Our team of litigators has successfully represented its business and government clients in virtually every type of civil dispute—from zoning and land use to trade secret theft and unfair competition. Our litigation team represents clients large and small, private and public, in arbitration, before administrative tribunals and regulatory investigators, and in state and federal trial and appellate courts throughout Michigan. Many of our clients turn to us to pursue cases that other firms handled previously, including appeals. Given our wealth of experience practicing in these all of these venues, we are also routinely retained as local counsel by out of state clients and their attorneys who seek expert counsel on applicable Michigan law, local court procedure and best practices before specific judges here in southeast Michigan.
We have extensive experience in the following business and commercial litigation areas:
- Business torts and unfair competition;
- Contract, insurance, and employment disputes;
- Commercial and Residential property disputes;
- Land use and zoning;
- Business ownership and management conflicts;
- Commercial collections;
- Commercial landlord-tenant and lease disputes; and
- Intellectual property and trade secret claims.
Our litigation team is mindful that litigation consumes client time and impacts the bottom line. While litigation often involves managing many uncertain variables, our team strives to manage costs predictably and ensure our time and our client’s time is spent efficiently and productively. Through experience, we have found that aggressively proactive litigation strategies produce the best results, such as early dismissals, favorable settlements, and winning verdicts and awards. To this end, throughout litigation, we explore with clients the benefits and risks of various cost-effective strategies, such as early mediation, aggressive pretrial motions to narrow claims, and use of alternative fee arrangements. Moreover, while only a small percentage of cases are eventually tried, we prepare our clients and our litigation strategies as if trial is certain. Time and time again, this preparation enables us to achieve the best results at trial or the most favorable settlements from opposing parties who understand that we are well prepared for, and are not afraid of trial.
Our relationships with our clients is not limited to the courtroom, we also provide counsel on ways to prevent and avoid future liability and litigation and, best practices for recordkeeping should future litigation arise.