Litigation

Why Gallop For Litigation?

Gallop delivers Value as national and regional counsel for diverse U.S. and multi-national corporations in a wide variety of sophisticated and complex corporate and business, product liability, mass tort, and other forms of litigation. We also serve many small and mid-sized companies as well as corporate directors and officers in matters large and small.

More importantly, we provide extraordinary talent and broad capabilities associated with much larger, more expensive law firms in a flexible client-centered platform. We put our clients' interests first. We listen. We understand your challenges and opportunities and aspirations. We craft innovative solutions to litigation problems by earning your trust, concentrating the right resources, and executing with skill and practical judgment.

We view clients' litigation matters not as law firm profit opportunities; rather, they are our clients' toughest problems which may impact their business operations drastically. For individuals, reputations and livelihoods are at stake. Accordingly, we approach each new litigation matter as an urgent business matter that must be resolved expeditiously on a cost effective basis. You can expect unparalleled client communication, service and Value.

Gallop Litigation Services

Gallop trial and appellate lawyers regularly conduct jury trials, bench trials, arbitrations, mediations, administrative and regulatory proceedings, and appeals in courts and administrative tribunals across the country and overseas. Our trial lawyers are in fact trial lawyers; not litigators who only prepare and manage litigation. Gallop trial lawyers have the depth of experience and skill necessary to successfully try sophisticated cases to verdict. We also counsel our clients on litigation avoidance and strategies to resolve business disputes without resort to litigation when appropriate.

Gallop litigation Services Include:

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Antitrust
• Banking & Financial Services
• Business Insurance & Coverage
• Class Actions
• Complex Business & Commercial
• Construction, Mechanic’s Liens & Performance Bonds
• Consumer/Advertising
• Contracts, Sales Agreements & Secured Transactions
• Corporate & Shareholder Disputes
• Director & Officer Liability
• Electronic Discovery
• Environmental
• Financial Institution Litigation
• Franchise & Distribution
• Fraud, RICO & Business Torts
• Government Contracts
• Healthcare
• Insurance Disputes & Coverage
• Internal Corporate Investigations
• International Arbitration
• Legal, Accounting & Professional Liability
• Lender Liability
• M&A Litigation
• Patent, Trademark & Copyright
• Product Liability & Toxic Torts
• Professional Licensing
• Real Estate, Zoning & Condemnation
• Securities Broker-dealer Disputes
• Securities & Securities Class Actions
• Tax

Consider Gallop's Experience

Our trial lawyers’ recent representations include:

• Dismissal of Fortune 500 industrial product manufacturer from conspiracy and refusal to deal antitrust complaint
• Tried and received $8.5 million judgment for our clients in pension and ERISA severance benefit case
• Dismissal of Fortune 50 Chemical Company in antitrust monopolization and customer termination action
• Successfully represented a medium sized Illinois company against a Fortune 100 company in an environmental liability action, resulting in a settlement for our client in excess of $7 million
• Denial of TRO seeking to enjoin merger of two large public companies
• Dismissal of securities stock-drop class action cases against D&K Healthcare, Centene Corporation, MEMC, and Rawlings Sporting Goods
• Received a jury verdict in favor of a subcontractor in a case of first impression involving bid-shopping in a $4.6 million construction project
• Denial of class certification in three antitrust class actions – linen textiles, genetically-modified seeds, and specialty steel pipe industries
• Received a favorable jury verdict in a real estate dispute concerning the sale of an 850 acre commercial real estate development
• Successfully defended a multi-million dollar toxic tort federal court case and state court pharmaceutical products liability case
• Acting as a regional counsel for a Fortune 100 company in toxic tort cases
• Acting as national coordinating counsel for a safety equipment manufacturer, handling its trial and appellate work throughout the country
• Acting as national coordinating and trial counsel for all products liability work for an international equipment assembler and manufacturer
• Received mandatory injunction ordering delivery of goods worth in excess of $3 million, and successfully defended the injunction on appeal
• Successfully prosecuted substantial breach of contract and property damage case against a governmental subdivision
• Defending small and Fortune 100 companies in nationwide consumer class action lawsuits
• Successfully arbitrated claims for and against securities brokers and dealers
• Defense jury verdict for national franchisor in franchise encroachment case
• Successfully prosecuted and defended Lanham Act claims and other claims involving trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property rights
• Enforcement of Franchisor Arbitration Agreement and judgment for $427,000.00
• Dismissal of Medical School in the National Medical Residents Antitrust litigation in D.C.
• Summary judgment for a Hospital System in an antitrust challenge to Medical Staff privileges, procedures and conduct

Working With Clients

We recognize the importance of personal service – always being accessible to our clients, keeping them informed of each important development, and involving them in strategy development. As experienced business trial attorneys, we know the importance of learning and understanding the business operations of our clients. This knowledge enables us to form strategies that promote our clients’ litigation position without frustrating their business plans or complicating relationships with suppliers, customers, investors, employees or competitors. When needed, we also form interdisciplinary groups with non-litigation attorneys in our firm to review and analyze all technical and business aspects of a litigation challenge. Because of our comprehensive litigation approach, we have also been asked to provide risk management services and preventive counseling to various industries.

Gallop Cost Effective Tactics

Even before the impact of today's economy, Gallop trial lawyers understood clients' needs for Value, predictability, and cost control and aggressively implemented:

• Matter Budgeting and Planning—Gallop uses both internally developed and client required matter budgeting and planning systems which enable us to provide working budgets and projections to provide clients with needed predictability and transparency of litigation expense.
• Efficient Staffing—Gallop plans staffing to avoid duplication of effort and manage execution of tasks at the appropriate staffing levels. We do not send multiple lawyers to handle situations where one will do. We do not train lawyers on client matters. We deliver the right level of experience.
• Alternative Fee Arrangements—Gallop has employed a variety of alternative fee devices—including fixed fees, blended rates, success fees, contingent and modified contingent fee arrangements—when appropriate for our clients' interests. They work best when true partnerships are formed with clients and interests are fully aligned. We welcome the discussion to see if an alternative or hybrid arrangement makes sense.
• Technology Solutions—E-discovery is a challenge in nearly every case today and trial technology is now the norm not the exception. Gallop has developed intelligent resources to strategically address these issues at an early stage and streamline compliance with and enforcement of discovery obligations. We use state of the art electronically stored information and document management software to lower costs of review, with flat charges available by gigabyte rather than billable hours. Gallop also offers effective trial presentation technology tools, backed by a seasoned technology staff.

Our commitment to value is more than talk.  Please read our Value Statement to understand our client-centered Litigation Team.