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Eric is an experienced trial lawyer who has tried cases in state and federal courts, administrative forums and arbitration forums in ten states. He also has arbitrated before the American Arbitration Association’s Centre for International Dispute Resolution. Through nearly 20 years of practice as a business and commercial litigator, Eric has represented clients in a wide variety of industries, including telecommunications, retailing, manufactured housing, heavy-industrial construction, window manufacturing, pressure-sensitive-label manufacturing, financial services, food service and national restaurant chains, insurance, trucking, metal recovery and temporary employment and recruiting. In complex litigation or this diverse client base, Eric has successfully prosecuted and defended lawsuits claiming damages into the hundreds of millions of dollars. Through this experience, he has acquired in-depth knowledge of business, commercial and employment disputes, which often require the ability to present complex technical issues, factual scenarios and damage claims in an understandable and persuasive way to jurors, judges, arbitrators and mediators. He has worked with numerous experts in engineering, statistical, financial and accounting fields to prove and defend claims for and against his clients. Eric’s experience encompasses: Complex contract disputes involving novel and difficult damage claims Internal corporate investigations involving potential criminal liability Construction disputes for a heavy industrial contractor in the power-generation and petroleum industries Uniform Commercial Code disputes revolving around contract formation, breach of warranty, economic and non-economic losses Commercial product-liability claims involving systemic and component failures Shareholder litigation for closely-held businesses Insurance recovery on behalf of policyholders under general liability, directors and officers, environmental and employment practices policies; Franchise-related disputes Representation of landowners in condemnation actions and land-use planning disputes with various governmental entities While clients rely on Eric primarily for favorable resolution of their disputes, they also consider him a trusted advisor because he understands their businesses and business objectives. He has received Martindale-Hubbell’s highest (AV) peer-review rating.
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