Disputes Within An Entity

The dynamic within an entity can sometimes turn hostile and contentious. Partners, shareholders and members often have divergent views on compensation, performance and the best course for a business.  Divergent views sometimes erupt into competition for control and for dollars.  This type of intra-enterprise compensation can have disastrous consequences for the business and the owners.

Litigation frequently results from intra-enterprise disputes.  On occasion, litigation proves necessary just to stabilize an otherwise volatile situation.  The firm’s litigators have been down this road many times.  The firm is well versed in the menu of options available to those who wish to strike first in court and those who are struck.  The firm’s litigators possess the strength necessary to sustain or defend litigation and the wisdom necessary to bring the dispute to a sensible conclusion.

Representative Matters:

• The firm has handled shareholder disputes in a multitude of professions including, without limitation, shareholder disputes within law firms, accounting practices, medical operations, architectural firms, engineering firms, dental practices, and construction firms.
• The firm’s litigators have handled trials and disputes between shareholders of restaurants, manufacturing companies and family owned businesses.
• The firm’s litigators recently conducted a multi-day trial between partners in a real estate partnership who could not agree on the properties subject to partnership control.
• The firm has represented directors and managers who could not tolerate the actions of other directors, and managers or who could not tolerate the actions of shareholders, officers and employees.