Sentences with phrase «large litigation group»

The large litigation group has a formal allocation system involving a central assigning partner.

We have a large litigation group that counts for about another third of the firm, and we have a commercial / securities / tax / M&A practice, what we call corporate financing.

With the added advantage of having the largest litigation group in Manitoba, we are also able to work collaboratively with our clients to ensure they receive innovative, cost effective representation.

Not exact matches

«I began my career at a large national law firm where I was part of the commercial litigation group,» says Werner (pictured at left).

For Vincent de l'Étoile, a partner in Langlois's litigation group, who works almost exclusively defending class actions for large corporate clients in Quebec and across Canada, the new division will almost certainly help the system deal more efficiently and predictably with the increasing number of cases.

I practiced as an attorney for seven years; working in a large law firm for their litigation group, and also co-founding my own small law firm.

«Business and commercial litigation (BCL) is the firm's largest group,» mentioned one litigator.

The group handles the full range of patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret litigation throughout the United States for large and small businesses, universities, and individuals.

In addition to the litigation support of our Land Use Group, Robinson + Cole's deep bench of experienced trial lawyers provides additional resources for larger or more complex litigation.

At the same time, he began representing groups of health plans in large - scale recovery litigation.

Foley Hoag's Intellectual Property Litigation Group has earned a national reputation for successful resolution of large, complex disputes involving intellectual property rights.

Our award - winning International Travel Litigation Group includes Europe's largest team of lawyers specialising in international injuries and illnesses.

At the time of our calls most juniors were in the large business & commercial litigation (BCL) group; a couple were in product liability; and there was one apiece in criminal defense, employment & labor law, and government affairs.

A member of Eversheds Sutherland (US)'s Litigation Practice Group, Joel represented large and small manufacturers and their trade associations in all industries regulated by the FDA, as well as national organizations in the medical and pharmacy professions on both FDA and related antitrust matters.

«We did lose a couple of elements of our litigation practice and we used to have a much larger products liability division, but a lot of groups were unaffected.»

In a complex products liability action involving alleged PCB contamination of a state office building, the Appellate Practice Group joined forces with litigation counsel to convert a $ 60 million judgment to a defense verdict for a large, multinational company.

The purpose of class action lawsuits is to eliminate repetitious litigation and provide an efficient way for a large group of victims to obtain justice.

Represented a large private equity group as bankruptcy litigation counsel in dispute alleging fraudulent / preferential transfers in major Chapter 11 filing in Southern District of New York.

Prior to that, McKeon served multiple terms on the firm's Advisory Board and Compensation Committee while chairing and expanding its Litigation Practice, the firm's largest group.

Defended federal litigation against officers and directors of a large, multistate privately held construction company that is part of a group of closely held companies involved in real estate finance and development.

They can do a rotation through both litigation and a transactional practice, or if they want to experience a smaller group like tax or executive compensation they can contrast that with a larger group.

After graduating near the top of his class, Kelly went to work for a large Houston firm, where he joined the firm's Technical Litigation Group, which primarily handled the firm's most complex commercial litigatioLitigation Group, which primarily handled the firm's most complex commercial litigationlitigation matters.

Assisting one of the world's largest independent insurance brokers in defending threatened injunctive action in respect of the recruitment of individuals to its employee benefits group and successfully avoiding threatened High Court litigation against the company and individuals joining it.

The sizable litigation group covers areas from contractual disputes to government investigations, FCPA matters, and professional malpractice in what juniors term «a large bucket for all things litigation.»

And with more than thirty experienced lawyers, the commercial litigation group is the largest practice area in our firm.

For those parties in the group litigation who succeed in their individual claims, the logical conclusion is that they have «won» their case and, by extension, payment of their costs should be covered by the «losing» defendant; but in the event that the winning parties ultimately make up a minority of the larger claimant group, it could be argued that, as a whole, the claimants are the «losing» party, responsible for the defendant's costs.

• Corporate Lawyers Association of South Africa (CLASA) Achievement Award, sponsored by ENSafrica — The Honourable Judge Dikgang Moseneke • International Law Firm of the Year — Baker & McKenzie • African Law Firm of the Year — Large Practice, sponsored by AfricaLegalJobs.com — Anjarwalla & Khanna • African Law Firm of the Year — Small Practice — AB & David • General Counsel of the Year, sponsored by Eversheds — Pieter Badenhorst — AFGRI • Legal Department of the Year — Large Team, sponsored by Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group — South African Reserve Bank • Legal Department of the Year — Small Team — Life Healthcare Group • Legal Counsel of the Year — Jonathan Maphosa — South African Reserve Bank • Assistant / Associate Solicitor of the Year — Ghassan Sader, Hogan Lovells • Innovation Award — Barefoot Law • CSR Award, sponsored by AfricaLegalJobs.com - AFGRI; Baker & McKenzie • Diversity, Transformation and Economic Empowerment Award — AB & David • M&A Team of the Year — Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer • Banking, Finance and Restructuring Team of the Year — Baker & McKenzie • Competition and Regulatory Team of the Year — Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group • Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team of the Year — Webber Wentzel • Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources Team of the Year — Chadbourne & Parke • TMT Team of the Year — DLA Piper • Employment Law Team of the Year — ENSafrica • IP Team of the Year — Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group • Transportation and Infrastructure Team of the Year — Hogan Lovells • Property and Construction Team of the Year — Hogan Lovells

Leading litigation funder Therium Capital Management Limited («Therium») has today announced a market - transforming # 200 million private fundraising to invest in the costs of large - scale commercial litigation, group litigation and arbitration globally.

