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Litigation: General Commercial

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Phillips Lytle's litigation practice is recognized nationally for its outstanding trial and appellate work. We have a sophisticated team of commercial litigators who have extensive experience in all phases of business disputes, including those involving banking, contracts, sales and product distribution, services, financing, construction, insurance coverage, joint ventures, employment, franchising, licensing, leasing, land use, real estate finance and development, energy, trusts, charitable organizations, shareholder and partnership disputes, consumer finance defense, professional liability and machinery/technology warranties. 

Phillips Lytle's litigation experience includes handling commercial matters throughout the country in both trial and appellate courts, in the Federal and State judicial systems and before arbitration panels. 

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What the Team is Known For

Phillips Lytle LLP has a standout litigation practice with capabilities across a broad range of commercial disputes. The firm fields an excellent bench of litigators with extensive experience at trial and appellate levels. The team's expertise includes insurance coverage, construction, employment and contractual disputes. It is also noted for its strength in white-collar criminal litigation and government investigations.

Work Highlights

  • Phillips Lytle continues to represent Excellus Health Plan in its multi-district antitrust litigation against the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

Strengths

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They have a great understanding of commercial litigation matters.

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I am very impressed with its work and their dependability is exceptional. They are consistently available, providing sound, tailored advice no matter the situation or how urgent the matter.

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The commercial litigators we have worked with are exceptional in their field. Their work is thorough, well-researched, and their diligence in dealing with other professionals is excellent.

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Notable Practitioners

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Edward S. Bloomberg
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Edward Bloomberg draws on almost four decades of experience to advise clients facing complex commercial disputes. He offers expertise in litigation involving healthcare, insurance and intellectual property, among other areas.
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Kenneth A. Manning
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Kenneth A. Manning
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Kenneth Manning maintains a distinguished reputation for his wealth of experience in handling high-stakes litigation. He advises on a wide variety of commercial disputes including class actions.

Kenneth is fantastic and extremely knowledgeable. He possesses not only a wonderful high IQ, but he also brings wealth of knowledge on the EQ side.

He is an excellent commercial attorney.

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Kevin J. English
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Kevin J. English
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Kevin English's practice features significant strengths in commercial disputes. Clients regularly turn to him to advise on breach of contract claims and wider corporate litigation, among other matters.
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John G. Schmidt Jr
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John G. Schmidt Jr
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John Schmidt continues to assist with a broad range of contentious matters. Clients call upon his abilities across the gamut of commercial litigation and white-collar criminal cases.

John is a highly qualified litigator.

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Preston Zarlock
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Preston Zarlock
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Preston Zarlock maintains a solid reputation for his abilities as a tenacious litigator. He frequently acts for clients in commercial disputes and class actions, with experience handling product liability and insurance coverage matters.

Preston is a very seasoned and accomplished commercial litigator, and that is a real asset when evaluating workout matters.

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Craig A. Leslie
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Craig A. Leslie
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Craig Leslie has a broad base of commercial litigation expertise, including cases involving product liability, bankruptcy and insurance issues. He leads the litigation group and co-leads the appellate practice at Phillips Lytle LLP.

Craig has an amazing grasp on matters and takes a very detailed approach to handling our work. I can completely rely on him, which very much assists me with managing my workload.

Craig is an exceptional and reliable lawyer, making him a valuable asset to us.

Craig is a top-notch trial lawyer.

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Edward S. Bloomberg
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Edward S. Bloomberg
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Kenneth A. Manning
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Kenneth A. Manning
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Kevin J. English
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Kevin J. English
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John G. Schmidt Jr
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John G. Schmidt Jr
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Preston Zarlock
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Preston Zarlock
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Craig A. Leslie
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Craig A. Leslie
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