South New Jersey Business Litigation Attorneys

Litigation

Business and Commercial Litigation

Business and commercial litigation has become an important part of Barron, Baker & Posternock’s litigation practice. Our trial lawyers have reputation for providing highly skilled and innovative representation to businesses and executives facing legal challenges in the courts of New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania. Our litigation philosophy focuses on sound legal practices and learning, close cooperation with the client and the ultimate goal of achieving a result that makes business sense. For representation in a business litigation case, contact our Moorestown, New Jersey, business litigation attorneys by calling (856) 642-6445.

Most importantly, our business lawyers are trial lawyers who have been seasoned in the federal and state courts. We know how to try cases and settle cases and we are not “paper” litigators fixating on the discovery process and motion practice.

The types of cases that our business lawyers handle include:

• Breach of contract and warranty claims.
• Unfair competition and trademark infringement claims.
• Restrictive covenant and non-competition enforcement actions.
• Business dissolutions and minority shareholder disputes.
• Tortious interference with contract actions.
• Consumer fraud and wrongful termination claims. Also included in this area of practice are professional malpractice and breach of fiduciary claims involving accountants, financial advisors and legal counsel.

At the beginning of each case we meet with our clients and map a litigation plan to reach those goals. We also discuss the possibility of business oriented solutions to short circuit the litigation process. As court qualified mediators and arbitrators we recognize that alternatives to court may provide quick and cost-effective solutions.

Tom Barron and Dan Posternock are primarily responsible for business and commercial litigation. Partner Dan Baker supplies the banking, corporate and transactional experience needed to formulate strategies that will result in practical business solutions for our clients.

Barron, Baker & Posternock’s Litigation Philosophy

The trial lawyers at Barron, Baker & Posternock enjoy the well earned reputation for handling complex civil litigation with an energy, sophistication and creative imagination  rarely found in small firms.  Our ability to handle unique and complicated cases is the product of a litigation philosophy that has been developed in a wide variety of cases over 60 years of combined litigation experience.

Our trial lawyers all began their legal careers clerking for trial court judges who demanded that we watch and learn from the leading trial advocates appearing in our courts.  We then began working as trial lawyers and started to try cases in short.  Indeed, Tom Barron had 25 jury trials within his first three years of practice.   Our lawyers realize that success in litigation requires much more than a confident courtroom manner and a rudimentary grasp of the rules of evidence.  It is essential that trial lawyers have a firm grasp of the law and our lawyers are constantly researching and reviewing the law to advance the interests of our clients. 

This appreciation for learning the law has become more important as the nature of civil litigation has changed.  Our trial lawyers devote substantially more time to legal research, briefing and writing.  We have developed an enviable reputation for the quality of our pleadings and submissions.  

We have also learned how to apply lessons learned in one area of law to different disciplines.  For example, in a case involving the loss of trade secrets, our lawyers applied criminal law presumptions to convince a court that a former employee was responsible for the theft of valuable customer files. Lessons learned in prosecuting and defending DWI cases later became helpful in developing scientific testimony in a wrongful death case.  Legal knowledge gained in a case against a manufacturer of animal feed was later used to defend a manufacturer of rust protection devices in a construction claims case.   Our knowledge of residential real estate practices has led to an expertise in consumer fraud litigation over defective homes and commercial structures.  

We rely heavily on client expertise to guide us about their cases.  We seek to create a collaborative relationship that educates and informs both the client and lawyer so that realistic judgments can be made as the case proceeds.

Our litigation philosophy is guided by a practical appreciation of our capabilities.  We have neither the desire nor resources to engage in legal wars of attrition.  Our approach is to develop a strategy that focuses of a central theory of recovery or defense and that exploits the opponent’s weaknesses and concerns.   We engage in focused discovery and seek to avoid the endless discovery disputes and motions that delay resolution of cases.

We also appreciate the roles of alternative dispute resolution and settlement in modern litigation. The most recent statistics show that less than two per cent of filed cases go to trial.  Our lawyers are court trained mediators and arbitrators who recognize the value, and limits, of these alternative methods of resolving cases.  We appreciate the different approaches and philosophies applied in alternative dispute resolution and can effectively guide our clients through the process.

The final element of Barron, Baker & Posternock’s litigation philosophy is influenced by the realization no one who hires a trial lawyer is happy.  Clients come to us because they have serious problems.  This reality compels us to inform, counsel and guide our clients through the litigation process in order to help them understand the financial, personal and legal risks of a case.  Without this type of counseling, the finest advocacy can be of little value to clients.  At Barron, Baker & Posternock, our goal is to have our clients know that received honest, skillful and fair representation throughout every stage of the case.  

Our attorneys have more than sixty-five years of combined experience in the courtroom and at the settlement table. We know how to present an effective case for our clients, and we can assist you. Contact our South New Jersey business litigation attorneys today by calling (856) 642-6445.

Barron, Baker & Posternock, LLP

400 N. Church Street, Suite 250
Moorestown, New Jersey 08057
Phone: 856-642-6445 Fax: 856-642-6148

Serving the Southern, New Jersey and Philadelphia, PA area, including Moorestown, Mount Holly, Cherry Hill, and Burlington and Camden County.