Tim Mott is an associate in Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial's nationally - recognized Litigation Practice Group and has represented corporations, including Fortune 500 companies, and some of the largest insurance companies in the world in variou...

In May we announced that we had raised # 200 million privately to invest in large scale commercial and group litigation cases across the world.

Hughes Hubbard's Product Liability and Mass Tort group is widely recognized by leading legal publications, jurists, clients and the products bar at large as a «go to» defense team for a company's most complex and challenging products litigation.

Tim Mott is an associate in Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial's nationally - recognized Litigation Practice Group and has represented corporations, including Fortune 500 companies, and some of the largest insurance companies in the world in various cases, including catastrophic injury and wrongful death actions throughout the United States.

Chenoweth Law Group, P.C., is trusted by large and small businesses and professionals throughout Oregon, Washington and California for our strategic, streamlined approach to handling commercial law and litigation.

In London, Fred has participated in a mock arbitration of a New York State Labor Law case, at Xchanging, a mock trial of a tractor - trailer accident, and a symposium on litigation at the Lloyd's Library all presented to large groups of claims professionals, underwriters and brokers.

But according to Steven Gonzalez, a partner at LTL who co-chairs the firm's employment and class action litigation group, LTL's emphasis on efficiency also allows attorneys to build a book of business far more quickly than they might in a large firm.

«Ediscovery is a growing issue in Canada but we haven't seen as much of it as they have in the US because we don't have that extent of large complex litigation,» said Ontario Justice Colin Campbell, Chair of the Sedona Canada Working Group.

Yuan v. A.L. Williams Class action litigation by group of insurance agents challenging business method of largest insurance company in U.S. (Chicago).

Geraint moved from a London firm to join Howes Percival in 1996, since then he has helped to develop a large and experienced litigation team in the East Midlands, before becoming the litigation practice group leader for the firm on 1 May 2012.

Prior to joining ADLI Law Group, Mr. Ross was a litigation associate in a large national law firm.

We currently have five lawyers dedicated exclusively to research and litigation support — a large group compared to other firms of our size.

When a large group of individuals has been wronged or harmed, but no one person has enough economic incentive to bring suit on his or her own, class action litigation is useful.

Our Sydney partners have represented clients in some of Australia's largest and most complex corporate collapses, crises, disasters, and class actions, including HIH, World Trade Center litigation, Ensham Resources, Babcock & Brown liquidation proceedings, the James Hardie Royal Commission, a class action against the Bank of Queensland and currently running six class actions in the Supreme Court of NSW against vehicle manufacturers arising out of the Takata airbags recalls; as well as presently (as a matter of public record): Arup Pty Ltd, Aurizon, Forge Group, ICICI Bank, NuCoal Ltd, South32, Macquarie Bank, Deloitte, and Viva Energy (amongst others).

For plaintiffs, class actions are seen as a tool to increase access to justice, as the costs of litigation are shared among a larger group, and the downside risk is limited as costs in unsuccessful cases are often underwritten by the plaintiffs» law firm or a third party fund.

Bruce began building Williams & Connolly's patent litigation practice in the mid-1990s, and it is now among the firm's largest practice groups.

Prior to recruiting, Paul was a litigation associate at Winston & Strawn LLP in Chicago and also worked on corporate bankruptcies and large class actions at the Garden City Group.

Dentons, the world's largest law firm, for a second year running has been selected as a member of an exclusive group of law firms in the most recent survey on litigation trends by BTI Consulting.

Piers advised on probate issues in relation to the recent Mau Mau claim and was responsible for trust and property law and wayleave damages in the team of Counsel acting in large scale group litigation for the Bodo community against Shell Petroleum, that reached the landmark settlement in the Bonny - Bomu oil pipeline litigation.

Since joining Hogan Lovells in 2002, Paul's career has given him regular experience of large group actions, multi-party lead case litigation, and the use of technology in large scale litigation.

Our Professional Indemnity Group has the rare distinction of involvement in one of the largest ever professional negligence actions in the history of civil litigation concerning the duties of Managing Agents and Members» Agents at Lloyds.

Our group has represented large accounting firms, smaller firms and individual accountants in securities litigation, malpractice claims, other sorts of litigation and administrative proceedings.