In today's legal environment, matching your needs with the correct firm is crucial to the successful outcome of your legal matters. As an informed consumer of legal services, you need to be sure that the firm you select is in fact qualified to handle the matter at hand.

To that end, what follows is a brief description of the type of matters we successfully handle. We have made a solid commitment to these areas of the law so that we can assure you the best possible legal representation.

Mass Tort Litigation —Our firm represents injured victims, either individually or as a class, in litigation involving injuries caused by negligence, defective products, or the exposure to toxic and dangerous products. Our mass tort litigation experience includes cases against tobacco companies and the manufacturers of such products as the Dalcon Shield, breast implants, Fen-Phen, Rezulin, Vioxx, Meridia, and Immotrex.

Admiralty & Maritime Law —Our firm represents clients in legal issues relating to the sea including shipping, marine cargo, and workers injured at sea, on navigable waters, or while working in harbor. We also represent clients in contract negotiations for shipping cargo and in resolving issues that result from performance of those contracts and have extensive expertise in the requirements of the Jones Act and the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.

Business Organizations —The form of business chosen for a business entity potentially affects every aspect of its operations. Our firm assists clients in formation and business planning in deciding whether they want to operate as a closely held business, limited liability company, partnership, or corporation. We advise our clients about directors’ and officers’ liability, dissolution, franchising, reorganization, trade association membership and activity, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, business successions, and shareholders’ rights.

Class Action —A class action is a lawsuit in which a representative sues on behalf of a large group in which individual members share a common claim or injury. Class actions may involve issues of fraud, discrimination, or large-scale claims of injury as a result of a defective product. A class action lawsuit is a complex area of litigation involving issues of procedure, notice, and jurisdiction.

Consumer Litigation —We represent consumers, including classes of consumers, in matters in which those persons have been damaged as the result of violations of state or federal laws or other wrongful acts.

Contracts —Our firm has experience in contract disputes, whether commercial or private, involving sale and purchase contracts, business agreements, warranties, leases, real estate contracts, and employment contracts.

Environmental Law —Environmental law is a combination of state and Federal statutes and regulations, local ordinances, and case law governing clean air practice, water pollution, hazardous and solid waste, wetlands, and wild lands. Our firm assists clients obtain required permits and comply with regulations and auditing principles to protect them from violations and penalties; advise them on hazardous waste, cleanup, and Superfund issues; and represents individuals and organizations in bringing actions where they believe a violation has occurred.

Litigation and Appeals — We represent and advise clients who are or may become involved in a lawsuit or appeal as a result of a dispute, including prevention and settlement, in such areas as mass tort litigation, consumer litigation, antitrust & trade regulation, environmental law, contract disputes, personal injury, and securities litigation.

Personal Injury —Our firm represents individuals involved in controversies alleging a wrong or damage to another’s person, rights, reputation, or property resulting from events or activities such as medical malpractice, motor vehicle accidents, defective products, professional malpractice, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, exposure to toxic or dangerous substances, infliction of emotional distress, intentional misconduct, and negligence.

• Medical Malpractice —Our firm can help clients determine whether or not medical malpractice has occurred when you or someone you love is injured as a result of negligence or misconduct of individuals in the medical field. We can also help you with questions about and disputes with health care benefits, health insurers, and health providers.
  
• Motor Vehicle Accidents —Many personal injuries result from motor vehicle accidents. Motor vehicle accidents may involve negligence on the part of drivers, including drunk driving and reckless behavior. If you are injured in a motor vehicle accident, our firm can assist you in receiving compensation for your injuries, lost wages, and other damages.
  
• Products Liability —Our firm has years of experience in representing individuals who have been injured as a result of an unsafe product that was designed, manufactured, sold, and/or furnished by a person or company. We assist those injured individuals in bringing their claims and being fairly compensated for their injuries. Our firm has represented individuals injured by asbestos, apparel, alcoholic beverages, firearms, food and agricultural products, machinery and tools, medical products and devices, motor vehicles, pharmaceutical products, recreational products, and tobacco.
  
• Professional Malpractice Law —Our lawyers are experienced in professional malpractice law and can help clients determine whether or not malpractice has occurred where someone or something is injured as a result of negligence or misconduct of individuals in the dental, legal, medical, and other professional fields.
  
• Sexual Abuse/Harassment —Our firm represents the families and the victims of sexual abuse and sexual harassment inflicted by members of the clergy, principals, teachers, employers, co-workers, doctors, and other professionals.
  
• Toxic Torts —Our firm has extensive experience in representing individuals who have been injured by exposure to toxic and other dangerous substances, forms of energy, and devices, including asbestos, chemicals and cosmetics, hazardous waste, medical products and devices, pesticides, pharmaceutical products, radiation and electromagnetic energy, and tobacco. We represent clients in recovering money damages for medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, and punitive damages, where appropriate, individually or as part of a class action.