Business Disputes
This practice area has the following sub practice areas:
- Contracts Disputes
- Subrogation
- Collections
- Commercial Real Estate Disputes
As a litigation firm, Kiernan Trebach is experienced in handling many types of business disputes, including contracts issues, subrogation claims, collections, and commercial real estate disputes. We represent insurers and businesses almost exclusively. Especially when representing small businesses, we are especially mindful of the impacts of litigation on ongoing operations.
Our success in handling business disputes derives from our knowledge and experience in the courtroom and our devotion to our business clients’ needs. Our business litigation and trial service is designed to work closely with our clients in all aspects of the claims and litigation process, including strategy, budgeting, risk analysis, and resource allocation.
Our attorneys are adept at developing strategies, negotiating, litigating, engaging in alternative dispute resolution, and advocating for business clients in these areas:
- Shareholder disputes
- Employment discrimination and employment contract disputes
- Buy-outs, acquisition and merger issues
- Commercial landlord-tenant matters and lease negotiations
- Real property title disputes
- Collections
- General contract disputes
- Commercial and vendor contracts
- Partnership and closely-held corporation issues
- Business regulation
- Real estate development and project disputes
- Project finance litigation
- Corporate governance
- Broker/dealer issues
- Franchisor/franchisee disputes
- Non-competition covenants
- Computer fraud
- Privacy issues
- Unfair competition claims
- Good faith and fair dealing claims
- Intellectual property including trade secrets, trademark and trade regulation
- Land use
- Civil rights
- Construction
- Loan workout and bankruptcy issues
- Bank counsel on commercial transactions
- Environmental issues
- Financial/banking disputes
- State and federal whistleblower claims
Our experience includes counseling and representation during all stages of an existing or potential dispute ranging from pre-suit investigation through formal filing and appeal. We have regularly appeared in most state and federal courts, as well as before state and federal administrative agencies and proceedings, arbitrations and mediations.
The hallmark to our successful business litigation is our pragmatic, focused, and no nonsense approach to trial preparation and advocacy. It is an approach which incorporates the specific client’s objectives, interests, and circumstances with a thought-out and cooperative litigation strategy designed to achieve success in the shortest time with minimal disruptions to your business.
We are dedicated to providing favorable results in an efficient manner.
Recent Case Examples:
- Prosecution of enforcement actions and subsequent settlements relating to employee/executive non-competition and non-solicitation agreements.
- Litigation and trial of commercial and contract dispute involving a restaurant and its owners.
- Resolution of real estate industry dispute concerning home staging business enterprise.
- Multiple litigation projects and settlements of claims involving home and commercial construction contracts.
- Successful defense of breach of contract and fraud claims at arbitration.
For more information, please contact any of the practice members referenced in the Attorney Listing. For the “Practice Area” Business Disputes (https://www.kiernantrebach.com/attorneys/)
