Litigation
From the firm's start in 1968, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP has focused on the litigation of high-profile, high-stakes commercial cases. In addition, our White Collar Defense and SEC Regulatory group is one of the most prominent in the nation. We try cases. And our ability to prepare cases efficiently and expeditiously with a view to trial helps our clients achieve favorable settlements in cases that do not go to trial.
The Litigation Department is chaired by Gary P. Naftalis, one of the country's leading trial lawyers, and numbers over 90 lawyers. Its members include lawyers who have been senior federal prosecutors, public defenders, counsel for Congressional committees, fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and teachers at major law schools, as well as more than 35 attorneys who have served as law clerks to federal or state court judges.
We work in virtually every area of commercial litigation, including the practice groups described below, but much of our work involves disputes that cut across multiple practice groups. In recent years, we have tried to judgment a variety of contract, fraud, product liability and other general complex commercial disputes spanning industries as diverse as entertainment, energy, and consumer products. While we often litigate on behalf of entities that are otherwise corporate clients of the firm, approximately two-thirds of our caseload comes from clients who have retained us for our special litigation expertise in complex matters.
We have the resources to draw on different practice groups and assemble a team that can master even the largest and most complex litigation. But we also believe in lean staffing to maximize efficiency and ensure that every lawyer on each case is fully conversant with the facts and issues. Our lawyers also are skilled in and frequently use Alternative Dispute Resolution techniques to achieve results for our clients.
Principal Areas of Focus