The firm's commercial litigation practice area represents clients in state and federal courts of Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. Attorneys practicing in the commercial litigation area have the knowledge and litigation experience necessary for the effective handling of disputes on behalf of banks, mortgage servicers, title insurance companies, businesses and individuals. Our lawyers have a significant number of years of experience in persuasively advocating on behalf of our clients in the following types of cases:
- Bankruptcy
- Breach of contract
- Breach of fiduciary duty
- Collections
- Constitutional law
- Constructive trusts
- Corporate dissolutions (minority shareholder suits)
- Creditor's rights
- Financial institutions
- Fraud and embezzlement
- Interpleader suits
- Landlord and tenant
- Mechanics liens
- Principal and agent
- Specific performance
- Trusts and estates
- Will contests
- “Veil Piercing” litigation
The firm's commercial litigation department also participates with the firm's bankruptcy and foreclosure departments in related proceedings, such as injunction suits, suits to obtain post-foreclosure sale possession, partition suits, interpleader suits, and litigation concerning the enforceability of the deed of trust, e.g., truth in lending.