When disputes arise, they can disrupt your business operations, drain resources, and create uncertainty. Whether it’s a breach of contract, partnership conflict, or regulatory challenge, these issues demand swift, strategic resolution to minimize financial impact and protect your hard-earned reputation.
Our national litigation team conquers our clients’ business challenges through practical, pragmatic and cost-effective solutions – be it in arbitration, in settlement negotiations or at trial. We take a fighter’s mentality to every case, stepping into the ring with meticulous preparation and strategy.
The first rounds are spent analyzing the lay of the land — understanding your business, the legal challenges ahead, and the best tactics. But when the gloves come off, we’re ready to fight fiercely on your behalf, delivering powerful, well-aimed arguments that cut through opposition and leave no opening for their attacks.
Our team doesn’t shy away from the tough battles. Whether it’s a high-profile class action, a contractual breach, or a complicated corporate conflict, when it’s time to step into the ring, you can count on us to be in your corner.
Our team includes former federal prosecutors, judges and government officials from across the nation as well as lawyers with in-house experience, C-level backgrounds and strong business acumen. While diverse in professional and personal backgrounds, our litigators share a razor-sharp focus on client service and securing optimal results. Our collaborative culture fuels effective, creative teamwork to achieve our clients’ goals when disputes arise.
Companies of all sizes — from members of the Fortune 500 and other large privately held companies to smaller businesses in a variety of industries — turn to us when faced with litigation. We have tried cases in state and federal courts throughout the country, in national and international administrative tribunals, and before domestic and international arbitration panels.
Our approach is straightforward:
- We make sure we understand the company’s business model and culture, industry, goals and objectives.
- We conduct complex litigation in a focused, methodical manner that is consistent with the client’s business goals.
- We know how to negotiate cases to a favorable disposition, recognizing the increasing pressure to resolve cases without the risk and expense of a trial.
We do all of this with a focus on providing client service that is efficient and responsive. Our team leaders put together the right talent on your behalf, drawing from our large pool of experienced litigators to find the right fit for solving your issue. And we value the time from when you assign us the matter to when we close it, with a problem-solving mindset that values early intervention and creative solutions to increase efficiency. We know time is money to your business.
top-tier talent
In a nutshell, we are:
- Serving clients across the U.S. from 8 office locations coast to coast, from Los Angeles to New York and D.C.
- Approximately 200 dedicated litigators with experience in virtually all industries, in venues across the country.
- Support from our full-service firm of 400+ attorneys across 50+ practice areas.
- Ranked by Chambers USA for our strength in general commercial litigation and by the U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers Best Law Firms report as a first-tier firm nationally in numerous areas of litigation.
- Among other superlatives, the firm has handled the largest jury trial in U.S. history and has been meaningfully involved in virtually every MDL related to GMO crops.
- We’re widely connected, with leadership roles in legal and trade organization nationwide. In just one noteworthy example, litigation partner Bill Bay is the 2024-25 president of the American Bar Association.
But don’t just take it from us: Chambers USA lauds our flagship litigation practice’s client roster of “regional and national giants” drawn by the group’s “impressive track record.” Across the country, our litigators – and our results – are ranked top among the nation’s most sophisticated law firms.
“Thompson Coburn has a talented group of attorneys, offering clients the benefit of substantial trial experience. Its deep bench ensures a wide coverage, with noted experience in product liability, fraud and consumer class actions. The group boasts an impressive track record in representing clients in the financial, telecommunications, pharmaceutical and transportation industries.”
Chambers USA Guide
Clients interviewed as part of the Chambers research process also noted the firm’s national reach and sophistication:
“Thompson Coburn has an excellent group of attorneys at all levels and coast to coast in the US.”
“The firm demonstrates an impressive ability to handle complex and sophisticated matters.”
advocacy, tailored to you
With our diverse national bench, we bring the smarts and the savvy to understand your business, your industry and your preferred outcomes when disputes arise. We tackle those disputes – whether it means taking it to a trial win, resolving a matter out of court or steering in another direction to align with your financial, timing, and public relations objectives.
Through pre-litigation counseling, alternative dispute resolution, trials and appeals, our purposeful advice makes all the difference. We pinpoint the facts and provide clear analysis. And we call on our top attorneys in a wide range of practices to advise clients from every angle. The result? Educated decisions tailored to your business, your goals and your best outcome.
From Northern Maine to Southern California, our team tries major cases across the country. Our litigators appear in state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, and before administrative tribunals and arbitration panels throughout the world.
And while we are proud to say we try cases, we also save clients millions every year by not going to trial. We’ve even convinced the government to not pursue cases.
We have a national footprint and the experience of trying hundreds of cases and successfully settling hundreds more.
Our goal is to put your conflicts in the rearview mirror, with a brighter business outlook on the road ahead.
Clients note our substantial trial experience and deep bench, plus our ability to handle complex, sophisticated cases.
Our attorneys’ experience in business and government roles, including as former federal prosecutors and judges, gives us an edge when it comes to service and results.
