Litigation and Mediation

Nicolosi & Associates litigators avoid trial whenever possible, but litigate aggressively when necessary. We are committed stewards of our client’s resources; we work as efficiently as possible to control costs and to recommend practical and economic strategies.

• Business litigation: disputes involving closely held corporations and partnerships, transactions, contracts, trade secrets, minority shareholders and investors bankruptcy
• Commercial real estate litigation: disputes involving construction, condominium law, subdivision regulation enforcement, lease enforcement, environmental clean up, ownership
• Labor and employment litigation: employment contract enforcement, union
  negotiations, non-compete covenants
• Medical and legal malpractice litigation
• Estate/will contests
• Zoning/land use disputes
• Contract enforcement
• Personal injury and wrongful death litigation
  
  

Our business litigation practice covers:

• Breach of contract. The fundamental type of dispute involved is, one way or another, the classic breach of contract or agreement, with its many permutations. We have prosecuted and defended this type of claim, from the simple to the complex, in virtually every business context: manufacturing, distribution, communications, high tech, services, real estate, etc.

• Business torts. We handle a variety of business torts claims, including negligent misrepresentation, fraud, concealment, conversion, and breach of fiduciary duty.
  
  

• Construction dispute resolution. We have substantial expertise in preparing, presenting and defending construction disputes involving liability for defective design, delay and disruption claims, terminations for default, interference claims, back-charges, change orders, bidding and award disputes, protests, labor, lost productivity, cost escalation, construction failures, warranties, insurance claims, and mechanics' liens.
  
  

• Financial. We have handled all of the various types of litigation in which banks and other financial institutions may become involved, both as plaintiffs and as defendants, including numerous lender liability cases.
  
  

• Governance. We have substantial experience representing all forms of business entities in governance and ownership disputes. We represent corporations and boards of directors in securities litigation, shareholder derivative litigation. We represent partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and joint ventures in disputes regarding fiduciary duties, valuation, misappropriation, and dissolution. As important, working in conjunction with our transactional lawyers, we also counsel clients in governance matters in an effort to avoid threatened litigation.
  
  

• Real estate litigation. We represent buyers, sellers, developers, landlords, tenants and owners in a wide variety of real estate disputes.
  
  

• Securities litigation. We have been involved in securities disclosure issues and in securities arbitrations involving individual investors. We also have experience in litigation relating to registration, issuing and underwriting of securities.