Firm Overview

Philosophy
Our firm philosophy is simple. We believe in putting people first. Always. Which is why at Oved & Oved we never forget that a large part of being a human being - is simply being human. In every department of our firm, on every assignment we undertake, we are motivated by one consistent goal - to understand our client's objectives and to work with each client as if we had no other. We seek to serve our clients as counselors in the broadest sense, offering strategic advice and formulating creative solutions in a timely and cost-effective fashion. To accomplish this, we immerse ourselves in a client's specific, immediate concerns while seeking a thorough understanding of the business and personal context in which these concerns arise. Our clients welcome this approach and value our creative spirit, solution-oriented approach and unwavering commitment to the highest professional standards. They have helped build our sterling reputation for insightful counseling, timely advice and constructive contributions to their business. Our part in earning that reputation has been founded on knowing our clients business, so you don't have to teach us about it.

We take pride in the fact that, unlike the way in which matters are handled at most law firms, our attorneys not only serve as the "relationship managers" for our clients, but also remain actively involved in performing the legal services our clients need. We are driven by a passion for getting our clients' business done, wherever that business takes them and providing legal services and expertise in a wide range of practices that are important to our clients.

Billing
We do not bill our clients for routine expenses that we consider our cost of doing business. These nonbillable expenses include routine telephone charges, copying, faxing, postal and word processing. We do bill, at our cost, for extraordinary expenditures such as conference calls and extensive long distance and international telephone charges, copying jobs, court filing fees, messenger and courier services and computerized legal research charges. When using third party services, we endeavor to work with the best quality, lowest priced vendors.

Professional Affiliations
We are privileged to be one of the few New York law firms that has been selected and approved for participation in the prestigious Association of the Bar of the City of New York's Lawyer Referral Service. In addition, members of our firm publish and lecture extensively on a wide range of legal topics. Articles by our members have appeared in the New York Law Journal as well as the New York State Bar Association Journal and other similar publications of interest. In addition, our attorneys serve as law professors at major universities as well as in various advisory capacities on industry and bar association councils, evaluating and commenting on proposed legislation and other issues affecting the financial and business aspects of our clients. In addition to being legal counsel to the American Nightlife Awards and the  Sephardic Voter's League, we are also members of the American Bar Association (ABA), New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) and American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). Our attorneys are admitted to practice before the State and Federal Courts of the State of New York, New Jersey, United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, as well as for the Second, Third, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth and Tenth Circuits, the Federal Circuit Court as well as the United States Supreme Court.