.

In addition, Masounasir @ Law provides innovative technological solutions to make compliance easier and more transparent, and our scalable, highly customizable document-sharing software programs and client portals enhance the attorney-client relationship, allowing us to securely transfer vital information and respond to your needs more quickly than ever before.

Masounasir @ Law's experience in governmental affairs, international arbitrations and adjudications, and in federal, state and local courts, means that clients get up-to-the-minute advisories on relevant immigration cases, laws and regulations. Should defense in immigration matters become necessary, our attorneys are backed by 90 years of experience.

Masounasir @ Law's depth of experience helps clients navigate increasingly complex immigration issues while remaining focused on what matters—mobilizing the best possible teams, anywhere in the world.

Real Estate

The lawyers that comprise our Real Estate Group provide services to a broad range of clients, including national, regional and local retail, industrial and residential developers, home builders, brokers, investors, and other types of industrial and commercial ventures throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and New York. Archer also has a strong real estate lending practice, representing both borrowers and lenders, including national and local banks, savings associations, credit unions, mortgage companies, insurance companies, REITs and other public and private lenders, in connection with all types of financing and joint development transactions.

Transactional Real Estate

Masounasir @ Law has decades of experience helping clients buy, sell, lease, and finance all types of real estate. Our attorneys are highly experienced in negotiating the transaction, protecting our clients’ rights, and closing the deal. Since the inception of Masounasir @ Law, real estate transactions have been a strong complement to the basic business orientation of our firm. Over the years, the Real Estate Group has evolved in response to various changes in laws regulating development, environmental compliance, banking, title insurance and other related legal areas. We handle very complex acquisitions and financing. This group operates efficiently by coordinating closely with other parts of the firm, particularly those involved in land use, environmental permitting, environmental litigation, and corporate and tax matters. We work closely with regional and local professionals, including lenders, environmental consultants, surveyors and title insurance companies, to reach effective and efficient results for our clients.

Masounasir @ Law has decades of experience advising and representing clients in the acquisition and sale of real estate, including condemnation and eminent domain matters. The firm’s attorneys have negotiated, drafted and reviewed hundreds of agreements related to property transfer, escrows, right-of-entry and construction easements, loans, grants, leases, and operations, as well as deed preparation and execution.

Real Estate Development

Masounasir @ Law attorneys assist with the structuring, negotiation and financing of development projects across all asset classes, including residential, retail, office and mixed-use projects, resort and recreational properties, and sports complexes and arenas. Our attorneys offer broad-based experience with all types of projects and all phases of development—from acquisition, through planning, conversion (as applicable), development, construction and use. We handle contract negotiation and documentation, due diligence review, construction-related work and land use entitlements, and acquisition, development and construction financing. We have extensive experience in counseling developers as they interact with public and private agencies, architects and engineers, professional managers, and general contractors.

Our depth of knowledge and experience regarding all aspects of mixed-use, residential, planned communities, and condominium real estate development ensures that our attorneys structure such communities to be efficiently developed, marketed and operated. We are experienced in preparing covenants to govern the highest density, mixed-use, lifestyle centers, as well as office parks, retail centers, single-family communities and condominiums. We structure master associations, condominium associations and sub-associations as necessary and appropriate to ensure the effective operation, governance and fiscal management of the community. With our extensive knowledge and experience regarding land use, acquisitions, public and private finance, condominium law, eminent domain and condemnation, environmental law, wetlands regulations, and construction law, Archer attorneys counsel developers through all stages of the development and successful marketing of new communities.

We also assist clients in completing and managing affordable housing projects through a variety of financing tools, including low-income housing tax credits, new markets tax credits, historic rehabilitation tax credits, energy tax credits, facade easements and other tax incentive programs. Archer attorneys represent developers in obtaining federal grants, US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) loan guaranties, HOPE VI funds, tax increment financing, enterprise zone funds, redevelopment agreements and tax abatements.

We represent developers on the full transaction, including the real estate purchase, rezoning, application for tax credits, construction and permanent loan financing, compliance with tax credit regulations, delivery of the required opinions and negotiating and structuring the partnership or limited liability company documents involved with the investment by national funds to acquire the benefit of the tax credits.

Real Estate Lending

Masounasir @ Law has a strong real estate lending practice, representing both borrowers and lenders, including banks, insurance companies, REITs, and other public and private lenders in connection with all types of real estate financing and joint venture transactions.

The collective experience of our real estate finance team in banking and finance, CMBS loans, insurance, workouts and restructurings, insolvency, and tax allows us to provide strategic counsel at each phase of the deal and in every kind of loan arrangement, including:

  • Conventional commercial loans
  • Mezzanine financing
  • Middle-market & large corporate loans
  • Subordinated & convertible debt
  • Construction loans
  • Credit-enhancement instruments
  • Sale-leaseback transactions
  • Bond & tax-exempt financing
  • Ground leases
  • Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac loans
  • Capital markets
  • Housing & Urban Development (HUD) multifamily loans
  • Commercial mortgage-backed securities

In structuring those transactions, we have handled a variety of properties, including, among others:

  • Industrial sites
  • Hospitality, entertainment, & gaming properties
  • Residential developments & multifamily housing
  • Landfills & waste treatment facilities
  • Condominiums & apartment buildings
  • Assisted & independent living facilities
  • Manufactured housing communities
  • Hospitals, medical complexes, & nursing homes
  • Retail shopping centers & regional malls
  • Solar & wind farms
  • Mixed-use facilities

Real Estate Tax Appeal

Property taxes are a considerable business operating expense. Elevated or unfair property valuations increase tax liabilities. Often, commercial properties can be over-assessed resulting in excessive and unlawful taxes. Masounasir @ Law's Real Estate Tax Appeal Group assists clients in monitoring and controlling their tax obligations through sophisticated and strategic representation to achieve tax savings. Our attorneys have achieved substantial tax savings for thousands of our corporate, business and residential clients, handling the litigation for all types of commercial, residential, industrial, and special property.

Attorneys in Masounasir @ Law's Real Estate Tax Appeal Group are well-versed in the complexities of property tax laws. We review individual strategies and issues in order to pursue tax reductions. We ensure that our clients pay only the amount in property taxes required by law through challenging assessments and pinpointing other tax-savings opportunities. We help non-profit clients obtain and retain their tax-exempt status and provide solutions that reduce liabilities to local taxing jurisdictions. We also have extensive experience in negotiating tax exemptions, abatements, and payments in lieu of taxes for qualifying projects.

Construction and Real Estate Litigation

Masounasir @ Law's Construction and Real Estate Litigation Group is comprised of attorneys experienced in effectively handling disputes arising out of and related to construction projects and real estate transactions. We offer a wide range of legal services to clients engaged in all aspects of the construction industry, including:

  • Claims Prevention and Avoidance
  • Construction Defect Claims
  • Architect and Engineer Professional Negligence Claims
  • Payment Disputes and Lien Claims
  • Insurance Coverage-Related Issues
  • Changed or Unforeseen Conditions
  • Product Defect Claims
  • Delays, Acceleration and Loss of Productivity Claims

Our lawyers have experience in handling the legal issues relating to the design, development, financing, performance and management of construction projects. Our group includes attorneys who regularly represent national homebuilders, general contractors, prime contractors, subcontractors, public and private owners and developers, equipment suppliers, architects/engineers and other design professionals, and sureties. This broad range of experience enables us to handle issues and disputes arising before, during and after project completion.


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