Our Approach
Kudman Trachten Aloe Posner provides sophisticated legal counsel grounded in practical business judgment. We work closely with our clients to understand what is at stake, how their businesses operate, and what kind of strategy will actually serve them, not just on paper, but in practice.
KTAP traces its roots to 1986, when Stuart Kudman and Gary Trachten came together to build a law firm defined by close client attention, sound judgment, and high-level legal work. From the beginning, the firm’s focus was not simply to deliver legal answers, but to understand the client’s context, pressures, and objectives well enough to provide insightful counsel in moments that mattered.
In its early years, the firm built a strong foundation representing entrepreneurs and small and midsized businesses. Over time, that work expanded to include larger institutional and international clients seeking sophisticated counsel on transactions, litigation, restructuring, creditors’ rights, and day-to-day business matters. As the scale and complexity of the work grew, the firm retained the same operating model: direct engagement, practical thinking, and sophisticated legal counsel delivered without unnecessary institutional drag.
Today, with offices in New York and Florida, KTAP advises clients in complex commercial litigation, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, restructuring, employment, real estate, trusts and estates, white-collar defense, regulatory matters, and more. The firm remains defined by the same qualities on which it was built: close attention, strategic clarity, and legal counsel that is both sophisticated and practical.
Client-First
We put our clients’ needs, goals and protection at the center of everything we do.
Business acumen
We approach legal matters with a full understanding of business realities, financial and commercial implications.
Responsiveness & availability
We offer high-accessibility and personal attention, understanding that clients often need timely advice or action.
Excellence & integrity
Upholding the highest professional standards, whether in transactions, litigation or regulatory matters.
Our attorneys bring decades of experience across complex litigation, commercial transactions, government investigations, and regulatory matters. Clients turn to KTAP for seasoned judgment, practical strategy, and representation shaped by deep familiarity across numerous industries.
Our size allows matters to be handled by lean, partner-led teams that remain closely engaged from start to finish. Clients work directly with experienced attorneys who understand the importance of your matters to you and the stakes, with a focus on delivering clear direction and execution when it matters most.
KTAP’s work concentrates in a set of core practice areas.
Explore them below.
Advising on acquisitions, financings, entity formation, and ongoing business decisions where structure, ownership, and capital choices define long-term control and value.
Advising sophisticated pharmacies and other healthcare businesses on transactions, commercial relationships, and regulatory compliance in highly regulated markets.
Managing acquisitions, leasing, financings, and development matters where timing, structure, and alignment determine success.
Protecting and enforcing intellectual property that underpins brand value, creative work, and competitive advantage.
Advising institutions and businesses on AML, regulatory controls, and compliance frameworks before problems escalate.
Guiding clients through commercial disputes and enforcement actions that threaten leverage, reputation, or continuity.
Guiding businesses, owners, creditors, and opportunistic stakeholders through financial distress, restructuring, and contested recoveries.
Defending individuals and organizations under civil, criminal, or regulatory scrutiny at state and federal levels.
Defending healthcare providers and organizations facing fraud investigations, audits, and government inquiries.
Navigating employment disputes and negotiations where careers, restraints on competition and mobility, compensation, leadership roles, professional identity, and threats to the confidentiality of sensitive business information are at stake.
Planning and administering estates where long-term family, tax, and legacy considerations must hold together over time.