Business & Commercial Litigation
Conflicts and disagreements are sometimes inevitable. Our trial lawyers have extensive experience in a wide range of litigation and dispute resolution. We represent clients in Nashville, throughout Tennessee, and across the country at all levels of the state and federal courts and in private arbitrations and mediations. Our goal is always to achieve the best outcome in the most cost-effective manner, whether that means an early resolution or trying your case before a jury and handling appeals. Our litigators have received numerous professional honors and are respected by their peers and in the courts.
We represent a range of business entities in all varieties of disputes that they face. We are experienced in assisting large corporations, closely held companies, small partnerships, non-profit businesses, and also individual officers, directors or employees in business litigation involving breach of contract, business torts, negligence, fiduciary duties, competition, the applicability of federal and state statutes and regulations, and other business-related matters.
Sherrard Roe has an active practice in many federal courts, Chancery and Circuit Courts throughout Tennessee, and Tennessee’s Business Court. We are experienced in navigating cases into the Tennessee Business Court and using its active case-management procedures to identify more efficient and cost-effective resolutions to business disputes. In addition to pursuing litigation, appeals, arbitration, mediation and other forms of dispute resolution, we often advise clients on taking the right steps to avoid litigation.
Our breadth of litigation experience throughout the country at all court levels has made us well-versed in handling the wide variety of legal issues that can arise in commercial litigation. Whether involving disputes between two or more business entities or the deterioration of an existing business relationship, our clients turn to us for both advice and, if necessary, skilled trial practice and dispute resolution. We routinely represent both plaintiffs and defendants of all sizes in these matters.
Our specific areas of expertise in business and commercial litigation include:
- Antitrust
- Appellate Practice
- Construction
- Healthcare
- Contracts
- Fraud and other Business Torts
- Insurance Coverage Disputes
- Real Estate
- Securities
- Intellectual Property and Trade Secrets Disputes
- Transportation
- Mediation & Alternative Dispute Resolution