LITIGATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

The Litigation Group of Hemenway & Barnes provides comprehensive representation to clients in resolving a broad range of disputes. Clients of the Litigation Group range from individuals to publicly held corporations and include smaller to midsize corporations, fiduciaries, nonprofit organizations, insurers, lending institutions, and government entities. Our clients are involved in a wide variety of enterprises, including professional services, property management, estate and trusts, human services, healthcare, software development, education and waste and resource management.

Members of the Litigation Group have handled cases before mediators and arbitrators, as well as before local, state and federal boards and agencies and in various state and federal courts. The Litigation Group has advised clients and litigated cases involving a varies of issues, such as:

• general business disputes
• minority shareholder and closely held business disputes
• disputes between fiduciaries, or between fiduciaries and beneficiaries
• environmental and zoning issues
• employment and discrimination matters
• software licensing and intellectual property disputes
• insurance coverage
• personal injury claims
• probate matters
• government relations
• tax issues
• education matters
• attorney and public official disciplinary matters
• real estate disputes

The Litigation Group provides clients with the highest quality legal representation consistent with the financial, personal and other interest at stake. We maintain frequent contact with our clients and provide them with quick access to the partner responsible for each matter to ensure that our clients receive the experienced and timely advice they require and expect. We work with our clients to explore the comparative benefits of various dispute resolution alternatives and pursue the method best calculated to resolve a dispute, using a broad range of methods including mediation, arbitration, litigation, or a combination of these approaches.