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Whether you’re dealing with small-scale contract disputes or complex litigation law, building a solid defence is key to achieving a successful outcome.
From small-scale contract disputes to complex litigation law, the Womble Bond Dickinson dispute resolution law firm is highly experienced in representing clients through a wide variety of legal disputes.
One of the core services of Womble Bond Dickinson as a whole, our dedicated team of litigation and dispute resolution solicitors operate across sectors to support our clients through any and all legal tribunals. Our international team of trial and appellate lawyers and litigation solicitors work from conference tables to courtrooms, constantly tackling our clients’ most significant cases, including intellectual property disputes and contractual disputes, as well as those that threaten their very existence.
Internationally recognised as one of the most formidable litigation law firms in the world, our clients can rely on the expert advice of their experienced litigation lawyer through every stage of a dispute. With access to invaluable resources including Womble Bond Dickinson’s ancillary businesses, including BullDox, which manages millions of electronic documents, and Medical and Scientific Solutions, which provides scientific and medical analysis and expert witnesses, our litigation solicitors have everything they need to construct a solid defence strategy.
Our litigation law firm is also backed by a wider team of litigation lawyers that are always on-hand to provide specialist insights into every industry and sector, aiding in the planning and delivery of strong defence cases. Between our superior litigation law resources and the skill and experience of our dispute resolution solicitors, our litigation law firm is able to confidently battle legal disputes in the UK, the US and beyond.
Disputes served by our litigation lawyers
Over our many years of working in litigation and dispute resolution law, our litigation solicitors have faced everything from the most common challenges to severe high-profile matters and “bet-the-company” litigation cases. No matter the size or severity of a case, our dispute resolution solicitors stand as tireless advocates for clients before tribunals and dedicate every effort to achieving the desired outcome.
The areas of dispute resolution and litigation experience of our litigation solicitors include:
- Admiralty cases
- Administrative Dispute Resolution
- Antitrust and competition cases involving alleged price-fixing, illegal tying, monopolies, abuse of dominant position, predatory pricing and other antitrust and competition disputes
- Disputes in appellate court, helping clients pursue remedies in federal and state appeals in the US and in the higher courts in the UK
- Banking, including creditors rights and securities
- Casualty risks
- Class actions, including securities fraud, financial services, tax issues, shareholder rights and state consumer fraud
- Business disputes across all sectors, including manufacturing, energy and financial institutions
- Construction and engineering disputes
- Consumer finance cases
- Corporate and shareholder disputes
- Cyber regulation
- Securities litigation and derivative litigation and disputes
- Environmental and regulatory cases, including those relating to the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, environmental hazard litigation, operational permit matters and property damage and personal injury claims related to environmental issues
- Food safety, beverage and agricultural regulation
- Healthcare, pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Inheritance, fiduciary and trust disputes
- Insurance coverage litigation
- International arbitration and mediation, particularly in relation to manufacturing, energy, construction, and financial institutions
- Intellectual property disputes
- Mass torts litigation
- Pensions and ERISA
- Procurement
- Product liability cases
- Professional risks
- Propane and natural gas
- Property risks
- Public law
- Tobacco regulation
- Transportation, including automotive, rail, aviation, trucking and industrial and heavy equipment
- White collar and business crimes.
If you or your company are in need of professional assistance on a legal dispute or litigation case, the litigation law specialists and dispute solicitors at Womble Bond Dickinson can help. To set up a meeting with a litigation lawyer, contact us online through the get in touch page. You can also get to know the team first by browsing through our dispute resolution and litigation lawyers and professional staff online.
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Overview
Operating across all sectors and covering legal tribunals from conference tables to courtrooms, our internationally recognised litigation, risk and dispute resolution solicitors support clients with their most significant cases.
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Our Services
Antitrust Litigation
We represent clients on both sides of private and government antitrust litigation, including class actions, and have the capacity to manage multiple defenses and government investigations simultaneously. Our client base includes airlines, pharma and healthcare companies, manufacturers, and consumer-product companies. In addition to traditional antitrust claims, i.e., price-fixing and monopolies, we handle antitrust-related disputes involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the False Claims Act, securities law violations, and RICO claims.
