Practice Areas

Lynch & Stern LLP handles civil litigation within a wide variety of subject areas, including:

• Complex Commercial Litigation - We have litigated commercial disputes in state and federal courts across the country, including through trials and appeals, as well as in administrative tribunals, ADR forums, including NASD, JAMS, and AAA.  Our practice focuses on complex disputes including actions pending in multiple jurisdictions, and emergency proceedings in equity and class actions.

• Trademark and Unfair Competition, Antitrust - We have substantial experience litigating claims arising out of state and federal trademark and unfair competition laws. We have prosecuted and defended numerous matters under the Lanham Act and its state law counterparts and under antitrust laws, including class actions.

• Partnership, Close Corporation, Limited Liability Companies, and Business Valuation - Business organizations controlled by a smaller group of investors can give rise to any number of claims by and against the principals and/or the business entity.  We have significant experience sorting through the relationships created by ownership or association in such entities, including business valuation and buy/sell issues.

• Executive Employment/Anti-Competition Covenants - We have represented executives and employers in connection with significant employment relationship matters.  Our experience includes negotiation of employment agreements and litigation regarding post-employment compensation packages and non-competition covenants.

• Real Estate Litigation - We possess extensive experience with matters involving real estate, including litigation regarding leases and occupancy agreements, contracts to buy and sell real estate, townhouse and condominium declarations, and lawsuits for specific performance and damages arising out of real estate transactions.

• Director and Officer Litigation - We have successfully represented individual directors and officers of corporations against claims of wrongdoing brought by the corporation and by third parties.  Such claims often involve satellite litigation against insurance carriers or other potentially responsible third parties.

• Securities Litigation - Our attorneys have extensive experience litigating securities fraud cases in federal and state courts brought as class actions, derivative actions, and individual actions.  Parties in those cases have ranged from public issuers to private, closely-held corporations.

• Insurance Coverage Litigation - We have advanced claims under insurance policies issued in a variety of contexts, including D&O, P&C, Disability, and Advertising injury.  While most of our work has been on behalf of policy holders, we have, from time to time, been called upon to represent carriers.

• Business Torts - Our attorneys have significant experience prosecuting and defending actions alleging breach of fiduciary duty, and other business torts.

• Debt Collection - One of the most basic services provided by a commercial litigation firm is the ability to collect debts owed to our clients.  We not only have experience in litigating direct claims for debts, but also in asserting theories to impose liability against third parties (such as officers, directors, and shareholders) or corporate debtors on fraudulent conveyance, piercing the corporate veil, and similar approaches.

• Emergency Litigation - Our overall experience in complex commercial disputes has led to a particular expertise in litigation involving temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions.  We have successfully prosecuted and defended numerous actions in courts of equity, both state and federal.

Our attorneys represent clients in courts around Chicago, such as the Daley Center (above) and the Dirksen federal building (below), around the state, and around the country.