BHGR’s Civil Litigation & Arbitration Group boasts hundreds of years of collective experience in thousands of proceedings covering a wide array of claims and defenses in state and federal courts as well as alternative dispute resolution forums.
Overview
The Civil Litigation & Arbitration Group is the largest practice group at BHGR. We understand the importance of identifying all available options for our clients to successfully resolve disputes without litigation. When litigation is required, however, our highly skilled trial lawyers vigorously pursue our clients’ objectives to maximize their chances for a successful outcome. Our attorneys represent individuals, partnerships, emerging companies, established small and mid-size businesses, corporations, Fortune 500 Companies, Global Fortune 500 Companies, and public entities in all aspects of dispute resolution, including claim analysis and investigation, pre-litigation dispute resolution, civil trials, appeals, arbitration, and mediation.
Focus Areas
Civil Trials
Our attorneys have extensive experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts throughout the United States. We provide our clients with pre-litigation claims analysis and investigation, draft complaints and answers, work with process servers, draft and file pre-trial motions and briefs, prepare and respond to written discovery requests, attend depositions and pre-trial hearings, try cases to judges and juries, file post-trial motions and briefs (including motions for attorneys’ fees and costs), and assist clients with post-trial judgment filings, discovery, and collection.
Appeals
An appeal is not a second chance at a trial–it is an entirely distinct proceeding, with specific rules and procedures, and requires specialized expertise. When an appeal is filed, our appellate specialists coordinate with trial counsel to most efficiently and effectively present the facts and the law.
But BHGR’s Appellate Group does more than just brief and argue cases on appeal.
Arbitration
Parties may agree by contract to have their disputes decided by an arbitrator or panel of arbitrators rather than a judge or jury. Our attorneys represent clients in local, national, and international arbitration forums, including those conducted by the Judicial Arbiter Group, JAMS, American Arbitration Association, International Chamber of Commerce, and International Centre for Dispute Resolution. Our attorneys are adept at preparing arbitration filings, representing our clients in arbitration hearings, and confirming or appealing arbitration awards in state and federal court.
Electronic Discovery
All discovery is electronic discovery now. The use of digital data, storage, devices, and electronic messaging and communication platforms has mushroomed, increasing the importance of electronically stored information (ESI) in civil litigation and arbitration. Our attorneys assist clients and their IT specialists with litigation holds, identifying ESI sources and custodians, and preserving, collecting, processing, reviewing, and analyzing ESI, and effectively using ESI to present our cases at trial. We tailor our use of eDiscovery software and vendors to the specific needs of each client and case.
Mediation
Mediation conferences with a third-party neutral can be effective for resolving disputes prior to litigation or while arbitration or litigation proceedings are underway. Our attorneys prepare confidential mediation statements, attend mediation conferences, and assist our clients in ascertaining whether a negotiated solution is the best alternative for resolving their disputes.
Representative Claims
We represent plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving a broad array of claims and defenses, including complex commercial disputes, concerning:
- Abuse of Process
- Adverse Possession
- Agency Relationships
- Antitrust
- Bad Faith Breach of Insurance Contract
- Banking
- Bankruptcy
- Boundaries
- Business Competition
- Business Torts
- Fiduciary Duties
- Cannabis
- Civil Conspiracy
- Civil Rights
- Civil Theft
- Class Actions
- Contracts
- Construction
- Consumer Protection
- Conversion
- Corporations
- Creditors’ Rights
- Defamation
- Discrimination
- Easements
- Elder Abuse
- Eminent Domain
- Employment
- Entitlements
- Environmental Law
- Extreme and Outrageous Conduct
- False Advertising
- Federal Statutes
- Finance
- Fraud
- Fraudulent Transfers
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Intentional Interference with Contract
- Intentional Interference with Prospective Business Advantage
- Invasion of Privacy
- Joint Ventures
- Land Conservation
- Land Use and Zoning
- Leases
- Liens
- Limited Liability Companies
- Local Regulations
- Malicious Prosecution
- Mining
- Monopolies
- Negligence
- Nuisance
- Oil & Gas
- Partnerships
- Partition
- Personal Injury
- Premises Liability
- Probate
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability
- Public Entities
- Quiet Title
- Real Estate
- Roads
- Securities
- State statutes
- Surveys
- Taxation
- Title
- Trade Secrets
- Trespass
- Trusts and Estates
- Unfair Competition
- Water Conservation
- Water Rights
- Wrongful Death
- Wrongful Discharge
