Commercial Litigation

Our work in commercial litigation began in 1974 with the antitrust dispute Memorex v. IBM. Since that time, our depth of experience in business litigation has given us an edge in understanding the emotional currents of a case as well as the technical and legal elements. Our case experience includes:

  • Antitrust
  • Construction
  • Contract disputes
  • Defamation
  • Eminent domain
  • Entertainment law
  • Environmental
  • Insurance coverage
  • Intellectual property
  • Lender liability
  • Libel and Defamation
  • Professional negligence
  • Real Estate
  • Securities
  • Wills, trusts, estates

Intellectual Property

We have a national practice in patent litigation as well as copyright and trade secret cases.

  • Copyright
  • Patent infringement and invalidity
  • Trade secrets
  • Trademark infringement

Criminal Defense

For over 30 years we have assisted counsel in a wide variety of criminal trials, including many of the nation’s most highly publicized cases in federal and state courts. We routinely combine our social science research methods with decades of expertise to assist criminal defense attorneys in a variety of cases, including:

  • Antitrust
  • Death penalty
  • DUI
  • Healthcare regulatory violations
  • Homicide
  • Money laundering
  • RICO
  • Securities fraud
  • Sexual abuse
  • Securities fraud
  • White-collar crime

Employment, Discrimination and Civil Rights

We have built a reputation for extensive experience and understanding of juror attitudes in cases involving workplace treatment, police misconduct, and civil rights, such as:

  • Age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual preference, pregnancy, disability and religious discrimination
  • Racial harassment
  • Sexual harassment
  • Wrongful discharge
  • Whistleblower
  • Police misconduct
  • Strip search
  • 1983 Actions

Personal Injury

We have a long history and commitment to working for plaintiffs in a variety of personal injury cases, including:

  • Asbestos and other toxic substances
  • FELA and Jones Act
  • Pharmaceutical products
  • Mass torts
  • Medical negligence
  • Motor vehicle collisions
  • Pharmaceutical products
  • Premises liability
  • Product liability
  • Professional negligence
  • Sexual assault and harassment
  • Tobacco
  • Toxic torts