Nilan Johnson Lewis’s commercial litigation attorneys have trial experience that is second to none. We have successfully defended America’s top companies in high-stakes litigation in state and federal courts throughout the country. Some examples of this work are:

Nilan Johnson attorneys obtained a defense verdict for Lyondell Chemical—the world’s third largest chemical company—after a 24-day federal jury trial in which plaintiff claimed hundreds of millions of dollars in damages for breach of contract, promissory estoppel, and misappropriation of trade secrets claims;

The commercial litigation team secured a judgment as a matter of law in favor of Siemens Westinghouse after a two-week jury trial in federal court in Wisconsin on misappropriation of trade secrets claims;

In our capacity as lead national counsel for a former manufacturer of lead pigment, we successfully defended claims of industry-wide conspiracy, fraud, and misrepresentation by obtaining numerous defense verdicts and, in one case, successfully reversing an adverse Rhode Island jury verdict in one of the most closely watched cases in the country;

We also recently defended a major medical device company in multi-million-dollar breach of contract arbitration.  The arbitrator found completely in our client’s favor, providing the client with a significant precedent affecting other claims against the company;

Our commercial litigation attorneys obtained a successful outcome for Capitas Financial, LLC when an arbitration panel denied plaintiffs all relief on claims alleging millions of dollars in damages for an alleged breach of an LLC agreement, defamation and tortious interference;

The commercial litigation team obtained a multi-million dollar award in favor of Kelmoore Investment Company after a 10-day arbitration of a breach of contract claim;

We negotiated a favorable settlement for Harrah’s Entertainment on the first day of trial in breach of contract case alleging damages of $400 million;

Our attorneys were recently part of a multi-state legal team that achieved a swift and complete victory in California federal district court, which dismissed in its entirety a patent infringement claim against the nation’s second largest manufacturer of infrared industrial furnaces.  In addition to the complete dismissal, the court also awarded our client $360,000 in attorneys fee as a sanction against the competitor and its attorneys for subjecting our client to a procedurally and substantively frivolous lawsuit.

Our commercial litigation team obtained summary judgment in favor of defendant, Siemens Energy, in a multi-million dollar contract dispute related to the supply of wind turbines;

Our team also obtained summary judgment for Higher Education Service Corporation in putative class action brought on behalf of 550,000 persons alleging loss of personal information stored on hard drive of stolen laptop computer;

We also secured a favorable decision for defendant, Medica Health Plans, in a five-week, two-phase arbitration hearing on breach of contract claims with $65 million in dispute;

Our commercial litigation attorneys obtained a reversal of lower court’s decision in a patent suit for our client, Wagner Spray Tech;

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed a lower court’s decision dismissing a putative class action complaint alleging breach of a warranty of future performance on behalf of our client, PPG Industries;

As national counsel to ING on its ERISA and disability claims litigation, our attorneys have handled cases nationwide in state and federal courts involving ERISA-governed plans, class actions, and stop-loss and reinsurance disputes.

Our commercial litigation attorneys also have proven track experience in serving as lead trial and coordinating counsel in complex commercial matters.  We are lead counsel in nationwide litigation involving claims of industry-wide conspiracy, fraud, and misrepresentation against manufacturers of lead pigment, asbestos, and trace benzene.  We also serve as national counsel to an insurance company on ERISA and disability claims litigation.  In this role, Nilan Johnson Lewis trial attorneys have made court appearances or tried cases in almost all of the states in the country.

In addition to our highly experienced trial lawyers, we effectively use the talents of non-attorney professionals on our client teams.  Even in cases involving millions of documents generated over the course of decades, our litigation support team is able to create effective databases that allow our attorneys access to the information they need, where they need it, and when they need it.  In many of the cases where Nilan Johnson Lewis represents only one of several defendants in industry-wide litigation, the Nilan Johnson-created litigation databases have become the “go to” resource for all defense counsel.