Litigation

"The litigation practice at Paul Hastings benefits from the firm's wide global network...The litigation team is well known in the employment and real estate sectors, and is an active contender in general commercial, IP and securities-related disputes. Sources delight in the lawyers' 'formidable understanding of the issues facing businesses, and the cost-effective solutions they provide.'"

—Chambers USA 2009

We are a national and transnational litigation practice. We are trial lawyers. We regard litigation as a business strategy and as an investment decision for our clients. We believe in aggressive case management, including early case assessment, client connectivity and ready use of cost-saving discovery and trial technology. 

Those are the four pillars on which the Paul Hastings Litigation Department is built. They enable us to advance our clients’ success by delivering lean, value-driven representation in lawsuits, arbitrations, government investigations and administrative proceedings.

National and Transnational

We maintain one of the broadest national litigation platforms among U.S.-based global law firms. With more than 250 lawyers and litigation assistants arrayed across the firm’s 18 offices, we provide prompt, responsive and experienced litigation representation. In the past year, our litigators have been lead counsel in cases tried in forums from Guam to Massachusetts, and from Tokyo to Texas. Our firmwide experience in national class action defense is second to none. And our U.S., Asian, European and Latin American lawyers team to provide seamless transnational litigation capabilities – in international arbitrations, in support of U.S. litigation defense and in selected foreign court proceedings.

Trial

Clients’ ability to achieve their objectives in litigation – a favorable settlement or a trial win – are enhanced by counsel who are known for taking cases to trial. We are proven trial attorneys. Three of our partners are members of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers. Our lawsuit planning always includes conservation of client funds and executive time for trial – when it counts. Proceeding to trial is not always the wisest course, but when it is, our clients are represented by trial veterans.

Business and Investment Decision

For our clients, filing and defending  litigation is, foremost, a business strategy and a decision about investment of resources – fees, management attention, executive time and client prestige. We build case strategy and staffing around the client’s objectives and investment parameters for the case.

Aggressive Case Management

Lawsuits, investigations and other dispute proceedings require continual attention to efficient, effective use of resources. Our Litigation practice regularly incorporates best practices from clients, our own experience and other firms to improve our skills and execution in early case assessment methodologies, our management of discovery and motions practice and use of litigation technology.