Practice Areas & Industries: Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview
Smith Moore's Commercial Litigation Team has established an excellent reputation and a broad base of experience in complex business litigation. Our team is comprised of trial lawyers who have handled cases in forums throughout the Southeast and the United States¿including state and federal trial and appellate courts, as well as arbitrations, both domestic and international. Our attorneys have handled litigation on a variety of matters, including: Antitrust Commercial and Consumer Fraud Consumer Finance Contract Corporate Control Fiduciary Duty Franchises Intellectual Property Professional Liability Securities Trade Secrets Toxic Torts Unfair Trade Practices We have extensive experience with class actions as well. Our clients' businesses are diverse¿covering a wide range of industries, such as technology, consumer products, chemical, manufacturing, health care, banking, insurance, and real estate, to name a few. We represent leading companies in significant, complex disputes. For example, Smith Moore serves as coordinating counsel for a nationwide PCB class-action suit against a major chemical company. We represent Philip Morris USA in multiple complex antitrust actions, including a class action, and commercial disputes throughout the country. We represent Jefferson Pilot Life Insurance Company in commercial litigation, including proxy statement and shareholders' suits and a market conduct class-action case. We also represent a number of other insurance companies throughout the Southeast in consumer class actions. At Smith Moore, we pride ourselves on teamwork. We understand our clients' businesses, and work with them to achieve their goals. Moreover, our litigators regularly coordinate among our three offices to meet our clients' needs effectively and efficiently. Our team includes not only trial-tested lawyers, but also a support staff with extensive training and experience with state-of-the-art technology and litigation tools, which we use both in trial and to manage significant matters and document intensive litigation. Smith Moore attorneys are trial lawyers, as well as pacesetters in alternate dispute resolution techniques. We routinely work with our clients in the less formal and more relaxed environment of mediations. In addition, our attorneys work with clients on preventative measures to ensure that their practices are in compliance with the law.