Faruki PLL

Website:https://www.ficlaw.com/

Tel: (937) 227-3700

Fax:(937) 227-3717

Managing Partners: Erin E. Rhinehart; Brian D. Wright

Number of partners:7

Number of lawyers:18

Languages:English

Firm Overview:

Faruki PLL is a premier business litigation firm, led by trial lawyers, with offices in Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio. Complex litigation has been the focus of Faruki since its founding in 1989. Building on a strong core of established trial attorneys known for their expertise in business law, Faruki's reputation has extended to businesses and courts of law across the country. The firm's reputation is based in part on the successful representation of Fortune 500 companies and large privately held businesses in state and federal courts all over the United States.

Keep up with Faruki PLL at www.ficlaw.com

Main Areas of Practice:

Business Litigation:

At Faruki, the experienced trial attorneys focus on business litigation, covering all aspects of commercial disputes. Examples of their complex litigation cases include antitrust, class actions, contracts, data breach, data protection, employment, environmental issues, false advertising, healthcare, injunctions, intellectual property, legal malpractice, media and communications, products liability, technology, and securities. In addition to their experience with arbitration, mediation, and administrative bodies, the firms extensive trial practice has benefited clients in state and federal courts across the country, at both the trial and appellate levels.

Key Clients:

AES Ohio, CareSource, Crown Equipment Co., Henny Penny Corporation, LexisNexis, Premier Health, RELX Group, Sunsong Holdings, Inc., The Scotts Company LLC, Vora Ventures, LLC, and WorldPay.

Contacts:

Erin E. Rhinehart

Tel: (937) 227-3714

Email: [email protected]

Brian D. Wright

Tel: (513) 632-0314

Email: [email protected]

D. Jeffrey Ireland

Tel: (937) 227-3710

Email: [email protected]

Jeffrey T. Cox

Tel: (937) 227-3704

Email: [email protected]

Stephen A. Weigand

Tel: (513) 632-0306

Email: [email protected]

Jeffrey S. Sharkey

Tel: (937) 227-3747

Email: [email protected]

Employment Litigation: The firm's employment-related litigation work covers all issues, including enforcement of non-disclosure, non-solicitation, and non-competition restrictions; protection of trade secrets and intellectual property; leave and disability disputes, including EEOC, FMLA and ERISA matters; discrimination and harassment claims as well as HR and workplace investigations and lawsuits; employee privacy and data security disputes. In addition, the firm routinely counsel its clients on a wide range of HR/employment risks, including the avoidance and resolution of those risks. The firm's objective is to help its clients maximize their operations while minimizing unnecessary distractions that arise in the employer-employee context.

Key Clients: Henny Penny Corporation, Crown Equipment Co., LexisNexis.

Contacts:

Erin E. Rhinehart

Tel: (937) 227-3714

Email:[email protected]

Brian D. Wright

Tel: (513) 632-0314

Email: [email protected]

D. Jeffrey Ireland

Tel:(937) 227-3710

Email: [email protected]

Jeffrey T. Cox

Tel: (937) 227-3704

Email:[email protected]

Stephen A. Weigand

Tel: (513) 632-0306

Email: [email protected]

Jeffrey S. Sharkey

Tel: (937) 227-3747

Email: [email protected]

Product Liability Litigation: The firm has been defending Fortune 500 companies in significant product liability litigation for more than three decades. They defend single action matters, class actions, mass torts, and multidistrict litigation. The firm serves as national coordinating and trial counsel for a commercial equipment manufacturer in product liability litigation. In response to mass tort filings, they work with our clients to develop a national litigation strategy, coordinate multi-jurisdictional discovery, select, and prepare experts, and identify critical bellwether cases for priority disposition.

Key Clients: Crown Equipment Co., Henny Penny Corporation.

