General Litigation

Commercial and Contract Disputes

The firm regularly represents clients in all types of commercial contract disputes including: joint venture agreements; stockholder buy-sell agreements; general partnership, limited partnership and limited liability company agreements; sales and licensing agreements; stock voting agreements; indemnification contracts; and all other forms of contracts and agreements.

The attorneys in our Dover office regularly represent parties to commercial contract and transaction disputes, including lost profit and tortious interference claims in Superior Court as well as specific performance and other actions seeking expedited relief in the Court of Chancery.

Lawyers:

James L. Holzman, David E. Brand, Michael Hanrahan, Elizabeth M. McGeever, Gary F. Traynor, Ronald A. Brown, Jr., Bruce E. Jameson, John W. Paradee, Paul A. Fioravanti, Jr., J. Clayton Athey, D. Benjamin Snyder, Tanya E. Pino, Laina M. Herbert, Stephen E. Smith, Kevin H. Davenport, Nicole M. Faries

For information regarding our corporate litigation practice please click on the following link: Corporate Litigation

Bankruptcy Creditor Litigation

As a corollary to our corporate and commercial litigation practice, we regularly represent creditors who find themselves entangled in large commercial bankruptcies filed by corporate debtors in the Delaware Bankruptcy Court.  We advise and represent creditors regarding their rights in filing claims and litigating objections to those claims, pursuing reclamation rights, seeking relief from the automatic stay to pursue or perfect rights, and litigating or defending adversary proceedings.  We recognize that the bankruptcy process can be frustrating for creditors who are drawn into it, and we provide practical advice and representation to help minimize creditors' losses resulting from the bankruptcy of their clients, vendors or business partners.

Lawyers:

Bruce E. Jameson, David E. Brand, D. Benjamin Snyder, Kevin H. Davenport

Professional Malpractice Defense, Personal Injury, Tort Litigation

Of the areas of litigation practice in which Prickett, Jones participates, none have a longer or richer tradition than personal injury litigation, both on the defense and the plaintiff's side.  Prickett, Jones attorneys have collectively tried to verdict hundreds of cases, mostly before juries.  This trial work extends to all courts in Delaware, including the Superior Court (the court of general state civil jurisdiction where most jury trials take place) and the United States District Court.  Our litigation practice includes (i) the defense of professionals, including physicians and hospitals, in cases usually asserting personal injury claims, (ii) the prosecution of claims on behalf of injured individuals, and (iii) the defense of personal injury claims on behalf of large companies, including the defense of a large number of toxic tort suits seeking recovery based on either theories of premises liability or occupational disease.

Lawyers:

Mason E. Turner, Jr., David E. Brand, D. Benjamin Snyder, Tanya E. Pino

Intellectual Property and Patent Litigation

Delaware's Federal District Court enjoys a national reputation for the trial of patent infringement and similar cases and, consequently, a disproportionately large number of such matters are filed in Delaware.  Litigating in that court requires, by rule, the use of local counsel.  Prickett, Jones lawyers, having tried many cases in that court, use their experience to facilitate the involvement of outside counsel in intellectual property cases on a regular basis.

Lawyers:

Elizabeth M. McGeever, David E. Brand, J. Clayton Athey

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