Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Appellate, Arbitration & ADR, Contract Litigation, Corporate Governance & Breach of Fiduciary Duty Litigation, Business Disputes & Commercial Litigation.
Selected Client Representations
Business & Shareholder Disputes
- Represented former members of a boutique investment advisory and venture development firm in complex litigation involving alleged breaches of contract, fiduciary duty, and earn-out obligations arising from multiple M&A and success-fee transactions.
- Defended emerging-growth hospitality startup in pre-litigation dispute with a terminated contractor alleging breach of consulting and equity-grant agreements, while asserting counterclaims and issuing cease-and-desist correspondence for trade-secret misappropriation and employee solicitation.
- Advised hospitality technology company in internal investigation and pre-litigation response to former consultant’s demands for unpaid fees and stock, coordinating issuance of cease-and-desist correspondence following discovery of attempted employee solicitation and access to confidential data.
- Defended hospitality technology company in shareholder litigation challenging reverse stock split and recapitalization. Represented a venture-backed hospitality platform and its board of directors in connection with minority-shareholder claims arising from a Delaware reverse-stock-split and related charter amendments.
- Represented Web3 company in founder dispute and post-divorce confidentiality breach. Advised a blockchain technology company in connection with a co-founder separation arising from a business divorce and subsequent violations of contractual confidentiality obligations. Coordinated corporate governance strategy, negotiated protective measures for proprietary code and investor communications, and pursued enforcement of confidentiality covenants.
- Represented Web3 development company in cross-border dispute involving collaboration and grant agreements. Acted for a technology developer in a complex post-execution dispute under international blockchain collaboration and grant-funding agreements. The matter involved milestone-based token compensation, confidentiality and non-disparagement obligations, and competing claims over intellectual-property ownership and marketing rights. Advised on cross-jurisdictional enforcement strategy, breach-of-contract defenses, and arbitration procedures under leading international rules.
- Represented multiple investor groups in rescission of convertible-security investments across several issuers.
Advised early-stage investors in multiple transactions seeking rescission of their convertible instruments following material changes to the issuer’s capitalization and disclosure structure. Advised on contractual and statutory rescission rights, securities-law implications, and settlement strategy to recover invested funds and release ongoing conversion obligations.
Estate & Trust Litigation
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- Represented beneficiary in complex estate and trust litigation involving fiduciary misconduct and asset mismanagement.
- Represented four family beneficiaries in complex estate and trust litigation involving fiduciary misconduct and disputed asset transfers. Acted for multiple beneficiaries in coordinated litigation asserting claims for breach of fiduciary duty, failure to account, and misappropriation of trust and estate assets.
Personal Injury & Insurance
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- Represented insured parties and claimants in auto-accident matters resulting in policy-limit settlements.
Advised clients in personal-injury and property-damage claims involving multiple carriers and coverage layers. Negotiated policy-limit recoveries through coordinated settlement strategy, coverage-position analysis, and mediation with insurers, achieving full exhaustion of applicable liability limits without protracted litigation.
During law school
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Environmental Law Clinic
Worked with the Environmental Law Clinic on cases asserting violations of Article I, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution (Environmental Rights Amendment) and federal environmental laws. Assisted in legal research, brief drafting, and enforcement actions addressing pollution and regulatory noncompliance.
Ohio County Prosecuting Office
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Served with the Ohio County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. Supported assistant prosecutors in preparing criminal cases in court, including DUI, domestic-violence, theft, and narcotics matters. Drafted motions, conducted legal research, and assisted with evidentiary review.
US Attorney’s Office, Northern District of WV
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Served with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of West Virginia – Criminal Division.
Supported federal prosecutors in the investigation and prosecution of felony matters, including wire fraud, controlled-substance offenses, and financial-crime cases. Drafted charging instruments and sentencing memoranda, assisted in trial preparation, and coordinated with federal law-enforcement agencies on evidence analysis and witness interviews.
Trust Us With Your Case
Not every matter or dispute will need to go to trial, but you need professionals to guide you through every stage of the process.
Businesses depend on consistency, and predictability. We keenly understand that disputes, and litigations threaten to disrupt business operations, and create undue strains on revenue. Litigation is often unpredictable, but with the right plan, you can help reduce the potential uncertainties that may result in your case by anticipating, and planning for contingencies.
Our main goal is to help you develop the approach that best minimizes the potential risks, and damages that may result from a dispute, best maximizes the chance at recovering losses, or both. Whether you are facing the threat of litigation, or are considering a suit against another company, or entity, we can help you determine, and implement the best legal plan to advance your specific interests, and guide you through it every step of the way.