The Firm maintains long-standing, valued relationships with insurance companies, and is listed as panel counsel and provides insurance-funded defense for claims covered under Commercial General Liability, Employment Liability, Premises Liability, Marine and Navigation, and Inland Marine policies. We are known within insurance companies as innovative, aggressive, and cost efficient trial attorneys. We are often retained to handle the most difficult and complex cases at trial. The Firm’s attorneys’ breadth of experience ensures that we can provide a quality defense in any case falling under these and other policies.The Firm understands the economics of litigating cases from an insurer’s perspective. The Firm’s rates are reasonable, and the value derived from our exceptional services, relative to billings, makes it cost-effective to fight the battles that need to be fought to prevent unjust results. The Firm also has experience in defending products liability litigation for manufacturers of heavy equipment, medical equipment, propane tanks, and a wide variety of consumer products. While we typically defend manufacturers, we have also defended cases on behalf of distributors and retailers. Our attorneys have achieved success at trial by working closely with clients to carefully explain to a jury, in a simple manner, the painstaking detail undertaken in the planning, development, and design of a product. The Firm also utilizes respected experts to articulate the extent to which a company has complied with government guidelines such as the ANSI Regulations. The Firm regularly defends insureds in cases arising out of environmental problems (CERCLA and RCRA actions), toxic tort allegations (both environmental and occupational exposure claims), loss of or damage to cargo in transit, construction defect, and major casualty cases involving serious injury or death. We are sensitive to the needs and concerns of insureds as well as insurers, and provide professional services that are not only acceptable to the insureds, but often lead to later representation in other matters. The Firm’s attorneys are also experienced in handling the defense of multiple defendants in a single action and/or a defense in which multiple carriers participate. The Firm has extensive trial experience defending general liability and premises liability claims for large retail stores, supermarkets, construction contractors and subcontractors, hotels, and restaurants. We often prevail even in cases brought by likeable injured plaintiffs by invoking aggressive, creative strategies, and by taking the time to interact with and understand the business philosophies of our clients. The Firm’s trial lawyers are sincere, passionate, and relate well to juries. The Firm has also defended claims arising out of torts committed on business premises, including those committed by employees and third parties. The Firm’s attorneys have spoken to corporations, insurers and third party administrators on issues relating to premises liability, indemnity agreements, and how to avoid potential litigation.
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