Civil Litigation

From lost profits to receiverships to injunctions to specific performance to an array of consequential damages claims, we are prepared to creatively and persuasively present and defend claims based on these theories. In the cases we have tried, we have worked with a great many expert witnesses from numerous professional disciplines and are skilled at distilling sometimes complex business and transactional subject matters so that they are easily understood by juries.

Breach of Contract

The fundamental type of dispute involved is, one way or another, the classic breach of contract or agreement, with its many permutations. We have prosecuted and defended this type of claim, from the simple to the complex, in virtually every business context: manufacturing, distribution, communications, high tech, services, real estate, etc.

Business Torts

We handle a variety of business torts claims, including negligent misrepresentation, fraud, concealment, conversion, breach of fiduciary duty, and interference with contractual and economic relations. Class Actions Class actions are an increasingly popular mechanism for courts to use when classes of individuals have been injured or aggrieved in a similar manner.

Construction Disputes

We have substantial expertise in preparing, presenting and defending construction disputes involving liability for defective design, delay and disruption claims, terminations for default, interference claims, backcharges, change orders, bidding and award disputes, protests, labor, lost productivity, cost escalation, construction failures, warranties, insurance claims, and mechanics' liens. Financial. We have handled all of the various types of litigation in which banks and other financial institutions may become involved, both as plaintiffs and as defendants, including numerous lender liability cases.

Real Estate Litigation

We represent buyers, sellers, developers, landlords, tenants and owners in a wide variety of real estate disputes such as fraud committed in connection with sale of real property, breach of the purchase agreement, quit title actions, specific performance, etc.

Securities Litigation

We are involved regularly in litigation involving securities disclosure issues and in securities arbitrations involving individual investors. Corporate governance, shareholder derivative and similar actions for publicly held companies and valuation and related claims for closely held businesses are also areas in which we have been actively involved.

Intellectual Property Litigation

Our intellectual property litigation practice covers a wide variety of issues, including trademark, copyright, and patent infringement and enforcement actions.

Insurance Litigation

On behalf of individuals and businesses, we prosecute insurance bad faith cases, litigate insurance coverage issues and failure to pay claims and breach of insurance contract matters.

We also defend businesses in insurance matters. Often times an insurance carrier will conduct an audit of a client's and payroll records and thereafter send the client a bill for additional premiums. We have been very successful in defending businesses in these types of matters by reducing and sometimes eliminating such claims.