Health Care

• Represented pain management providers in overpayment dispute against the country’s largest insurance company.
• Represented national health care provider in nonpayment and underpayment dispute against the country’s largest insurance company.
• Represented a hospital client in multiple Certificate of Need (CON) matters in the state of Tennessee involving freestanding emergency departments, including a two-week trial appealing the denial of a CON.
• Conducted an internal investigation of events surrounding the death of a patient at a behavioral health facility, including interfacing with local law enforcement in its criminal investigation.

Intellectual Property

• Successfully represented an international jewelry company in copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and breach of contract action against a large home shopping network.
• Successfully represented an international jewelry company in copyright and trademark infringement action against an online reseller.
• Successfully defended a national toy company in federal court against trademark infringement claims by a national manufacturer of radio-controlled vehicles.
• Successfully represented a telehealth provider in trademark infringement action.
• Successfully defended an opposition proceeding before the TTAB in which a national soft drink company sought the cancellation of a local craft brewery's trademark application.
• Obtained a judgment against individuals and their closely held corporations brazenly infringing a national pizza company's trademark rights, including seizure of all infringing signage and advertisements.
• Successfully defended a large restaurant management group against claims of trademark infringement in federal court.
• Successfully resolved an opposition proceeding before the TTAB for a commercial fan manufacturer whose main competitor sought to use and register a confusingly similar trademark.

Commercial Litigation

• Successfully represented publicly traded company in breach of contract action against national IT provider.
• Successfully represented members of an LLC in business divorce against other members.
• Successfully defended a large tile manufacturer against product defect claims.
• Represented several victims of an elaborate Ponzi scheme, resulting in the recovery of several million dollars and ultimately a 10-year federal prison sentence for the Ponzi scheme orchestrator.
• Negotiated the buyout of a lease agreement for a dental practice, paving the way for the practice to construct a new state-of-the-art facility on adjacent land.
• Obtained favorable summary judgment for a national franchisor in the damage restoration industry in a termination case involving Lanham Act, breach of contract, and racial discrimination, including affirmation of the summary judgment at the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.