Our Firm is
predominantly engaged in litigation and related practice areas including administrative
proceedings and the use of alternative dispute resolution forums. The Firm's litigation practice
involves a wide variety of case types, including the following areas of emphasis:
Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
- Our Firm's personal injury practice focuses on cases involving
serious or catastrophic injury or death. Such cases include
injuries from burns, electric shock, head trauma, amputations, medical
malpractice, and numerous other injury events. Firm
attorneys have been involved in personal injury cases
in such diverse factual scenarios as auto, truck and
motorcycle cases, oil rig accidents, ski accidents,
premises liability, sexual abuse, fires and
explosions, product defects, aviation disasters, medical
malpractice and numerous other factual circumstances.
Products Liability - The Firm has handled
cases involving drugs, chemicals, paint, motorized and
non-motorized aircraft, firearms, medical devices,
food, recreational equipment, industrial equipment and numerous
other products.
Construction - The Firm's
construction practice involves the defense of claims
for home builders, commercial builders and sub-contractors.
Insurance - The Firm provides a wide
range of services to the insurance industry. The Firm provides
coverage advice and opinions, takes statements under oath, secures
policy releases, handles "bad faith" claims, and pursues
and defends coverage actions including declaratory judgment actions
and inter-carrier contribution and subrogation claims.
Professional Malpractice - The
Firm handles cases involving alleged medical malpractice, legal malpractice,
pharmacy liability and insurance agency liability.
Toxic Tort - The Firm handles toxic tort cases
involving pesticides,
solvents, asbestos, petroleum, carbon monoxide, radiation, and many
other toxic substances.
Environmental - The Firm
defends product manufacturers, property owners and
other defendants in both state and federal court and administrative
proceedings. Such cases are
often large, complex cases involving dozens or
hundreds of plaintiffs and entire subdivisions of
property owners. The Firm has also successfully pursued
environmental cost recovery claims.
Commercial
- The Firm represents a wide variety of corporate
and individual clients in commercial litigation. Cases include employment, contract disputes,
real estate and intellectual property. The Firm also counsels
commercial clients in non-litigation matters.
