General Litigation

 
This practice area has the following sub practice areas:

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Mediation Services
  • Mediation
  • Arbitration
  • Mock Jury Trials & Focus Groups
  • Trials
  • Appeals
  • Trial Monitoring

Navigating the complex landscape of general liability claims and litigation requires more than just legal expertise – it demands a strategic partner who understands the unique challenges facing individuals, private sector businesses, municipalities, non-profit entities and others.  At Kiernan Trebach, our General Liability Practice goes beyond conventional representation and provides skilled and experienced practitioners with a proven track record of success and valued client relationships.

Kiernan Trebach works with numerous businesses, public entities, non-profits, entrepreneurs, and executives in a wide range of business disputes and issues, from complex, national disputes to local and individual claims. We represent insurers and businesses almost exclusively. As a litigation-focused firm, Kiernan Trebach frequently handles matters that may not fall neatly within the other Practice Areas listed on our website. When representing small businesses, we are especially mindful of the impacts of litigation on ongoing operations.

Why Choose Us?

  • Strategic Counsel for Every Industry and Organizations: Our team approaches your legal challenges from diverse perspectives and backgrounds, equipped with a wide array of skills and experience to provide unparalleled strategic counsel.
  • Proactive Defense: As seasoned General Liability defense lawyers, we excel in accurately identifying legal issues and crafting innovative, cost-conscious strategies. We are problem solvers and strategic solution developers.
    • Consumer Protection Defense- our clients include national brands and providers of products and services in a wide array of industries, as well as smaller businesses and organizations. Given our breadth of experience, Kiernan Trebach can quickly identify and defend unique consumer protection challenges.
  • Comprehensive Approach: We delve deep into the legal landscape, combining a profound understanding of the law with insights into your industry. Our holistic approach to our clients’ problems focuses on the legal challenges and practical business considerations in managing risks and exposures.
  • Client-Centric Collaboration: We strive to build lasting partnerships with our clients. Our lawyers invest time to understand your company’s or organization’s legal, financial, and business interests to create customized, efficient and effective solutions to your General Liability matters.
  • Trial Experts: With extensive experience in state and federal courts, our trial lawyers have a proven track record of success before judges and juries.

Our success derives from both our knowledge and ability in the courtroom and our devotion to our business clients’ needs. Our business litigation and trial service is designed to work closely with our business clients in all aspects of the 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:

  • Bank counsel on commercial transactions
  • Broker/dealer issues
  • Business regulation
  • Buy-outs, acquisition and merger issues
  • Civil rights
  • Collections
  • Commercial landlord-tenant matters
  • Commercial and vendor contracts
  • Computer fraud
  • Construction
  • Consumer protection defense
  • Corporate governance
  • Employment contract disputes
  • Employment discrimination 
  • Environmental issues
  • Financial/Banking Disputes

  • Franchisor/Franchisee Disputes
  • General contract disputes
  • Good faith and fair dealing claims
  • Intellectual property including trade secrets, trademark and trade regulation
  • Lease negotiations
  • Land use
  • Loan workout and bankruptcy issues
  • Non-competition covenants
  • Partnership and closely-held corporation issues
  • Privacy issues
  • Real estate development and project disputes
  • Real property title disputes
  • Shareholder disputes
  • State and federal whistleblower claims
  • Unfair competition claims

KT’s 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.

Consumer protection laws and regulations impact all areas of business. Kiernan Trebach has the skills to defend a wide array of these types of claims including:

  • Defending companies, organizations, and individuals confronted with investigations by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and state attorneys general 
  • Defending companies, organizations, and individuals in consumer class action litigation
  • Counseling companies, organizations, and individuals facing regulatory compliance 

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) mechanisms such as mediation and arbitration provide an opportunity to protect our clients while also reducing their costs and exposures. While Kiernan Trebach’s serve as counsel in a multitude of mediation and arbitration proceedings, we also plan for solutions before a dispute arises, including drafting mediation, arbitration, and ADR clauses.

If pursuing ADR is a desired approach for our clients, our dedicated attorneys know how to seamlessly navigate the entire ADR journey: from selecting the right arbitrators or mediators to passionately advocating our clients’ interests and preparing resolution agreements. Notably, some of our accomplished attorneys also serve as mediators, arbitrators, and neutral advisors, extending our commitment to resolving a spectrum of disputes, from medical malpractice injuries to intricate transportation conflicts and a variety of other claims. 

For more information, please contact any of the practice members referenced in the Attorney Listing. For the “Practice Area” General litigation (https://www.kiernantrebach.com/attorneys/)