Litigation: General Commercial

Shook attorneys have first-chaired 100+ trials to verdict in the last five years, helping clients across multiple industries resolve more than $1 billion in controversy during this time frame. Shook has also entered more appearances in U.S. federal court than any other law firm, currently acting as counsel of record in more than 11% of the federal court docket. Shook attorneys pride themselves on their ability to litigate virtually any matter in any venue. The firm’s collective wealth of experience extends from one substantive area of the law to another and allows Shook to successfully transfer litigation tactics and skills across all areas.

Shook attorneys represent manufacturers, distributors, retail owners, and service providers in matters involving individual and class claims ranging from product liability, premises liability, consumer fraud, breach of contract, professional malpractice, insurance, fraud, RICO, and environmental contamination and toxic exposures in the workplace and local communities. 

Shook has developed data, computer and information systems and experience that make the firm ideally suited to defend individual and mass tort litigation. As a result of the firm’s experience, Shook has played a lead defense and trial counsel role in some of the largest and most substantial national, as well as international, tort liability claims and mass tort lawsuits.