Find Lawyers in Washington, District of Columbia for Commercial Litigation
Practice Area Overview
Litigation increasingly occurs in various venues, from state and federal courts to private arbitrations and administrative hearings. Proceedings can involve business-to-business disputes or any number of government agencies. Understanding the motivations and outlook of each of the litigation participants is important for determining weak points to exploit and strong points that will persuade the audience in question. During the past decade, commercial litigators have seen a dramatic uptick in multidistrict and inter-disciplinary litigation, making the stakes higher, the cases more complex, the parties more numerous and the discovery more complicated and unwieldy. Firms that are able to develop and implement a creative legal approach to each individual problem, efficiently focus on the key legal and factual issues, and master and manage the various aspects of these complex matters will be the busiest in the years to come.
In the current challenging economic climate, commercial litigators are under increasing client pressure to keep costs in check, which has both sides testing the efficacy of alternative fee arrangements and the scope of reasonable discovery. Whether the “death of the billable hour” is ultimately realized, the keys to a commercial litigator’s success will continue to be strong client relationships, thought leadership, practical management skills, deep experience, and personal commitment.
Dan Attridge has practiced in Kirkland's Washington, D.C., office since 1980 and served as the managing partner of the Washington, D.C., office from 1998 to 2013. He is a very experienced trial and appellate lawyer who has litigated cases before federal and state courts, administrative agencies, and arbitration panels throughout the United States. His cases have involved a wide range of industries and practice areas, including intellectual property; antitrust and unfair competition; commercia...
Barry Boss is co-chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Criminal Defense & Internal Investigations practice group, vice chair of the Commercial Litigation Department and office managing partner of the D.C. office. Prior to joining Cozen O’Connor in April 2004, Barry was an assistant federal public defender in Washington, D.C. Barry focuses his practice on complex criminal matters, particularly involving allegations of white-collar crime in federal court. Barry has extensive jury tria...
Lynn E. Calkins is the practice group leader for Holland & Knight's Washington, D.C. Litigation Group and serves on the firm's Directors Committee. Ms. Calkins is a trial lawyer and appellate advocate, concentrating in the defense of claims under the Fair Housing Act and Americans with Disabilities Act brought against real estate developers, hotels, retailers and local governments. In addition to this focus, she has handled numerous business and real estate disputes, zoning appeals, regul...
Jeff Gilmore chairs Akerman’s Construction Practice, a team dedicated to providing practical counsel on the legal aspects of major construction initiatives and infrastructure projects around the world. Jeff is sought after for his domestic and international experience in many segments of the construction industry on both private and public projects. He is repeatedly ranked by The Legal 500 and Chambers USA, which describes him as “extremely talented and astute at strategy.” ...
Steven D. Gordon practices in the areas of white collar crime and complex civil litigation. He has been lead counsel in more than 100 trials, both jury and non-jury, in federal and state courts. He has argued appeals in most of the federal circuit courts and in the United States Supreme Court. White Collar Defense Mr. Gordon represents individual and corporate clients who are being investigated by inspector generals or other federal and state authorities. He defends clients who are under gran...
Paul J. Kiernan is a trial lawyer and appellate who focuses on administrative-agency litigation, real-estate disputes, corporate-governance litigation and local government law. He represents businesses, developers, institutions, lenders, hotels, landlords, and tenants on land use, condemnation, development and property-management disputes and matters involving distressed real estate. Mr. Kiernan has substantial experience in general commercial litigation, commercial and international arbitrat...
Nicole Lynn Kobrine has successfully climbed to the top of the often male-dominated areas of complex business litigation and commercial real estate. She has been trying cases for more than 20 years and has secured major victories in the courts of DC, Maryland and Virginia. The judges in these jurisdictions know her, and oftentimes she is the only female lawyer in the well of the courtroom. Primarily practicing throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area and nationally, Nicole's recent eng...
Hugh focuses his practice on business and intellectual property litigation. His business litigation practice focuses on complex financial transactions and commercial disputes across multiple sectors. His intellectual property litigation practice includes patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret litigation in diverse technological areas across many industries. Hugh has more than two decades of experience utilizing his considerable knowledge to counsel clients in a wide variety of industr...
