• Commercial Litigation

Business disputes happen. They can take many forms, including:

• Someone might accuse a member, shareholder, or manager of your company of using his/her position for personal gain.
• A former employee might steal your trade secrets or walk away with your confidential information and take these to a competitor.
• A franchisor might accuse you, the franchisee, of violating your franchise agreement.
• A franchisee might accuse you, the franchisor, of violating state registration and disclosure laws.

We have dealt with many different business disputes, including:

• Corporate shareholder disputes
• Breach of contract
• Unfair competition
• Unauthorized use of trade secrets
• Violations of non-compete provisions
• Antitrust
• Commercial fraud
• Tortious interference with contract
• Franchising issues

If you find your company in any stage of a dispute, you’ll need an experienced and dedicated law firm that will both know how to win, but also work to understand your business. We will work to understand the importance of every step of your case. We will strive to gain every advantage and win battles at each juncture, from the initial filing of documents through discovery and trial. We have have battled big and medium-sized law firms in high-stakes litigation. Our strategies, meticulous preparation, and ultimately, our victories have led to successful outcomes for our clients.

• Consumer Financial Services Litigation

  Our firm stands ready to assist you with any consumer financial services litigation matters, including servicing issues, loan officer and application poaching matters, TRID liability questions, private fair lending lawsuits, and any other potential or actual litigation issues.

• Loan Repurchase Defense

  Our firm has successfully resolved a multitude of mortgage loan repurchase and litigation cases that involve complex mortgage fraud schemes, as well as large-scale repurchase and/or make-whole disputes. We successfully navigate the legal issues that arise during and through loan originations, loan purchase sales, loan securitizations, foreclosures, bankruptcy actions, and repurchase and indemnification claims.

• Partnership Disputes

  Business partnerships, much like marriages, can hit rough patches. Sometimes, business partners develop irreconcilable differences on a wide range of issues, from how to run the business, who to pay and how much, and how much and what kind of work each partner should do.

  Partnership disputes can happen when, for example:
  • Business owners strongly disagree on how to interpret their partnership, shareholder, or operating agreements.
  • Minority partners believe that majority partners are being unfair or treating them unfairly.
  • A managing partner is careless or negligent, acts in their personal best interest instead of the best interest of the company, or violate their legal and ethical obligations.

  If you and your business partner or partners need help with an amicable solution, need a court or arbitrator to resolve your differences, or want to end your business relationship, we can help. Our litigation partner David Ross has decades of experience dealing with all manners of partnership disputes.