The Firm fights in federal or state court for the rights of its clients when disputes cannot be resolved in negotiations or arbitrations. The Firm represents plaintiffs in pursuing rights, and it represents defendants to protect rights and property under attack by others. Some kinds of civil litigation that the Firm has handled include:
 

• breach of contract and employment disputes
• replevin actions
• foreclosure defenses
• breach of partnership agreements
• bankruptcy litigation, including preference issues and non-dischargeability
• tort claims (e.g., assault and battery, tortious interference, malpractice)
• suits to enforce various state and federal statutes, including ERISA, ADA, RICO, the Copyright Act, the Lanham Act, and the Civil Rights Act.

 
Some of the Firm’s litigation is conducted with co-counsel (see “Networking<" below). With attorney Andrey Filipowicz, for instance, the Firm obtained a substantial money judgment in a jury case involving contract claims and RICO allegations in Bankcard America, Inc. v. Universal Bancard Systems, Inc. and settled a second contract action between Electronic Bankcard Systems, Inc. and Bankcard America, Inc. With attorney Donald L. Johnson, the Firm obtained a significant settlement on the eve of trial for Passport Software, Inc. against Do it Best Corp. With attorney John O. Noland, Jr., the Firm successfully defended the president and sole shareholder of Checker Taxi, Inc. from a suit brought by American Country Insurance Company in state court.
 
The Firm’s Bankruptcy Litigation Practice: Adversaries, Contested Matters
 
The Firm frequently represents its clients in a variety of bankruptcy and bankruptcy-related litigation. The Firm defends debtors from creditors’ contested motions, such as motions to modify the automatic stay, motions to dismiss, and motions to prohibit the use of cash collateral, or brings such motions on behalf of creditors. The Firm prosecutes on behalf of Debtors or defends creditors against adversary complaints such as actions to avoid a preference, to enjoin, or to require the turnover of property.
 
The Firm has been especially successful in having debtors’ obligations to the Internal Revenue Service declared dischargeable by applying relevant provisions of the Bankruptcy Code to the facts. In one case, where a debtor client, a former stockbroker, had been unable over a ten year period to repay $1 million in income taxes to the IRS, and where the Firm proved that there had been no fraud or evasion involved in the nonpayment, the Firm obtained a total discharge of that debt for the debtor. The Firm has also represented chapter 7 trustees in suits to recover property for the debtor’s estate or to obtain money damages to increase the dividends to be paid to creditors.
 
Networking
 
Besides the services provided primarily by the Firm’s attorneys, the Firm also makes numerous other services available through its network of legal and accounting professionals. The Firm works with attorneys who pursue personal injury claims for clients, medical and legal malpractice claims, domestic relations and probate matters. And the Firm works regularly with CPAs to develop business plans and resolve clients’ tax problems including filing of overdue tax returns and handling offers in compromise.