Issues and Appeals
Our appellate lawyers, many former appellate clerks, have briefed, argued, and won appeals nationwide, in state and federal courts and the U.S. Supreme Court. Our team brings a deep bench of experience to high-stakes disputes and government actions. We frequently work with trial teams, developing legal strategies and assisting team members during trials. In addition to having a robust appellate practice, our lawyers provide amicus curiae briefs in precedent-setting cases on behalf of industry groups and advise on constitutional and public policy issues in draft legislation and agency actions.
Your litigation, risk and disputes team
Our exceptional team of international trial and appellate lawyers and litigation solicitors have a depth of knowledge and experience that means they’ve successfully faced everything from the most common challenges to high-profile matters and “bet the company” litigation cases. What’s more, our clients know they can rely on us to stand as tireless advocates – dedicating every effort to ensuring they reach their desired outcome.
If you work with us, you’ll receive expert advice from an experienced litigation lawyer throughout every stage of your dispute, and you’ll benefit from access to our wider team of litigation lawyers, so you always have the most appropriate team at your disposal.
The skill and experience of our dispute resolution solicitors means they can provide specialist insights into every industry and sector, and our superior litigation law resources include BullDox for managing electronic documents, and Medical and Scientific Solutions, which provides scientific and medical analysis and expert witnesses.
This ‘above and beyond’ approach ensures that no matter the size or severity of your case, our litigation solicitors can seamlessly plan and deliver a strategy to confidently battle legal disputes in the UK, the US and beyond.
Our team has recent experience in the following areas:
- Admiralty cases
- Administrative Dispute Resolution
- Antitrust and competition cases involving alleged price-fixing, illegal tying, monopolies, abuse of dominant position, predatory pricing and other antitrust and competition disputes
- Disputes in appellate court, helping clients pursue remedies in federal and state appeals in the US and in the higher courts in the UK
- Banking, including creditors rights and securities
- Casualty risks
- Class actions, including securities fraud, financial services, tax issues, shareholder rights and state consumer fraud
- Business disputes across all sectors, including manufacturing, energy and financial institutions
- Construction and engineering disputes
- Consumer finance cases
- Corporate and shareholder disputes
- Cyber regulation
- Securities litigation and derivative litigation and disputes
- Environmental and regulatory cases, including those relating to the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, environmental hazard litigation, operational permit matters and property damage and personal injury claims related to environmental issues
- Food safety, beverage and agricultural regulation
- Healthcare, pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Inheritance, fiduciary and trust disputes
- Insurance coverage litigation
- International arbitration and mediation, particularly in relation to manufacturing, energy, construction, and financial institutions
- Intellectual property disputes
- Mass torts litigation
- Pensions and ERISA
- Procurement
- Product liability cases
- Professional risks
- Propane and natural gas
- Property risks
- Public law
- Tobacco regulation
- Transportation, including automotive, rail, aviation, trucking and industrial and heavy equipment
- White collar and business crimes.
In need of a litigation, risk and disputes lawyer? Look no further.
At Womble Bond Dickinson we have an exceptional team of talented lawyers and business professionals who can offer guidance and find the solutions right for your business. We have both broad and niche expertise across all our UK and US offices.
The proof's in our experience
- Provided cross-project advice on a bespoke building contract, identifying and resolving issues across hundreds of projects. Our strategic dispute resolution approach led to significant time and cost savings.
- Acted for a major international contractor in a defects and delay claim before the Technology and Construction Court, which was favourably settled at mediation.
- Advised a large construction company on navigating the Disclosure Pilot Scheme, managing the review of approximately 973,000 documents from data mapping to production.
- Represented a claimant in a procurement challenge involving the review of around 370,000 documents. By leveraging AI tools, manual review was reduced to just 11%.
- Collaborated with our Insolvency team to support an investigation and director’s disqualification proceedings through targeted eDiscovery and document analysis.
- Provided flexible litigation support to an international pharmaceutical company by embedding team members within their eDiscovery function, tailored to project scale and resourcing needs.
- Secured a landmark win for Geofabrics Limited in an intellectual property dispute, fought across three trials up to the Court of Appeal, resulting in record-breaking compensation.
- Successfully invalidated a UK registered design for a thermostatic shower bar valve, protecting Carafax’s earlier designs and reinforcing our expertise in design rights litigation.
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"They have great depth and breadth within their team and, as a result, are able to deal with differing matters in a timely and cost-efficient manner."
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"A diligent and thorough team of solicitors. They give clear instructions and get to grips with technical matters, so they can ask incisive questions."
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