Banking & Financial Services Litigation

We defend financial institutions of all sizes in a variety of litigation proceedings, including consumer finance litigation, CFPB and other regulatory enforcement actions, bankruptcy proceedings, residential contested foreclosures, class actions and litigation management across multiple jurisdictions. Our clients look to us for strategic and focused counsel when facing federal and state statutory causes of action, as well as common law claims. Recognizing and understanding the interface between consumer financial services litigation and bankruptcy claims, we often collaborate with our bankruptcy attorneys to maximize the defenses and litigation options available to clients.

Insurance Litigation

We maintain a national practice in insurance and financial products litigation. Our trial team works with insurance companies in more than 25 states in matters including agent lawsuits, premium tax class actions, insurance product litigation, financial product litigation, carrier-on-carrier disputes and appeals.

Health Care Litigation

Our knowledgeable team of health care litigators draws upon its diverse experience to guide clients and help them avoid unnecessary litigation, minimize risk when litigation is inevitable and preserve relationships. Our attorneys focus on outcomes that produce effective, favorable resolutions and prevent prolonged, costly lawsuits.

Appellate Advocacy

We handle cases as appellate counsel regardless of whether Bricker was involved as trial counsel. Our team also partners with trial counsel to identify appellate issues, draft briefs and prepare for oral argument. We are experienced in handling class action litigation and administrative appeals.

Business Litigation

Our clients include hospitals, managed care organizations, insurers, provider groups and other health care organizations across the U.S. in complex commercial litigation matters.

Construction Law

Our team includes several construction attorneys with extensive trial experience who come from technical and engineering backgrounds to provide assistance in all aspects of health care construction.

Employment & Labor

We provide health care employers with strategic advice, a focused and aggressive defense, and practical solutions to quickly achieve the best possible outcome. Our employment litigators regularly appear in state and federal courts, arbitrations and mediations, and before administrative agencies and other tribunals.

False Claims Act Defense

We represent clients at the state and federal level in a variety of Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse cases. In addition, our False Claims Act team works with health care organizations to conduct compliance audits and internal investigations designed to reduce the likelihood of a violation.

Medical Negligence Defense

With over eight decades of combined experience in complex medical negligence litigation, our team is uniquely qualified to represent hospitals, nurses, physicians and other health care providers in the courtroom and through mediation. We readily defend medical negligence, wrongful death and birth trauma claims.

Workers' Compensation

We know what to look for when investigating a workers’ compensation claim, how to stop it in its tracks and how to manage allowed claims so health care employees can return to work. In addition, we play a leading role in drafting and lobbying for workers’ compensation reform.

Energy Litigation

Our team excels in oil and gas litigation matters, including eminent domain proceedings, mineral rights ownership disputes, oil and gas lease disputes, coal and pipeline company disputes, nuisance and trespass claims involving water supply or property contamination, and class action litigation matters involving energy companies. Additional experience includes appellate work before Ohio’s intermediate appellate courts and the Ohio Supreme Court.

Commercial & Complex Litigation

From contracts and insurance to regulatory investigations and fraud, our attorneys consider every possible method of resolving a business dispute, protecting the interests of their clients and the relationships they depend on to thrive.

Class Actions & Collective Actions

Having successfully defended class action claims in state and federal courts for decades, our team is known for devising defense strategies that result in the dismissal of many cases before class certification and discovery occur.

Appellate Advocacy

Our appellate team handles appeals in Ohio as well as in federal courts and administrative agencies throughout the country. Bricker attorneys have briefed and presented oral arguments in hundreds of appellate matters, including many high-profile and high-stakes appeals and writ actions. Our industry experience gives us the edge in building strong, convincing and creative appeals that get results.

eDiscovery & Information Governance

We provide a broad range of services from litigation-readiness, document and information management, custom application development as well as traditional eDiscovery services. Our team of attorneys and technology professionals are dedicated to providing personalized solutions through the use of state-of-the-art technologies.

Product Liability & Mass Torts

Our multi-disciplinary team assists clients that manufacture, design, distribute or sell products throughout the United States. We have experience trying cases involving complex design and engineering issues as well as working with clients on matters relating to product recalls and warnings. We are able to counsel companies reporting to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and other governmental agencies. Additionally, we partner with clients to proactively avoid issues before they happen with audits in the areas of safety, employee training, advertising and warranties.

Fiduciary Litigation

When representing a fiduciary in litigation proceedings, we have a detailed, technical command of the law that governs fiduciaries. Drawing from experience in trust and estate law, taxation, nonprofit law, corporate law, banking law and traditional litigation, our attorneys represent clients in all types of disputes.

Business Restructuring & Reorganization

Often, an out-of-court restructuring can be more effective and cost-efficient than a formal bankruptcy process or a viable alternative to liquidation. Whether the strategy involves out-of-court financial restructuring, liquidation or reorganization, our advisors work together to protect and advance client interests.

Title IX & Sexual Misconduct

The U.S. Department of Education’s spotlight on Title IX and the Clery Act pursuant to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) makes this a quickly evolving area of law. We help colleges and universities understand these requirements, put proactive measures in place, and address allegations quickly and effectively by applying experience-based guidance to real-life, rapidly changing situations. We also investigate and develop an appropriate institutional response to high-profile, highly sensitive allegations. Visit our Title IX Resource Center >>

Eminent Domain

From counseling clients through the right-of-way acquisition process and negotiations to representing them in state and federal court appropriation cases, our attorneys combine significant eminent domain experience with the knowledge of our client’s business and project needs to achieve favorable outcomes.

Securities Litigation & FINRA Arbitration

We counsel financial institutions, broker-dealers, registered representatives, and insurers in a broad range of customer and industry disputes related to the sale or insuring of regulated products. Specifically, we represent parties in arbitrations across the country before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and in courtroom litigation. We have represented parties in FINRA proceedings involving suitability claims, misrepresentations or omissions regarding securities or investment choices, and expungement claims. Our team also successfully enforced contractual arbitration provisions and forum selection clauses in state and federal courts, including provisions requiring FINRA arbitration.