Practice Areas & Industries: Roetzel & Andress, A Legal Professional Association

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Our Business and Commercial Litigation attorneys provide objective, innovative strategies to resolve or aggressively defend any type of business dispute. Our multi-jurisdictional experience encompasses virtually every area of law, and we have successfully tried cases at the state, federal, and appellate levels, as well as before numerous governmental tribunals.

We have the experience to defend litigation for organizations of all sizes - from international companies to entrepreneurs. We partner with our clients to understand and address the business issues inherent in litigation and the limits and advantages of courthouse resolutions. Our attorneys handle adversary proceedings for clients with an understanding that the primary objective is to win, while also minimizing the cost of litigation and interruption to business operations by early evaluation of the case.

Our attorneys are problem-solvers who deliver litigation services with a thorough understanding of our clients' needs and objectives. When applicable, our attorneys design and implement alternative dispute resolution programs for clients in domestic and international matters. We also work cooperatively with our clients to develop proactive strategies which can often prevent litigation.

Our sophisticated trial teams use the latest technology to prepare for and litigate cases cost-effectively. In addition, we have a staff of in-house practice support professionals with extensive experience in trial presentations, transcript management, electronic discovery, and case management.

Services Available

• Alternative dispute resolution
• Antitrust / trade regulation
• Bankruptcy / creditors' rights
• Business crimes and corporate investigations
• Class action defense
• Commercial litigation
• Construction
• Employment
• Environmental
• Fraud
• Insurance defense and coverage
• Intellectual property / trade secrets / patent, trademark and copyright litigation
• Internet and e-business
• Media and communications law
• Probate, trust, and guardianship
• Product liability
• Real estate and land use
• Regulatory controversies
• Securities litigation
• Taxation
• Toxic tort
• Trade regulation

Representative Matters

• Represented a publicly-traded micro-controller manufacturer in a $40 million breach of warranty claim
• Represented a sole proprietor to verdict in a case involving antitrust, monopoly, and restraint of trade
• Represented a technology company in obtaining an injunction against its largest competitor in the handheld computer industry for violation of the Lanham Act for false and misleading statements concerning the performance of its wireless computer products
• Represented a housing authority in a $10 million bidding contract dispute
• Defended a $600 million toxic tort class action involving medical monitoring and personal injury claims
• Obtained a multimillion dollar arbitration award involving a breach of contract claim and copyright infringement related to software development and theft of trade secrets
• Acted as Special Counsel to the Ohio Attorney General defending a claim of abuse of discretion by the state on the award of an operating agreement for a rail line
• Obtained a jury verdict on behalf of a natural gas marketing company in a commercial dispute with an out-of-state supplier that terminated the client's natural gas supply
• Represented a Midwest-based manufacturing company and several executive officers in a national grand jury investigation of price fixing
• Defended a shipping company involving preference avoidance claims
• Defended nine companies that were sued in federal court on a shareholder derivative dispute
• Handled numerous disputes before NASD arbitration panels
• Defended securities class action involving a regional utilities retirement-invest program with allegations of fraud and misrepresentation
• Represented the nursing home and hotel industry in a 10(b)(5) securities fraud and common law fraud litigation
• Represented clients before the Ohio Public Utilities Commission, Department of Insurance, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Review Appeals Commission, and Department of Commerce
• Defended numerous cases involving libel, invasion of privacy, breach of contract, public records, and Sunshine Law challenges
• Represented several senior employees of a large financial institution being investigated for both criminal and civil violations of law in connection with the loss of tens of millions of dollars by Cuyahoga County
• Represented a Fortune 500 company in a dispute with a Canadian company over the sale of the client's Dutch subsidiary and ownership of intellectual property rights related to acrylic latex technology
• Defended the constitutionality of Ohio's E-Check program
• Obtained a federal court injunction to prevent a township from depriving a developer of commercial zoning
• Prosecuted a constitutional challenge to an Army Corps of Engineers interpretation to a budget bill rider that denied our client equal protection and due process
• Prosecuted a claim on account for a large petroleum company and a third party claim alleging fuel contamination of gasoline provided by another large petroleum company