Litigation & Dispute Resolution
EM³’s litigators partner with clients to solve problems cost-effectively, using experience and an appropriate level of strategic aggression to help them resolve high-stakes disputes efficiently.
Overview
EM³'s Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice works with clients on disputes large and small, including complex commercial disputes, business divorces, straightforward contract disputes, regulatory enforcement actions, and other legal matters. The Firm's litigators are advocates who understand how disputes can affect clients' lives and businesses. The Firm partners with clients to understand their goals and uses its experience and strategic aggression to achieve those goals as efficiently as possible, striving to minimize the impact that litigation can have on clients' lives and businesses, including, where appropriate, encouraging them to pursue alternative dispute resolution mechanisms like arbitration and mediation.
Signature Practice Areas
Commercial Litigation: The Firm regularly handles contract disputes, business torts, business divorces, real estate litigation including commercial leasing issues, business disparagement, unfair competition and trade secret litigation, securities and other fraud litigation, intellectual property disputes, employment matters, commercial collections, and other complex commercial controversies. Its attorneys combine aggressive advocacy with strategic thinking to pursue favorable outcomes efficiently and cost-effectively.
Financial Services Litigation: EM³'s financial services litigators regularly represent banks, private lenders, loan servicers, and other financial institutions in disputes arising out of commercial and real estate loans. They handle loan enforcement and commercial foreclosure actions, guaranty litigation, receivership and other provisional remedies, replevin and UCC Article 9 enforcement, workout and forbearance disputes, fraudulent transfer claims, lender liability defense, intercreditor and loan participation disputes, and creditor-side bankruptcy litigation. For lender clients, the Firm focuses on maximizing recovery: it moves quickly and decisively to protect collateral, secure the appointment of receivers where appropriate, and enforce loan documents to their full extent. Whether a matter calls for aggressive litigation or a negotiated resolution, the Firm's attorneys bring judgment and efficiency to it and keep costs proportionate to the amounts at stake.
Appellate Practice: EM³'s litigators bring experience handling appeals in state and federal courts, including emergency appellate relief when time-sensitive issues arise. The Firm's appellate capabilities extend across civil and commercial matters, including interlocutory appeals, writs of mandamus, and post-trial motions practice. Our appellate attorneys work with trial teams from the outset to preserve issues for review and develop appellate strategies that protect clients' interests throughout the litigation lifecycle.
Cost Management
The Firm employs disciplined litigation budgeting, early case assessment, technological tools, and phased staffing strategies that align legal spend with case value and client objectives. Its transparent fee arrangements, which include alternative fee structures where appropriate, are designed to help clients maintain visibility and control over litigation costs without sacrificing quality or strategic advantage.
Focused Advisory Areas
- Complex commercial disputes
- Regulatory enforcement defense
- Business torts and unfair competition, including business divorces
- Securities and fraud litigation
- Real estate and commercial leasing disputes
- Class action defense
