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Provided by McDowell Hetherington LLP
Litigation is McDowell Hetherington's specialty. While other firms have reached their size by offering various services, they have reached it by doing one thing well: civil litigation.
Their attorneys have served as lead counsel in complex actions across the country in state and federal trial courts, arbitrations, and appeals. They have extensive experience in commercial litigation, class action litigation, RICO, antitrust actions, consumer protection, product liability, and high stakes arbitrations.
McDowell Hetherington has represented clients in matters pending in virtually every state in the country. Their business model is built to solve problems for their clients coast-to-coast by ensuring a geographically broad base of legal experience. With offices in three time zones, they staff cases efficiently and strategically – balancing their attorney experience and venue specific knowledge. Their clients appreciate that they can hire MH to represent them in nearly any venue in the country.
They are aggressive, honest, and effective advocates for their clients. MH attorneys put their principles into practice by involving their clients in every step of the litigation process, from the development of litigation-prevention strategies, early case assessments and budgets, effective and careful discovery, mediation, trials, and appeals.
Provided by Chambers
McDowell Hetherington offers clients broad expertise in commercial litigation. The firm handles a variety of complex contentious matters, such as contractual disputes, class actions and bankruptcy-related cases. The team has deep litigation experience in a diverse range of sectors, including energy and real estate, among others.
Thomas Hetherington is a key contact.
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McDowell Hetherington has honed its skills in our business and knows us extremely well, which is very helpful and provides a lot of efficiency. It takes on more than just the case in front of them and truly invests in us. It is a go-to firm.
McDowell Hetherington looks for the most realistic, attainable outcome. Its attorneys use their initiative well before coming to us. They support our business well and have educated themselves well on how we work, bringing pragmatism to their legal counsel.
McDowell Hetherington definitely understands our goals. The team is very client-focused and its response time and communication are absolutely outstanding. The lawyers are very good at jumping into things and getting up to speed quickly.
The firm gives 100% on every matter and always works diligently to get the best result for the company. It provides excellent legal advice and has a deep understanding of both the industry and the company, which is critical.
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