Mihir Elchuri

Career

Mihir Elchuri is the co-chair of Hirschler’s Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution practice group. He advises clients on matters ranging from day-to-day employment and contractual issues to high-stakes litigation. Mihir has successfully represented clients facing prospective or actual litigation across a range of industries, including government contractors, automobile dealers, software developers, FinTech companies, retailers, corporate executives, real estate developers, medical practices, and sole proprietors. Over the years, he has tried cases before juries, judges, and arbitrators, litigating disputes involving claims of breach of contract, fraud, fiduciary misconduct, trade secret theft, will contests, negligence, defamation, and business conspiracy, among others.

While he is always looking for ways to resolve disputes on the front end, Mihir has considerable experience litigating cases to verdict. For example, Mihir recently served as lead trial counsel in a three month jury trial in Fairfax County Circuit Court, securing an $18 million verdict for his client in a contentious shareholder dispute in which the opposition actually sought tens-of-millions of dollars in damages from his client. Mihir's other recent first-chair representation of firm clients includes:

- prevailing in a will contest on behalf of the decedent’s son in which the jury concluded that the alleged last will and testament of the decedent was fraudulent;

- obtaining a multi-million dollar jury verdict on behalf of corporate executive for unpaid commissions and converted LLC member distributions;

- obtaining an approximately $1.6 million jury verdict on behalf of a stockholder for the company’s breach of a stock purchase and shareholder agreement;

- securing an emergency preliminary injunction for the owner of a fitness studio in central Virginia;

- prevailing on all affirmative claims and a counterclaim in a jury trial involving multiple claims of breach of contract and unjust enrichment on behalf of a yachting club;

- obtaining a verdict for the full amount sued-for in a bench trial involving a breach of an oral contract on behalf of a real estate investor; and

- obtaining an emergency mandatory injunction involving the interpretation of Virginia's election statutes on behalf of a registrar/director of elections.

Having practiced in Virginia his entire career, Mihir has successfully handled numerous cases in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, commonly referred to as the “Rocket Docket.”