Crystal & Giannoni-Crystal LLC

Our firm -- “Lawyers for lawyers and international matters” -- is committed to offering personalized legal services to law firms and clients (both individuals and companies).

The extensive experience and the dedication of its members allow the firm to meet clients’ needs in the U.S. and internationally in a number of areas of the law.

Our services to lawyers and law firms include legal ethics advice and opinions; expert witness services in fee disputes, malpractice cases, and disqualification proceedings; representation in disciplinary cases; representation in disputes among lawyers; assistance to law firm general counsel; risk management; assistance in ethical investigations; cocounsel with plaintiff and defense counsel; and appellate counsel. Our services cover all substantive and procedural aspects of legal ethics and professional responsibility, including the attorney-client relationship (for example, reasonable fees and withdrawal); the duty of confidentiality, the attorney-client privilege, and the work product doctrine; conflicts of interests; limitations on zealous representation, including discovery matters; law firm issues, including departures from firms; advertising and related matters of business generation; and judicial conduct. We offer our services in a wide range of fields of law -- civil, criminal, and transactional -- including mass torts, family law, estate planning and administration, and real estate.

Our international and foreign law services include document drafting and review, contract negotiation and assistance in domestic and international business transactions; entity formation; international corporate issues; outside in-house counsel activities (including liaison with local counsel); opinion and advice on European privacy; litigation and transaction support services for clients and lawyers (such as taking of evidence abroad and international privileges and advice on discrete transactional issues); Italian law and EU law.

Our services include assistance of law firms and companies in e-discovery, data security, privacy and internet law. We also provide immigration services.

Multilingual services: Services offered in English, Italian, and Spanish. Document preparation and review in English, Italian, Spanish, French, German, and Portuguese.

We have offices in Charleston, SC New York, NY; Washington, DC, and Savannah, GA and are in alliance with other a number of firms. We also have long-lasting trustful relationships with foreign lawyers in several countries, so that we can serve the needs of our clients abroad.