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Litigation

Contacts

Kirke M. Hasson
+1.415.983.1077

Kenneth W. Taber
+1.212.858.1813

Pillsbury’s team of approximately 200 firmwide litigators handle complex commercial cases, matters of substantial public interest, sophisticated technology disputes, and a wide variety of other assignments. We offer the depth and breadth necessary to assist our clients across industries avoid disputes and, when necessary, to resolve disputes favorably and efficiently either by trial or settlement. Our practice often involves large-scale, complex litigation with multiple parties, in multiple proceedings and forums.

The firm’s litigators appear regularly in U.S. federal and state courts, and also before regulators, arbitrators and mediators both domestically and internationally. Our attorneys also regularly assist clients with internal corporate investigations and potentially sweeping e-discovery requests.

We field innovative and cost-effective litigation teams whose qualifications and experience are second to none. We respond quickly when clients become involved in disputes, and partner with them to devise strategies designed, where possible, to avoid the need for lengthy, expensive proceedings.

Pillsbury’s litigation practice is organized around specialty teams comprised of litigators with deep knowledge and experience in a number of substantive areas and industries.

Representative Litigation Clients

AstraZeneca Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
AT&T PETCO Animal Supplies
Chevy Chase Bank Protiviti
ConocoPhillips Sharp Corporation
Deutsche Bank Stanford University
Dynegy Inc. Union Bank
Fidelity National Financial Valero Energy
In-N-Out Burger Wells Fargo & Co.
International Coffee & Tea Xerox
Lehigh Hanson  

Recent Significant Cases and Results

Energy
Technology
Financial Services & Instruments
Transportation & Infrastructure
Manufactured Products
Pro Bono & Government Policy

Litigation Support
Pillsbury’s Litigation Support Department includes East and West Coast-based managers and litigation support analysts experienced in all facets of litigation, practice and trial support. We provide document scanning and coding, database creation, case management programs, demonstrative evidence services and electronic evidence and forensic services.

Extranet System
Pillsbury uses extranets to share information efficiently with clients and co-counsel. Pillsbury has many active client extranets, each individually designed so that they address the needs of the parties using the site..
Leading-Edge Litigation Support Software
We are able to give access to clients and co-counsel via web-enablement of our Concordance and JFS Litigators Notebook databases, which increases our collaborative capability. In addition to the standard litigation support applications, we also use the case strategy software, CaseMap.
Electronic and Forensic Evidence Development and Vendor Selection
Our approach to electronic and forensic evidence discovery is tailored to provide the most cost effective case solutions. We can facilitate in-depth forensic review of individual laptops, PCs and servers. We are able to negotiate very competitive and, often times, below-market rates on processing large amounts of data, which in turn allows us to cost-effectively conduct large-scale reviews.
Courtroom and Trial Site Support
We use industry-leading demonstrative tools at trial. These give our litigators the flexibility to present their case in a visually engaging format and can be especially effective when used to impeach witnesses during cross-examination. Our litigators’ toolbox includes sophisticated video recreations and images of scanned documents displayed on monitors positioned throughout the courtroom, as well as low-tech favorites such as foam board blowups and timelines.
Litigation Cost Control
Cost control is a major element of all litigation matters whether large or small. This requires effective communication with the client as well as updated and accurate cost information. We have the trained personnel, specialized equipment, and experienced lawyers who know how to use these resources to get our client’s work done efficiently, and to aggressively monitor costs on a real-time basis.

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