Complex Litigation

Although we are a litigation boutique, we have the resources and expertise to handle complex litigation with multiple parties and difficult issues. Our experience has been focused in a number of areas.

Insurance coverage

While we have handled a variety of relatively routine insurance coverage matters, we have extensive capabilities in the growing field of coverage disputes concerning environmental and toxic tort issues. We also render opinions on insurance coverage matters and handle declaratory judgment suits seeking judicial declaration of rights and responsibilities under insurance policies.

Toxic and Environmental Torts

We are experienced in handling complex cases in which a large number of plaintiffs claim to have been injured through the use of or exposure to our clients' products or facilities. Many of these cases involve multiple parties and high exposure catastrophic injuries including, electrical injuries, respiratory diseases and neurological/neurophyschological injuries.

We also represent numerous members of the welding rod industry in nationwide asbestos/toxic tort cases. We are responsible for pre-trial coordination and management, discovery and strategy in approximately 250 such cases pending across the country.

We have also successfully defended a number of suspected fraud cases, particularly those involving closed head/post traumatic injuries involving claimed cognitive, behavioral and psychological injuries.

Construction

We have tried cases involving virtually all aspects of a construction project, ranging from initial design to final completion, from pouring the foundation to affixing the roof. We have tried complex cases involving construction defects, negligent design and delayed completion. We have represented many of the area's largest contractors, construction managers, developers, owners, architects and engineers in industrial, commercial and residential settings.

Professional Liability

We have defended professionals ranging from lawyers and physicians to architects in malpractice and negligence matters. We have appeared on behalf of our clients not only in federal and state courts, but before licensing boards.

Commercial Litigation

Our expertise as trial lawyers extends to any number of areas. We have represented employers in termination disputes, parties in breach of contract cases, defendants in consumer fraud cases.