Kennedy Childs & Fogg offers small and medium-sized businesses a trusted advisor in all aspects of business operation, from entity choice, formation and filing, compliance with state and federal employment laws, dealings with vendors, creditors, and business partners, to restructuring, workouts, reorganizations, and negotiations with financially troubled vendors and partners, as well as litigation.
Business Litigation
When a dispute surfaces in today's business world, companies and individuals face risk on a variety of fronts: the threat of civil litigation, media and public scrutiny, and sometimes the possibility of criminal investigation or prosecution. We embrace challenges like these because we try cases – and we understand that the value we offer clients comes from our ability to solve sophisticated problems – either in the courtroom or outside of it.
Our lawyers prosecute and defend lawsuits in both state and federal courts. We have a reputation for getting results in critical cases involving all types of complex business issues and disputes, including:
- Contract disputes and breach of contract;
- Acquisitions and sales;
- Professional corporations, partnerships and entity disputes;
- Business fraud claims;
- Corporate investigations;
- Antitrust;
- Class actions;
- Professional malpractice.
Understanding the complexity of modern business problems is just the starting point. Clients trust us with their sensitive and critical litigation because our lawyers have a passion for working with clients as true business partners. When litigation can be avoided or alternative means of resolution prove more cost and time-effective, we are well-equipped to assist clients in all forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), such as arbitration and mediation. We are focused on getting the results our clients desire and draw upon our extensive experience in litigation and negotiation to solve business problems and minimize legal risks for our clients.
Business Transactions and General Legal Representation
Our business team does more than just do battle on your behalf in the courtroom. We help small and medium-sized companies address the business and legal issues that face virtually every organization, from entity formation and legal compliance to employment disputes and contracts, vendor and partnership agreements, general contracting, lease negotiations, and general commercial issues.
We are supported by our bankruptcy and restructuring team who can assist our business clients in dealing with financially troubled vendors and clients, address creditor and debtor rights issues, and assisting with other issues related to insolvency, including formal bankruptcy proceedings, as well as workouts and negotiations with financial institutions.
Our business team has a special emphasis on healthcare providers and hospitals, construction, real estate and professional entities (law firms, doctor and dentist groups), but we work with a diverse array of commercial clients on general business issues, helping keep them out of the courtroom and focused on running their business.