Litigation/Alternative Dispute Resolution

Litigators in Perkins Thompson's Litigation/Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group have conducted trials and appeals in state and federal courts in Maine and throughout New England. They have extensive experience in diverse areas of litigation, including complex business and contractual disputes, labor and employment litigation (including directors' and officers' liability, wrongful discharge, and sex and age discrimination), contested administrative appeals, public utility law, land use disputes, insurance defense, construction disputes, computer software disputes, franchise ownership and transfer contests, securities fraud, trademark and copyright infringements, personal injuries, products liability, and a variety of environmental law litigation. The Group's litigators work closely with the attorneys in the firm who have substantive knowledge of the issues in dispute. To maximize efficiency, litigators regularly analyze and discuss novel or difficult issues at litigation department meetings. From the outset, the client is involved in deciding case strategy, which may in appropriate cases involve avoiding trial through the use of mediation, arbitration, summary jury trial, or other alternative dispute resolution procedure. Perkins Thompson's philosophy in approaching litigation is simple: its attorneys seek to achieve the best possible result for the client in the most cost effective manner while incorporating a sensitivity to the client's individual needs.