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Hollingsworth LLP

Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded

USA Guide 2026 : District of Columbia


Hollingsworth LLP

About

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Since 1982, Hollingsworth LLP has focused its practice on complex commercial litigation representing global and national companies in some of the hottest and most complex, high-stakes litigation contested in U.S. courts. Regularly having the lead in landmark cases and on cutting-edge litigation theories and defenses, all of our more than 80 attorneys are litigators and trial lawyers focusing on a full range of commercial litigation.

Clients do not call us for matters with small stakes, rather our clients’ matters range in the hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars and often include a federal MDL, one or more consolidated state proceedings, multiple class actions in various jurisdictions, and aggressive plaintiffs’ attorneys pushing individual unconsolidated cases to trial as fast as possible. Our clients primarily include global leaders and multinational blue-chip companies representing the Fortune 100 and Fortune 500, plus large and small domestic businesses, across a variety of industries and geographies.

Extraordinarily strong at the trial and appellate levels, we have created key industry precedent in many of our litigations and pioneered important developments in the law critical to corporate tort defendants. Precedents of which we are most proud include five widely cited U.S. circuit court Daubert decisions, three of which legal writers refer to as the “Parlodel Trilogy”, which represents the key to litigating against junk science in the 21st Century. 

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Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded - District of Columbia

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What the Team is Known For

Hollingsworth is a compact litigation boutique with a significant track record in toxic torts, personal injury claims and breach of contract disputes. The firm is especially well versed in class actions and frequently acts on environmental disputes. Its clients regularly stem from the pharmaceutical, engineering and transport sectors.

Notable practitioners

Joe Hollingsworth is a key contact.

Work Highlights

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  • Hollingsworth represented Sherwin-Williams in an environmental litigation, arising from a Superfund site in Gibbsboro, New Jersey.

Strengths

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  • The firm is consistently responsive and takes great lengths to accommodate client needs.

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  • They get up to speed quickly and work well with other firms.

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  • Hollingsworth can bring the right resources to bear, regardless of the size of the engagement.

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  • The attorneys are highly responsive and produce excellent work product in a timely manner.

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  • Hollingsworth has high quality lawyers who work very hard to give research-based advice. They are skilled in complex issues involving experts.

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