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

• Moore & Van Allen Secures $2.6 Million Award for the Shem Creek Development Group from the Town of Mount Pleasant
• Best Lawyers ® Recognizes 93 Moore & Van Allen attorneys
• Lathrop reappointed to Department of Transportation Board
• Two Moore & Van Allen members named to Benchmark Litigation’s “40 & Under Hot List”

Events

• Clay serves as moderator for American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Spring Conference
• MVA hosted Page One eDiscovery Roundtable
• MVA attending the ESOP Association’s Professionals’ Forum
• Cabell Clay serves as speaker at AIJA Conferences

Publications

• Is there a fix for COVID business interruption and event cancellations losses on the horizon?
  August 2020, MVA Litigation Blog

  MVA Litigation Member Tony Lathrop‘s MVA Litigation Blog article titled, “Is There a Fix for COVID Business Interruption and Event Cancellations Losses on the Horizon?” was published on August 17.

• Federal discovery in international arbitration may be headed for Supreme Court
  July 2020, North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

  Charlotte Litigation Member Jim McLoughlin’s article titled, “Federal discovery in international arbitration may be headed for Supreme Court” was published by North Carolina Lawyers Weekly on July 24.