Civil Litigation

Our firm has considerable experience in cost effective business litigation. We provide result-oriented, high quality, effective representation to our clients in all forums of dispute resolution, including jury trials, court (judge) trials, arbitrations and mediations for all the following types of controversies:

• Purchase and Sale Contract Breaches
• Service and Supply Contract Breaches
• Shareholder and Partner Disputes
• Trade Secrets
• Fraud
• Real Estate
• Trademark
• Unfair Competition
• Negligence
• Conversion
• Bad Faith Denial and Insurance Coverage

Recent  results for our clients include:

• A jury verdict in a trade secret case finding our client not liable for the Plaintiff’s seven-figure damages.
• A jury verdict in a fraud case awarding our client all of its alleged six-figure damages.
• A binding arbitration award in a breach of contract / unfair competition lawsuit against our client for less than one tenth of the Plaintiff’s demand.
• A jury verdict in a breach of contract case finding our client not liable for the Plaintiff’s six-figure damages and awarding our client six-figures and attorneys’ fees on its cross-complaint.
• A seven-figure mediated settlement against a large, public company in a breach of contract and fraud case.
• A summary dismissal of a Plaintiff’s real estate claims for nuisance.
• A defeat by summary judgment of a patent infringement claim and a successful defense of the appeal.  

Contact:

Kurt E. Wilson
kwilson@smwb.com

Christopher J. Olson
colson@smwb.com