Business Litigation

Archer’s Business Litigation Group features a talented and experienced roster of accomplished lawyers who have zealously represented clients in a wide variety of commercial disputes in state and federal trial courts, appellate courts, arbitration settings, and administrative agencies across the United States. 

Every business dispute – like every business – is unique. We work with you from the beginning to understand how the dispute impacts your business and we design a case strategy specific to your goals. We strive to achieve results that are favorable to you as quickly as possible, while minimizing the burden and expense. We know that litigation is not always the best business strategy, and that clients can often succeed by finding creative solutions that avoid protracted legal battles. Where it makes sense, we will help you resolve your business dispute early, often without the need for courts or arbitrators. But, when litigation is unavoidable, you need attorneys who know how to win effectively and aggressively. Our business litigators are capable and willing to take a case through trial and every level of appeal, and our adversaries know it. Sometimes that enables us to achieve successful settlements, and other times it means going the distance. Archer’s business litigation attorneys have helped our clients succeed before the United States Supreme Court, at all levels of state and federal courts throughout the country, and in arbitrations, mediations, and administrative proceedings.

With diverse experience and backgrounds, we start every case with years of hard-earned knowledge. That collective knowledge enables us to be lean and efficient, and to staff cases with the right combination of skills, seniority and experience to fit the case and deliver value to our clients. We know where and when to choose the right battles, and how to avoid unnecessary petty disputes that waste your time and money. With our detailed business and legal knowledge, and working with other Archer practice groups where it is appropriate, we deliver practical advice and significant results, while never losing sight as to how the case fits into the bigger picture and our clients' litigation objectives.

The types of cases we handle are many and varied. Some of the more common types of litigation  involves:

• Business interference and unfair competition
• Commercial and consumer collections 
• Contract disputes
• First amendment and media communications 
• Franchise and distributor matters
• Landlord/tenant matters
• Lender liability, liens and foreclosure 
• Professional negligence
• Trade secret protection and restrictive covenants
• Shareholder/partnership disputes