Practice areas organized around serious disputes.
Commercial Litigation
Business-to-business disputes involving contracts, partnerships, business torts, fraud, supply and vendor issues, deal disputes, fiduciary claims, shareholder disputes, and other commercial conflicts.
Learn more → TechnicalEnvironmental Disputes
Environmental matters involving CERCLA, Superfund, contamination, natural resource damages, dioxane, PFAS and emerging contaminants, toxic tort, regulatory disputes, experts, and long factual records.
Learn more →Product Liability & Mass Tort
Defense of manufacturers and institutional clients in product liability, toxic tort, consumer class action, MDL, bellwether, and expert-heavy matters.
Learn more → GovernmentGovernment Investigations & Enforcement
Representation for companies, executives, and individuals facing government investigations, enforcement actions, internal reviews, and white collar exposure.
Learn more →Additional dispute capabilities.
Not every capability needs to become a top-level practice. These areas support the firm’s litigation bench and often overlap with the core practices above.
Securities Litigation
Public-company, shareholder, M&A, securities class action, fiduciary, and related commercial disputes.
Bankruptcy & Creditor Rights
Chapter 11, creditor representation, priority disputes, avoidance actions, restructuring-related litigation, and commercial disputes in bankruptcy context.
Appellate
Federal and state appeals, dispositive motion strategy, preservation, amicus briefing, en banc petitions, and Supreme Court cert practice.
Class Actions
Consumer, product, securities, and mass-tort class action defense, including certification strategy, discovery, expert work, and settlement positioning.
Insurance Recovery
Coverage and recovery disputes involving environmental, mass-tort, commercial, and energy-related losses.
Employment, Non-Compete & Trade Secret Disputes
Restrictive covenant, executive movement, confidentiality, and trade secret matters where business continuity and evidence control matter.
Experience that crosses categories.
- Dow, Union Carbide, and chemical-sector environmental and toxic tort matters.
- Community Health Systems securities and M&A litigation.
- Briggs & Stratton nationwide consumer class actions.
- Osram Sylvania enforceability dispute and fee award.
- Tower Automotive bankruptcy and trial settlement.
- BP Deepwater Horizon-related matters.