The attorneys on Lippes Mathias’ Litigation Practice Team regularly serve clients across the country. From individuals and closely held companies to large multi-national corporations, our litigators have the ability to represent you in many state, federal and appellate courts throughout the United States. We additionally regularly appear before governmental/administrative boards, agencies and commissions as well as arbitration and mediation panels. Regardless of the venue or size of the client, we consistently strive to tailor a cost-effective defense or prosecution of your claims.
At Lippes Mathias, our litigators pride themselves in working collaboratively with the firm’s other corporate-based practice groups to counsel corporate clients on the structure of contracts and transactions so that our clients are able to minimize risk and avoid litigation.
While litigation is rarely the preferred outcome when a dispute arises, in the event a dispute is imminent, we encourage you to contact Lippes Mathias' Litigation Practice Team so that we can help you develop a comprehensive strategy to manage your legal concern while protecting your current and future business interests.
FOCUS AREAS
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Amicus
- Appellate
- Article 78 Proceedings
- Breach of Contract
- Business & Commercial Litigation
- Construction Litigation
- Consumer Financial Services
- Cybersecurity & Privacy
- Electronically Stored Information
- Employment Litigation
- Environment and Land Use
- Family Law (Florida Only)
- Gaming and Racing
- Government & State Attorneys General Investigations
- In Rem Foreclosure
- Insurance Recovery, Counseling & Litigation
- Intellectual Property
- Municipal Law
- Personal Injury
- Tax Litigation
- Trust & Probate
- Wrongful Death
Team
![headshot of team member Scott S. Allen, Jr.](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBcG9PIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--38184c86e6ab96363cbad2ecc4011f4e56ac45c3/Allen%20Headshot%20Web.png)
![headshot of team member Alessandro A. Apolito](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBaDBOIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--7b8c6c000a0d7699f000509be119f20ef472d96e/Apolito%20Headshot%20Web.png)
![headshot of team member Scott V. Carroll](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBLQT09IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--2bc859402410cd97083b24c6db7dfdeaef1b35e0/Carroll%20head.jpg)
Partner | Team Leader - Technology and Life Sciences
![headshot of team member Kevin J. Cross](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBcUVNIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--023d99e6cf1ab35939db76ab89f73ca858eb08b2/Cross%20Headshot%20Web.png)
Managing Partner | Chairman | Executive Committee
![headshot of team member Raymond L. Fink](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBc3dEIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--ef21a3f62591fdb157b3d8f113f9e207fbf22e12/Fink%20head.jpg)
Partner | Team Co-Leader - Financial Restructuring & Insolvency
![headshot of team member Christian R. Flemming](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBcmNNIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--0d6b747bdbf71911db1738f976d3d3017fb62831/Flemming%20Headshot%20Web.png)
![headshot of team member John J. Flynn](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBcThOIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--594e7bbc90432c371a9a427db78e60f5477ee5a6/Flynn%20Headshot%20Web.png)
![headshot of team member Thomas J. Gaffney](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBPZz09IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--1f94ddc5bbba6459c2aa7337ff5069484036c4a7/Gaffney%20head.jpg)
Chief Operating Officer | Partner | General Counsel | Team Leader - Construction Litigation
![headshot of team member Mark D. Glastetter](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdGdDIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--90235efaf40439442387e498f9e511765743e059/Glastetter%20Head%20CROP.jpg)
![headshot of team member Hon. Carol E. Heckman (Ret.)](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBbmdNIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--5e8115c41a9a58ab52c8c6a361462fbdddd654cc/Heckman%20Headshot%20Web.png)
Partner | Team Co-Leader - Indian Law | Team Leader- Alternative Dispute Resolution
![headshot of team member Leigh A. Hoffman](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBZ2NOIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--2fbf931b43e433e07c1baa7880f4046d2eab48a2/Hoffman%20Headshot%20Web.png)
Partner | Team Co-Leader - Automotive & Truck Finance
