Of course it is best to put preventative measures in place to protect your business interests and reduce the risk of disputes from arising. Nevertheless, during the life of your business, you may need to defend against a lawsuit or file a lawsuit to further your company’s interests.
There are a few key factors to consider when evaluating an attorney to represent your interests.
Keys for Selecting a Trial Attorney
- Subject matter expertise. Make sure the attorney you select has experience in the subject matter of your lawsuit. For example, you should not hire a personal injury attorney to represent you in a contract dispute. Our areas of expertise are listed below.
- Litigation experience with similar cases. You want someone who has tried similar cases because she can provide you with more accurate insights about the likelihood of winning and how best to navigate the litigation process.
- Communication skills. Work with an attorney who listens intently, explains arcane legal concepts in plain English, grasps the fundamentals of your business and the facts or your dispute, and, frankly, is comfortable communicating with you about the intimate details of your company’s business. You should be comfortable working with him.
- Credibility. Credibility is really a blend of all the factors above, but worth calling out separately. Your lawyer’s manner and style of communicating matters. When you consider attorneys for your California business case, ask yourself, who seems the most credible?
- Competitive confidence. Legal conflict doesn’t always offer a straight path to a positive conclusion. You want someone who will be as driven to succeed as you are, and creative enough to forge new paths to victory when initial paths are closed off.
Our Areas of Focus
Counseling: We regularly help clients avoid the burden and expense of litigation through creative business solutions and the use of alternative dispute resolution tools like mediation. We have represented plaintiffs and defendants in cases alleging breach of contract, fraud, unfair competition, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of warranty, fraudulent conveyance, interference with contract, interference with economic relationships and other business torts.
Corporate Governance and Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation: We take an integrated approach to all corporate governance matters and M&A transactions, including involving a litigator at the beginning of all such matters regardless of whether we represent a target company, an acquirer or shareholders.
Intellectual Property Litigation: We have experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in trademark, trade secret and copyright disputes in state and federal court, including opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board.
Securities Litigation: Our attorneys have experience representing individual and corporate defendants and plaintiffs in a variety of securities litigation matters. Those matters include law suits brought under the Securities Act of 1933 and the California Securities Act of 1968, shareholder derivative suits, mergers and acquisition litigation, contests for control of privately held corporations, and claims arising out of stock acquisitions and other corporate transactions.
Consumer Litigation: Our business litigation attorneys defend companies accused of violating false advertising, consumer protection, and unfair competition laws. The firm has also represented plaintiffs alleging similar claims against companies.
Consumer Regulatory & Privacy: We advise companies on all aspects of privacy and data security law, both in California and across the United States. Among many other matters, our business litigation attorneys have helped clients develop privacy and security policies, implement compliance programs, resolve complex e-commerce issues, protect trade secrets, devise appropriate legal responses to computer security breaches, and comply with federal and state anti-spam legislation.
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