Practice Areas

Subrogation
Commerical Litigation
Professional Liability
Insurance Coverage and Defense
Employment Practice

SUBROGATION

A significant percentage of the cases we handle involve subrogation and loss recovery. Our subrogation attorneys have one goal: to increase the amount of subrogation recovery dollars for our clients. We have recovered millions of dollars for numerous large and small insurance carriers and self-insureds. Our primary focus is property losses arising from fire, explosion, construction, product defects, transportation and natural disasters. We prosecute cases in federal and state courts throughout the United States.

Subrogation Programs and Services
We are proud to have national and regional subrogation recovery programs with several major insurance carriers. The programs allow us to provide our clients with early and accurate investigation and analysis of losses, including the retention and direction of experts, on-site examinations, retention of evidence and notification of potential defendants.

However, in additions to our recovery programs, we provide representation on a "case-by-case" basis and review older files to determine if claims that were previously closed have subrogation potential. We also can assist you in implementing subrogation programs within your company and provide the necessary training for a successful program. In fact, our attorneys are frequently called upon to give seminars in varying technical and legal aspects of the subrogation process to improve a company's overall recovery effort.

Prompt Investigation
We strongly believe that a case can be won or lost in the hours after a loss occurs. Therefore, prompt recognition of, and action on subrogation potential are tantamount to maximizing your recovery dollars. To this end, we are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to provide immediate investigations and coordination of experts, especially on catastrophic losses. We also maintain a complete database of cause and origin and forensic experts. Many of these experts we have either used in the past or have been adverse to our clients so we are aware of their skills, abilities and specialties.

The attorneys handling the subrogation cases at the firm have substantial experience investigating and prosecuting subrogation cases, having handled hundreds of subrogation losses and recovering millions of dollars for our clients. The attorneys have a thorough understanding of the practical, technical and legal issues that arise in subrogation cases and can therefore aggressively prosecute each case, generally to a successful recovery. We are proud of our success in obtaining significant recoveries through negotiated settlements, arbitration and mediation, as well as the several "million-dollar plus" verdicts that we have obtained. Our firm is also a charter member of the National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP).

Nationwide Subrogation
Our attorneys have subrogation recovery experience in every state in the country. In addition to our nationwide expert database, we maintain a database of local attorneys throughout the nation. These are local attorneys that we know and have worked with successfully in the past. By retaining us as your subrogation counsel, you can be confident that you have the most experienced subrogation counsel, without the worry of finding the right local attorney. This is especially useful in situations where a jurisdiction may only have "defense" attorneys that do not have the perspective to make a successful subrogation recovery.

Flexible Fees and Cost Structures
Our Firm offers subrogation clients flexible fee structures including contingent, hourly and mixed hourly/contingent fees. We also do not charge our subrogation clients for "operational costs" that the majority of other subrogation firms charge. These include telephone, normal copying, and messenger/delivery charges. And for the expenses that are necessary for a case, such as travel, consultants, depositions, etc., we do our best to use the best quality and cheapest alternatives for our clients.

Our subrogation attorneys would welcome the opportunity to meet with you and further discuss how we can increase your subrogation recoveries through a "recovery program" or on a case-by-case basis.    Back To Top

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

Our Firm provides litigation services to both domestic and foreign clients, including individuals, partnerships and private and public corporations. The Firm has successfully handled numerous commercial litigation cases representing these clients in the formation and breach of contracts, Uniform Commercial Code disputes and breach of warranties.

The Firm's attorneys actively represent clients as both plaintiffs and defendants in a broad range of business torts including: tortious interference with contractual relationships, unfair competition claims, misappropriation of trade secretes and other confidential information, trade libel, intentional interference with prospective business advantage and fraud.

A notable example of the Firm's achievements and success in commercial litigation includes the successful defense and award of a million dollar counter-claim verdict in a week long arbitration in New York of an international commercial dispute. Our firm represented a South American company that defeated a $6,000,000.00 claim against it by a United States company and won $1,000,000.00 on a counter-claim before three arbitrators from three different countries.    Back To Top

PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY

Our Firm is involved in the representation of professionals in a variety of disciplines in cases throughout the country. The disciplines include:

-Agent and broker error and omission claims
-Attorney malpractice claims
-Architect and engineer liability claims
-Director and officer
-Insurance executives liability claims
-Medical malpractice claims
-Municipalities liability claims
-Real estate broker and agent claims
-School and educator liability claims    Back To Top

INSURANCE COVERAGE AND DEFENSE

Our Firm is experienced in the defense of personal injury and property damage claims involving construction, products, commercial premises, personal line and homeowner’s claims and equipment and machinery claims.

Our Firm also provides coverage analysis, loss counseling and defense of insurers for first-party and third-party claims. Our attorneys have successfully handled matters involving all-risk, property and business interruption coverages, arson, bad faith, fraud, inter-company disputes, inland marine, and transportation.    Back To Top

EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE

Our Firm has litigation experience, defending corporations, large and small, police departments, school districts, counties, municipalities, housing authorities and other public entities against a full range of employment claims including:

-Age, race, gender and disability discrimination
-American with Disabilities Act claims
-Age Discrimination in Employment Act claims
-Defamation
-ERISA claims
-Invasion of privacy
-Non-competition agreements
-Section 1983 claims
-Sexual harassment
-Title VII claims
-Whistle blower claims
-Wrongful discharge claims    Back To Top