Our Practice Areas
Commercial Litigation, Business and Corporate Law
The firm offers a broad variety of legal services ranging from the formation of traditional corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies to the evaluation and negotiation of contracts, project management, and the resolution of business disputes both in and out of the courtroom. The firm's lawyers have extensive experience in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, as well as has experience with due diligence investigations, business creation, valuation, merger and acquisitions and other corporate transactions. Representative clients include national real estate developers, construction firms, law firms, retailers, service businesses, manufacturers and distributors.
Banking and Financial Institution
The firm represents a large number of community, regional and national financial institutions in both transactional and litigation matters. The firm regularly handles complex commercial and residential real estate loans and other secured transactions from inception through closing. In addition, the firm's litigators are experienced in such matters as lender liability, asset recovery, loan workouts, collection actions, levies, garnishments, foreclosures, and a variety of bankruptcy matters. Representative clients include national and community banks.
Insurance Defense
The firm provides litigation support on matters including general liability, premises liability, property damage, environmental claims, construction defects and injuries, errors and omissions, insurance coverage disputes, wrongful death, shopkeeper liability, automobile accident claims and title insurance defense. The firm is also known for its diligent collections work and workers compensation defense. Representative clients include a range of insurance companies.
Employment Law
The firm has significant experience in a diverse array of employment matters including Title VII discrimination defense, sexual harassment, breach of contract, ERISA compliance and employment contract negotiation. The firm offers assistance in the development and establishment of employment policies and procedures for financial institutions, universities and corporate clients. Representative clients include universities, life insurance companies, corporations, and exempt organizations.
Construction Law
The firm has broad experience in handling all phases of the construction process, from the preparation and evaluation of bid packages and requests for proposals to contract negotiation, drafting and review. When it becomes necessary to assert or defend claims at a formal level, the firm has vast experience in all aspects of dispute resolution from mediation to arbitration to litigation. Representative clients include real estate developers, design professionals, school districts, general contractors, sureties, subcontractors, suppliers and manufacturers.
Government, Municipal and Public Sector Representation
The firm's lawyers have represented several governmental entities and public agencies in a diverse array of litigation and non-litigation matters, including civil rights actions, contract disputes, bid protests, general liability actions and employment disputes for various town, city and county agencies as well as for several non-profit organizations. Its attorneys have also served as bond counsel and have offered advice with respect to public and municipal finance, commercial, banking and real estate transactions. Representative clients include state and municipal agencies.
Products Liability
The lawyers of the products liability group have served a broad array of industries, including automobile manufacturers, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, and manufacturers and distributors of consumer and industrial products on local, regional and national levels, including many representatives of the Fortune 500. Our lawyers have extensive trial experience and experience litigating Daubert and statutory pre-emption issues in matters ranging from single-plaintiff cases to state-wide and regional representation and case-management in mass tort litigation.