Litigation

Moore & Van Allen understands that every dispute is important to its clients, whether it is a “bet the company” case or one that may have little financial impact but otherwise validates the client’s principles. We represent a variety of business clients, from large corporations to start-ups, and across many industries. Our lawyers take pride in their willingness and ability to take any dispute to trial or arbitration and to give reliable advice about whether the client should seek an alternative resolution to any dispute.

Our litigation practices include more than 50 lawyers in multiple offices. We are not “defense” lawyers or “plaintiff’s” lawyers; we are trial lawyers. For each matter, we assemble a knowledgeable and accessible team with appropriate skills and rates to provide cost-efficient solutions. We provide counsel on a range of business disputes and commercial litigation, with particular strengths in our Areas of Focus, financial services, energy, real estate, trade secrets, securities, employment, and ERISA litigation, as well as regulatory defense and corporate investigations.

Moore & Van Allen’s litigation team has been recognized by law firm networks such as Benchmark Litigation, Best Law Firms and Chambers USA. Positive litigation outcomes often require resource-intensive efforts, but we recognize that clients do not allocate unlimited funds to dispute resolution. Thus we work closely with our clients’ business and in-house legal contacts to develop and manage litigation budgets consistent with each client’s expectations and litigation objectives. We also have implemented a range of litigation-support technologies including document-management databases and advanced deposition and trial management software. We strive to stay on the cutting edge of such technology because of the cost savings that accrue to our clients.

Areas of Focus:

• Class Actions Litigation
• Commercial and Industrial Real Estate Litigation
• ERISA & ESOP Litigation
• Energy
• Financial Services Litigation
• Business Court Litigation
• Securities, Commodities & Derivatives Litigation
• Trade Secrets Litigation
• White Collar, Regulatory Defense, and Investigations

Related Practices:

• Admiralty & Maritime
• Appellate & Constitutional
• Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring
• e-Discovery Services
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• International Dispute Resolution, Regulatory Defense and Investigations
• Mediation and Arbitration Services
• Privacy & Data Security
• Trust, Estate & Fiduciary Litigation

news

• Pandemic Risk Insurance Act of 2020 Introduced in Congress – A Federal Backstop for Business Interruption and Event Cancellation Losses
• Moore & Van Allen Welcomes Mary Katherine Stukes
• North Carolina Considering COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Expansion for Frontline and Essential Workers
• COVID-19 Business Interruption Insurance Litigation Proliferates

Events

• Bloomfield and O’Keefe Serving as Panelist at Upcoming SIFMA Seminar
• MVA Attorneys to Present at Western North Carolina Bankruptcy Seminar
• Lathrop to Serve as Panelist at the Centralina Council of Governments' Regional Conference
• "Keeping Pace: Recent Developments in Class Actions," UNC Festival of Legal Learning

Publications

• How to Achieve the Mandate of Proportionality Through Phased Discovery
  May 2018, ABA Section of Litigation Trial Practice’s Summer

  Charleston Litigation Member Robert Sumner and Associate Chuck Scarminach were recently published in the ABA Section of Litigation Trial Practice’s Summer Publication. The article titled, "When Do You Need an English Translator in Civil Depositions?", discusses how to determine when you should use a translator.

• The U.S. Supreme Court Limits Sanctions to Compensation, Not Punishment
  July 2017