Litigation

The Litigation Department is actively engaged in civil litigation involving sophisticated and complex matters in State and Federal courts, arbitration and administrative agencies. The attorneys in the Litigation Section not only are business advisors, but, more importantly, are experienced trial lawyers. The attorneys in the Firm have experience in many areas of litigation including general commercial and corporate, consumer-automobile dealership complaints, collections, labor and employment, title insurance claims defense and coverage disputes, class actions, real property, appellate, landlord-tenant, environmental and land use, and other shareholder business disputes.

Pathman Lewis has developed a particular expertise in representing automobile dealerships in consumer complaint litigation and in the defense of class action lawsuits. The Firm has had great success in defending class actions in both State and Federal Courts, including the United States Court of Appeals.

The Firm’s Litigation Department has also recovered millions of dollars for its clients in complex commercial matters. When the circumstances require it, the Firm has pursued and sometimes followed recalcitrant defendants into the bankruptcy court in order to recover substantial sums or to ensure that they cannot simply discharge their debt. Most importantly, in rendering these services, the Firm is guided by the costs of its services so as to ensure the appropriate cost-benefit analysis from the Client’s perspective, which is the only perspective.

The Firm also provides counsel to businesses that have fallen victim to one of the ever-growing number of employment discrimination claims that have beset the business community within the last several years. The Firm provides an aggressive defense in these matters.

The Firm’s Litigation Department is results oriented and has had great success in resolving contested matters in a manner that is both efficient and cost effective.