Lombardo & Gilles’s commercial litigation practice provides the breadth and depth of experience required by organizations – both large and small – to both prosecute and defend today’s complex litigation matters. Our experienced trial teams regularly handle jury trials, bench trials, arbitrations, mediations and administrative and regulatory proceedings for all manner of business disputes. Our experience, combined with our technology, case management approach and attention to cost-effective litigation, translates into favorable and prompt results for our clients.
The members of the Commercial Litigation group have expertise in active litigation, as well as in advising clients how to avoid litigation and to resolve disputes without resorting to litigation. The group includes trial lawyers who focus on representing financial institutions, real property interest holders, corporation, as well as parties involved in employment, environmental, insurance trust and estate disputes.
The trial lawyers in the group generally practice in one or more of the Firm’s other litigation-oriented practice groups including: administrative, appellate, agribusiness, employment, environmental, real estate, land use, water and product liability.
The Firm’s experience and approach set us apart. We understand the underlying business issues inherent in litigation that our clients face and we partner with our clients to address those issues. This philosophy manifests itself specifically in our case management process, which focuses on early case evaluation and case management in accordance with the litigation objectives of our clients.
In addition, we understand our clients’ need for cost management. We are sensitive to the “cost-curve”—expenses to settle, as well as to defend, which arise over the lifetime of a case. As a result, we are open to discussing alternative fee approaches, recognizing that the goal is greater efficiency in producing legal work that meets our clients’ objectives. Our goal is to bring matters to conclusion quickly and efficiently – whether via trial or a settlement – and to do so in a cost-effective manner for our clients.
An increasing number of our clients seek alternatives to conventional litigation to resolve disputes and, increasingly, courts are referring cases to mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). In the proper circumstances, mediation, mini-trials, arbitration and other forms of ADR can be more expeditious and economical, as well as providing a more satisfactory result, than traditional litigation. We have experience drafting ADR clauses for contracts, creating ADR protocols for industries and companies, proposing and structuring ADR proceedings after disputes have arisen, representing clients in ADR proceedings, and serving as mediators and arbitrators.