Contacts:

Brian D. Wright

Tel: (513) 632-0314

Email: [email protected]

D. Jeffrey Ireland

Tel:(937) 227-3710

Email:[email protected]

Jeffrey T. Cox

Tel: (937) 227-3704

Email: [email protected]

Intellectual Property Litigation: The firm offers essential resources to prevent and resolve intellectual property issues in the most efficient and advantageous manner possible. It develops customized solutions with strategies developed for targeted results, whether through license agreements, litigation, or arbitration and mediation. The attorneys have over 25 years of experience in IP lawsuits involving diverse and complex technologies. The firm's seasoned trial attorneys have litigated numerous claims for patent infringement, trademark infringement, trade dress infringement, and misappropriated trade secrets, in addition to claims of copyright infringement and covenants not to compete.

Key Clients: Henny Penny Corporation, CareSource, Crown Equipment Co., Labware Inc.

Contacts:

Erin E. Rhinehart

Tel: (937) 227-3714

Email: [email protected]

Brian D. Wright

Tel: (513) 632-0314

Email: [email protected]

D. Jeffrey Ireland

Tel: (937) 227-3710

Email: [email protected]

Jeffrey T. Cox

Tel: (937) 227-3704

Email: [email protected]

Data Security and Privacy: The firm has long been trusted counsel to businesses in matters of information law, including data breach response, information privacy, security law compliance, and consumer reporting related issues under the Fair Credit Reporting Act and other federal privacy statutes. Faruki provided litigation counsel in one of the first highly publicized data breaches. The firm established proper procedures for responding to issues raised by a data breach, defended against multiple class actions, responded to actions by the Federal Trade Commission and state Attorneys General, and responded to inquiries from Congress. With years of additional experience in data breach matters, Faruki offers you valuable insights and services covering the data breach life cycle, including data breach response planning and coaching. These include the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and cases regarding access to personal information resulting in class actions, investigations by federal and state agencies, and third-party inquiries. Based on the firm's years of experience in the courtroom and with regulators, the firm offers a range of information privacy and security compliance counseling services. From policy and procedure development to risk assessment and audits, its services address the challenges in complying with state and federal laws, including HIPAA, GLBA, and PCI-DSS compliance.

Key Clients: LexisNexis.

Contacts:

Brian D. Wright

Tel: (513) 632-0314

Email: [email protected]

Jeffrey T. Cox

Tel: 937) 227-3704

Email: [email protected]

Class Actions: The firm has substantial experience in class action litigation pending in state and federal courts across the country, including massive class actions with many parties on a national basis. For example, the firm has represented a pet food company in a multidistrict litigation involving over 100 lawsuits, 50 defendants and two countries. The firm has defended class actions involving healthcare related issues, federal securities, antitrust, consumer products, employment, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and multiple others. It has litigated class actions to judgment, and it has worked with some of the nation's leading mediators to resolve class action disputes.

Key Clients: CareSource, Henny Penny Corporation, Nautilus Inc., Premier Health, The Procter & Gamble Company.

Contacts:

Erin E. Rhinehart

Tel: (937) 227-3714

Email: [email protected]

Brian D. Wright

Tel: (513) 632-0314

Email: [email protected]

D. Jeffrey Ireland

Tel: (937) 227-3710

Email: [email protected]

Jeffrey T. Cox

Tel: (937) 227-3704

Email: [email protected]

Stephen A. Weigand

Tel: (513) 632-0306

Email: [email protected]

Jeffrey S. Sharkey

Tel: (937) 227-3747

Email: [email protected]

PRACTICE AREAS:

Business Litigation

Intellectual Property

Data Security/Privacy

Media/Communications

Class Actions

Corporate Counseling

Employment Law

OFFICES:

Cincinnati

201 East Fifth Street, Suite 1420

Cincinnati, Ohio45202

Brian D. Wright

Phone:(513) 632-0314

Fax:(513) 632-0319

Email: [email protected]

Dayton

110 North Main Street, Suite 1600

Dayton, OH45406

Erin E. Rhinehart

Phone:(937) 227-3714

Fax:(937) 227-3717

Email: [email protected]