Litigation

Shutts & Bowen’s litigators represent clients in our federal and state court systems and before state and federal agencies, commissions, boards, and other regulatory and administrative authorities.

We handle the litigation process from counseling and alternative-dispute-resolution mechanisms, through prosecution or defense of discovery, pretrial, and trial proceedings in lawsuits, to post trial remedies and review in appellate courts.

Our practice includes a wide variety of administrative, trial, and appellate cases in the following areas: antitrust, administrative law, class actions, banking, real estate, franchising, bankruptcy, admiralty, life, health and disability insurance, claims against insurance agents and agencies, employment discrimination, construction litigation representing contractors and owners/developers, labor, product liability, personal injury, lender liability, commercial torts, civil rights, general business litigation, commercial collections, contract litigation, mortgage foreclosures, repossessions and replevins, land use litigation, securities litigation, trademark and copyright litigation, defamation, white collar criminal defense and constitutional issues.

We represent domestic and foreign corporations and individuals in cases ranging from single tort actions to multi-party, complex commercial litigation.  Our practice includes using cutting-edge litigation support technologies like Summation.  We understand the demands and exigencies of working with sophisticated in-house counsel and are prepared to provide legal services tailored to fit our clients’ budgets.

In the area of bank-related litigation, attorneys including former federal and state prosecutors have defended banks in lawsuits brought by customers alleging violations of financial privacy in reporting suspicious activity.  Fully conversant with U.S. and foreign anti-money laundering laws and regulations, members of the litigation department are frequently called upon to assist our financial services clients in responding to foreign and domestic legal procedures, including grand jury investigations, document subpoena responses.  We provide advice and counsel on the Bank Secrecy Act, regulatory examination issues, wire transfer monitoring, necessary internal controls for financial institutions, “know your customer” and due diligence procedures, suspicious activity reporting and privacy issues.