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In commercial disputes, you need attorneys who understand the complexities of business torts . . . and win.

Commercial disputes can occur over the buying or selling of properties, businesses, products, or services; in negotiating or disputing contracts, including contracts of employment; in making financial investments; in the issuing and underwriting of securities; and in numerous other business transactions.

Let’s say that you’ve negotiated an agreement to sell your company. How can you be sure that you have an iron-clad contract that is fair to you and protects your interests? And if the deal unravels, how do you proceed to recover your losses?

Or maybe as a professional, you have signed an employment contract that calls for a raise at the end of the year, based upon quarterly performance evaluations. Your boss didn’t do the evaluations, and now the company is reneging on its promise. You’re afraid that if you push the envelope, you’ll be fired.

In situations like these, you probably don’t know what your legal rights are, much less how to pursue them. Fortunately, the experienced business litigation attorneys at Searcy Denney know what to do.

We know from experience, for example, that some employers cannot resist the temptation to reap the benefits of an employee’s hard work, then decline to continue employment. Many professionals have employment contracts, either in writing or formed through practices and collateral documents. When employers unfairly violate these agreements, our attorneys know how to analyze the facts and present them compellingly so that the chance for justice is best served.

Searcy Denney business litigation attorneys not only know the law, they have applied it to situations that may be similar to yours and have gained favorable results for their clients. They have demonstrated, time after time, that they are not afraid to take on corporate giants who put profit over people.

• In a record-shattering case in 2005, Searcy Denney attorney Jack Scarola teamed up with a Chicago law firm on behalf of financier Ronald Perelman against Morgan Stanley & Co., a prominent investment bank. Perelman charged that, in negotiating a contract for Sunbeam Corporation to buy Coleman Company, which Mr. Perelman owned, Morgan Stanley fraudulently misrepresented Sunbeam’s financial position. Nearly half of Mr. Perelman’s net proceeds from the sale were in Sunbeam stock, which plummeted a few weeks later when Sunbeam filed for bankruptcy. The jury agreed with Perelman, and awarded him $1.58 billion dollars.

• In two notable wrongful termination cases, Searcy Denney attorneys successfully gained recoveries for individuals they represented against corporate employers. In one, the general manager of a posh hotel and club was fired after false rumors about him were circulated by board members, who then fired him. Searcy Denney secured a settlement for the manager after two mediations.
  
  In another case, Searcy Denney attorneys sought justice for a contract employee who was terminated and not paid for the work he had already performed. He was subsequently awarded not only severance pay, but an amount equal to ten percent of his corporate employer’s assets.    

If you are in a position of negotiating or disputing a business relationship that affects your life and your family’s future, then you may want to talk with the business litigation attorneys at Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley. Please fill out our Contact Form, or call us to learn more and arrange for a confidential free consultation.