Business Litigation

The Firm focuses its business litigation practice on complex financial-based disputes in the United States and abroad, in federal and state courts.

The Firm's mission as litigators is to provide strategic advice and direction to its clients, leading to successful resolutions of complex financial disputes. The Firm considers its lawyers to be advisors and counselors as well as advocates. If a pre-trial solution cannot be found, the Firm has highly skilled and experienced trial lawyers ready to represent clients before judges and juries. A number of the Firm's attorneys and paralegals are fluent in Spanish.

The Firm has represented, as plaintiffs and defendants, countries, states, corporations, and individuals before federal and state juries, trial courts, appellate courts, and arbitration panels. Its lawyers have represented clients nationwide, in almost every area of financial and commercial law, including contractual disputes, UCC, securities, antitrust, banking, real estate, partnership and joint venture disputes, fraud, lender liability, aviation, construction, intellectual property, employment, international arbitration, white collar criminal, First Amendment, probate, letters of credit, administrative law, and regulatory actions.

The Firm has also been engaged to prosecute and defend numerous business torts ranging from intentional interference with contractual relationships to defamation. It has obtained injunctions and defended actions to enjoin theft of trade secrets and unfair competition. It has prosecuted and defended actions for conversion, civil theft, unfair trade practices, antitrust, RICO, and many other statutory and common law torts.

Unparalleled Trial Experience

Professionals:
DeMaria, Joseph A.
Dorta, Matias R.
Gibbs, Kathy A.
Gonzalez, Maria P.
Halsey, Brett M.
McCauley, William T.
Rebak, Joseph L.
Schultz, Thomas G.
Shanzer, Regen J.
Tew, Jeffrey
Tew, Thomas
Thomson, Andrew B.
Vernace, Maria N.
West, Bryan