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General litigation that handles your business disputes head-on, from contract claims and business torts to partnership breakups, with technically fluent lawyers who learn your operation fast and argue it persuasively.

Business disputes rarely arrive neatly labeled. One day it's a supplier walking away from a contract, the next it's a co-founder fight or a tort claim that threatens your reputation. Our general litigation practice meets that variety with adaptable advocates who get up to speed on your facts, your industry, and your goals, then build a strategy aimed at resolving the dispute on terms you can live with.

Contract Claims And Remedies

Most commercial fights start with an agreement someone says was broken. We litigate breach of contract claims and interpretation disputes from both sides of the table, pinning down what the language actually requires and what the parties did. Depending on your position, we pursue or defend against money damages, specific performance, and rescission, and we keep the cost-to-recovery math front and center so the remedy is worth the fight.

Business Torts And Partnership Fights

When a dispute turns on conduct rather than a signed document, the claims get sharper: fraud, interference with contracts or prospective business, breach of fiduciary duty, and unfair competition. Partnership and shareholder disputes add the friction of people who used to trust each other. We handle these with an eye on both the courtroom record and the relationships, structuring the case to give you leverage whether you ultimately settle or try it.

Built For Technical Disputes

Our attorneys came out of software engineering before they practiced law, so disputes that hinge on how a product, system, or data flow actually works do not slow us down. That background lets us cut through expert posturing, frame complicated facts in plain terms a judge or jury can follow, and avoid the translation tax that trips up generalist litigators when the subject matter gets technical.

Frequently asked questions

Commercial litigation covers disputes that come out of business relationships: breach of contract, business torts, partnership and ownership fights, corporate governance disputes, real estate conflicts, and unfair competition claims. Handling it well takes both the legal side and a real grasp of how your business actually operates. The business context often shapes the strategy as much as the law does.

Weigh how strong your claims or defenses are, what you could win or lose, and what the litigation will cost in money and time. Then factor in the business relationships involved, whether the outcome sets a precedent for other disputes, how much it will distract management, and whether insurance covers any of it. An early case assessment puts real numbers and odds behind that decision instead of guesswork.

ADR is resolving a dispute outside the courtroom. The main forms are mediation, where a neutral helps the parties reach a settlement, and arbitration, where a neutral hears the case and issues a binding decision, plus hybrids like med-arb. ADR can be cheaper and faster than court and can help preserve a relationship you want to keep.

Often yes. A demand letter is useful when you want to create a record, trigger an insurer's duty to defend, satisfy a contract's notice requirement, or try to resolve things before paying for litigation. Just write it carefully, because the letter can lock in your positions and a careless one can hand the other side admissions you'd rather not make.

Look at experience with your type of dispute, actual trial experience, familiarity with the relevant court and judges, how the matter would be staffed, the fee structure, and how the lawyers communicate. The right choice depends on how complex and valuable the case is and what you're trying to accomplish. A bet-the-company case and a routine contract dispute call for different fits.

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