Business and Professional Litigation
Gerry Dwyer and Kevin Brennan have also represented individual and small business clients throughout New York City in a variety of business disputes and lawsuits. We have represented clients as plaintiffs (the parties who start the lawsuit) and as defendants (those forced to defend a lawsuit brought against them). Each of our attorneys has more than 30 years of trial court experience at the state and federal level.
Our attorneys work with many small business owners, professionals, and other individuals who have encountered a legal problem, business dispute, or disagreement that requires a lawsuit or a strategy to deal with a potential litigation. Our experience includes the following kinds of disputes:
- Partnership and limited liability company disputes and break-up of a business
- Disputes involving the sale of a business
- Commercial property disputes, including foreclosure
- Construction defect claims
- Business fraud
- Breach of contract
- Defamation (libel or slander)
- Disputes between a publisher and author
- Lawyer-client disputes about legal fees owed
- Administrative proceedings seeking to fire or terminate an employee
- Disputes involving cooperative and condominium boards and tenants concerning apartments
In addition, we have moved successfully to vacate default judgments unjustly obtained and have defended clients against false claims that they were negligent or that they committed intentional torts, including sexual abuse and assault and battery. We have also challenged successfully lawsuits brought in New York against persons and companies outside New York on grounds that the court lacked jurisdiction over them.
Defense of the Uninsured
We have represented many people and small businesses who have been sued, but who did not have any or adequate insurance to protect themselves. For example, we have defended doctors without malpractice insurance, psychologists and psychiatrists accused of improper conduct, drivers without motor vehicle liability insurance, small business owners facing premises liability claims without liability insurance, and uninsured apartment renters sued in subrogation by insurance companies.
Managing the High Cost of Litigation
Prosecuting or defending a lawsuit can be expensive, but we can make a litigation plan with a budget that eliminates unnecessary legal expenses while still protecting you in court. Understand your options and, if you need to go to court, get effective representation. Contact the law office of Dwyer & Brennan. We have decades of successful results in business litigation and other cases.
The attorneys at Dwyer & Brennan represent clients throughout New York City in state courts in Manhattan, Brooklyn (Kings County), Queens (Queens County), and the Bronx, and in all New York federal courts.