![headshot of team member Svetlana K. Ivy](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBbUlOIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--b32eb01bf3703bcd45cf5a78e404a8ce15781aef/Ivy%20Headshot%20Web.png)
![headshot of team member Brendan H. Little](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBaVVGIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--7da62dffff0e0982eb3fb176b2c5d444c080d10f/Little.B%20Head%20NEW%20USE%20THIS%20ONE%20Resize.jpg)
Partner | Team Leader - Consumer Financial Services Litigation
![headshot of team member Kevin T. Merriman](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBcGtEIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--b24464dc768c41e1bc63fe384e98b57e42c614e5/Merriman%20Head.jpg)
Partner | Team Leader - Insurance Recovery, Counseling & Litigation
Partner | Team Co-Leader - Financial Restructuring & Insolvency
![headshot of team member Sean M. O'Brien](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdDBOIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--22edf4754784bf67b2a0aa31abbfc548ee5a0f93/O'Brien%20Headshot%20Web.png)
Partner | Team Co-Leader - Electronically Stored Information
![headshot of team member Matthew V. Paris](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBcFFIIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--8a6ecc60e2545d9d79eac195e4189ad8dd949038/Paris%20Head%20Resize.jpg)
![headshot of team member Jennifer C. Persico](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBcVVEIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--76576529f4c3dee074886b811109cc7dc10c41d9/Persico%20New%20Use%20this%20one%20edit.jpg)
Partner | Executive Committee | Team Leader - Litigation
![headshot of team member Amy Habib Rittling](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBc3NNIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--3d530718e8da6e098fe3c9e084736eb8aade0903/Habib%20Rittling%20Headshot%20Web.png)
![headshot of team member John D. Rodgers](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdE1DIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--3d2c37b439989f5fafb2d6b2a457fe52bdc2e0f4/Rodgers%20Head.jpg)
![headshot of team member Michael G. Rossetti](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBblVNIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--85749c8cd16b12092364bb5c597ab60b9a20cf50/Rossetti%20Headshot%20Web.png)
Partner | Office Leader, Washington, D.C. | Team Co-Leader - Indian Law | Team Co-Leader – Government & Corporate Investigations
![headshot of team member Richard M. Scherer, Jr.](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdEFEIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--c9d02ab380a7015d112d03f1980a90898f616eae/Shearer%20Head%20%20USE%20THIS%20ONE.jpg)
Partner | Team Leader - Business & Commercial Litigation
![headshot of team member Tessa R. Scott](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdUVPIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--a05060bac8b9fce56ab473754ab52f9e95f3aa31/Scott%20Headshot%20Web.png)
Senior Associate | Team Co-Leader - Electronically Stored Information
![headshot of team member Bryan C. Shade](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBb0FNIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--bb796e1cbc20f1e61e43f4664ed75d5f517efc80/Shade%20Headshot%20Web.png)
![headshot of team member Ian A. Shavitz](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBb1lNIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--a028a5fc7d034da206519d75d423f8241ff2f761/Ian%20Shavitz%20Headshot%20Web.png)
![headshot of team member William F. Sheehan](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBHUT09IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--2332cf67dd12ead08cb3e20954bb69a2a3b59333/Webp.net-resizeimage%20(10).jpg)
![headshot of team member Joann Sternheimer](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBc3dDIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--67e90fef3ab0280e9f437ad32ecfde95dedf1ba3/Stearnheimer%20Head.jpg)
Partner | Team Co-Leader - Automotive & Truck Finance
![headshot of team member Scott E. Thompson](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBcDRFIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--2c656f6b477b40b3bc7810df19399a68efcce882/Thompson%20Head%20Crop.jpg)
Partner | Team Co-Leader - Intellectual Property
![headshot of team member Carmen Alexander Vacco](https://www.lippes.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBcHNDIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--8881b09c2c8912cfed9941f77cf3a6c058f6bfc4/A.%20Vacco%20Head.jpg)
Partner | Executive Committee | Team Co-Leader - Government & Corporate Investigations
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