Practice Group Leader
Todd E. Jones
The Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice group at Taylor English is comprised of experienced attorneys who provide creative, efficient and cost-effective advocacy for our clients. Our litigators are highly qualified to resolve client disputes at every point along the litigation spectrum, from initial negotiations to preliminary injunctions and temporary restraining orders, declaratory judgment actions, mediations, summary judgment, and all the way through to trials, arbitrations, and appeals.
Most of our litigators came to Taylor English from big firms, where they received excellent training in all facets of litigation. We represent both defendants and plaintiffs in state, federal and appellate courts across the country. Taylor English’s attorneys have litigated a variety of disputes involving commerce and business, employment law, intellectual property, financial institutions, bankruptcy, antitrust, securities and investments, shareholder issues, professional liability, products liability, catastrophic injury, insurance coverage, construction and other issues.
We also recognize that often the best resolution for the client is to avoid litigation or quickly resolve it at the outset. Working with our corporate attorneys, many of whom served as general counsel at major corporations, our litigators make a concerted effort to negotiate and craft workable, beneficial settlements for our clients before the disputes escalate into costly litigation.
However, there are times when disputes cannot be resolved amicably, and when cases have to go all the way through to trial and appeal. It is in those instances in which our lawyers truly shine. Unlike many big-firm litigators, our attorneys have a wealth of trial and arbitration experience, and in all manner of disputes. Thus, retaining a Taylor English litigator means getting someone who has the expertise, work ethic, and fortitude to see the case through to the very end. Similarly, the Firm’s litigators have achieved great success in winning cases at the summary judgment stage, thereby avoiding the time and expense of trial.
Our senior litigators do not merely oversee the work of less experienced associates with little direct involvement; they remain fully engaged in handling cases. By keeping overhead and billing rates low, our partners can and do perform tasks that big-firm partners or even senior associates typically do not, such as drafting discovery requests and responses, reviewing documents, and preparing pleadings, motions, and briefs. In short, our senior litigators know the client’s case, inside and out.
Our model and bench strength also have afforded us the flexibility to staff and handle all kinds of cases for all sorts of clients, from major pieces of litigation for Fortune 500 companies to matters for startup companies and individuals.
Finally, some of our litigators also served as critical parts of a team for a Fortune 100 company in its ground breaking National Discovery Counsel program. Thus, we have the experience and know-how to handle cases that involve massive discovery obligations, including increasingly prevalent and complex electronic-discovery issues. We also have the ability to properly staff these intensive and time-consuming matters.
