Practice Area

Commercial disputes distract from, and potentially can derail, the core mission of a business. Sophisticated owners and executives expect legal counsel to provide the shortest and most efficient path to resolution, while keeping their business interests at the forefront.

SLG provides a full range of counseling and litigation services to clients at a competitive cost. Our lawyers represent clients in a variety of sophisticated commercial litigation matters in areas such as:

• Shareholder disputes
• Partnership disputes
• Directors and officers liability
• Injunction actions and other special lawsuits requiring immediate relief
• Construction defects litigation
• Commercial contract litigation
• Lender liability litigation
• Real estate and title insurance litigation
• Professional liability litigation

The members of our Commercial Litigation Group have practiced in state, federal and private forums. Our team includes accomplished litigators, trial lawyers, and appellate advocates.

• Alternative Dispute Resolution

When disputes are resolved outside of a courtroom, SLG is there to work with clients on all aspects of alternative dispute resolution. The experience we can offer includes a broad range of dispute resolution techniques:

• Mini-trials
• Summary jury trials
• High-low agreements
• “Baseball” agreements
• Structured mediation
• Early neutral evaluation
• Facilitated negotiation
• Confidential listener services

We assist clients as advocates in ADR forums, as counselors in selecting ADR professionals and processes geared favorably toward particular client needs, and as arbitrators and mediators in specialized fields.