Jonathan R. Mook is a nationally recognized expert in employment law, particularly the Americans with Disabilities Act. He is an author of two Matthew Bender treatises on the Americans with Disabilities Act, the “Americans with Disabilities Act: Employee Rights and Employer Obligations” and “Americans with Disabilities Act: Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities.” He is an editor for the Virginia Employment Law Letter and a member of the editorial board for th...
Litigation is disruptive and expensive. Not only do businesses have to deal with the cost of litigation, they also lose time and money when litigation occurs. Scott Morrison helps real estate, construction and other businesses resolve their litigation matters so that they can get back to work. He provides creative solutions to business problems and, if necessary, a tenacious and successful courtroom presence. Scott serves as lead counsel in sophisticated business disputes. He has handled nume...
Robert P. Trout has over 40 years' experience in civil and criminal litigation. His practice has concentrated primarily on complex commercial litigation and white-collar criminal defense, as well as the defense of administrative agency enforcement actions. He began his legal career at the Department of Justice, where he served for two years in the Criminal Division, followed by four years as an Assistant United States Attorney in Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Trout served as Associate Deputy Indep...
Peg has served as first chair trial and appellate counsel in state and federal courts in over 30 jurisdictions. Her work has spanned antitrust, commercial, class action, environmental, healthcare, insurance, mass tort, product liability and reinsurance disputes. Peg has taken numerous cases to verdict/judgment before juries, judges and arbitration tribunals. Many of her cases have involved high-profile public policy issues from the Agent Orange litigation in the 1980s, environmental and Super...
Seth Waxman is a former federal prosecutor and nationally recognized white collar criminal defense with more than two decades of experience handling high profile sensitive criminal and civil matters. Seth handles a wide array of challenging cases, ranging from the Flint water criminal investigation to complex internal investigations for Fortune 500 companies. Seth is a seasoned trial lawyer, having been lead counsel in more than sixty jury trials, thirty bench trials, and fifteen matters on a...
Stephen Anstey is an attorney and member of Kilpatrick Townsend’s Energy, Fintech, and Native American Affairs teams as well the Firm’s Government & Regulatory and Digital Assets and Distributed Ledger Technology practices. Stephen also founded and leads the Kilpatrick Townsend Digital Assets Regulation Blog. He represents businesses, organizations, and governments on federal regulatory, compliance, grant, financing, tax, and executive agency matters. His practice focuses on e...
John Byrnes is a government, regulatory & internal investigations partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. John's practice focuses on enforcement and regulatory matters for financial institutions, as well as government regulatory litigation. He has handled enforcement actions and other regulatory matters before the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Department of Justice, and has drafted amicus briefs on...
Ashley Moore Drake is an associate in the firm’s Securities Litigation, White Collar and Business Litigation group. Her clients have included individuals, public and private life sciences companies, their boards and officers, private equity and venture capital firms, and financial services providers. She joined Goodwin in 2015. Ms. Drake is admitted to practice in Massachusetts only. Her practice is supervised by D.C.-admitted lawyers at Goodwin.
Boseul "Jenny" Jeong focuses her practice on matters involving acquisition, disposition, and financing/refinancing of commercial real estate. She drafts and reviews documents related to diverse commercial real estate projects and transactions, including purchase and sale agreements, amendments to easement agreements, loan documents, lease agreements and legal opinions. She is skilled in regulatory research on many topics including zoning restrictions and state licensing requirements. Jenny ha...
Matthew May represents corporate and individual clients in a wide range of civil litigation matters, including partnership disputes, business torts, contract disputes, insurance coverage matters and real estate litigation. He also has advised companies regarding employment law and compliance matters, and has represented government contractors in bid protests and claims against government entities.
Sarah McVay is a litigation partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation in federal and state courts, and her case load covers a broad spectrum, including consumer class actions, breach of contract, business torts, product liability, and trade secrets litigation.
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