New Jersey Business and Commercial Dispute Law Firm
When a contract is breached, or a disagreement arises between business partners, the parties involved generally have every right to file a lawsuit and have their dispute resolved in court. In these situations, it is critical that the companies and business owners involved seek legal counsel from attorneys that can guide them through the legal system and help them get back to business.
The Law Offices of Andrew Dressel LLC is a business-minded law firm that has assisted companies in New Jersey and beyond with an array of commercial disputes. With extensive experience litigating everything from simple breach of contract claims to multi-million dollar commercial disputes, our team prides itself on achieving successful outcomes for our clients.
Types of Business and Commercial Disputes
The Law Offices of Andrew Dressel LLC provides the custom service of a boutique law firm and the expertise of a large name-brand law firm, which is why many New Jersey businesses and business owners rely on us to resolve their legal disputes.
We handle a wide variety of cases, including those involving:
Breach of contract
Disputes between officers, principals, or partners in a business
Disagreements over ownership or governance
Employment compensation, discrimination, and termination
Defamation and libel
This is just a brief summary of the types of commercial disputes we help companies resolve. The best way to determine if we handle the type of legal issue you or your business is facing is to contact our office and schedule a free consultation.
How Are Business and Commercial Disputes Different?
Sometimes a company needs to go on the offensive to protect itself. Other times it must justify its actions against claims brought by another party. Either way, the outcome often determines the business’s future. Success means survival, while failure causes many businesses to close.
With that being said, it is always important to remember that business litigation is a means to an end, not the end goal. Finding a way to resolve the dispute and move forward is often a better option than spending lots of time and money trying to persuade a judge to declare you a winner.
How Are Business and Commercial Disputes Different?
Sometimes a company needs to go on the offensive to protect itself. Other times it must justify its actions against claims brought by another party. Either way, the outcome often determines the business’s future. Success means survival, while failure causes many businesses to close.
With that being said, it is always important to remember that business litigation is a means to an end, not the end goal. Finding a way to resolve the dispute and move forward is often a better option than spending lots of time and money trying to persuade a judge to declare you a winner.
Why Work With a Business and Commercial Dispute Lawyer?
If you needed brain surgery, you wouldn’t ask your primary care doctor to pick up a scalpel. The same mindset should dictate what sort of law firm a business or business owner chooses to work with when a commercial dispute arises. Not every lawyer has the experience needed to help resolve a complex business dispute that will make or break the companies involved.
The Law Offices of Andrew Dressel LLC is a solutions-focused law firm that truly understands how various legal issues may impact a business, and what it takes to resolve them. When we are hired to represent a party in a business dispute, we talk with our client to figure out what their end goal is, then work backward from there.
Responding to a Business or Commercial Dispute
The best thing businesses and business owners can do to prepare themselves for litigation is to speak with an experienced attorney like those at The Law Offices of Andrew Dressel LLC. No two cases are alike, so it is important to get the personalized advice a lawyer can offer.
Beyond that, parties can prepare for litigation by gathering and saving documents and other information that helps them remember and tell their side of the story. These things can help an attorney assess the case, prepare a strategy, and may be important evidence at trial.
Responding to a Business or Commercial Dispute
The best thing businesses and business owners can do to prepare themselves for litigation is to speak with an experienced attorney like those at The Law Offices of Andrew Dressel LLC. No two cases are alike, so it is important to get the personalized advice a lawyer can offer.
Beyond that, parties can prepare for litigation by gathering and saving documents and other information that helps them remember and tell their side of the story. These things can help an attorney assess the case, prepare a strategy, and may be important evidence at trial.
Speak with a Business and Commercial Dispute Lawyer
The Law Offices of Andrew Dressel LLC provides the custom service of a boutique law firm and the expertise of a large name-brand law firm to our clients in central New Jersey and beyond. We have a pro-business, problem-solving approach to lawyering that ensures our clients can find a path forward instead of hitting a brick wall when they come to us for advice.
Contact The Law Offices of Andrew Dressel LLC today to discuss your business’s legal needs with our experienced team.
NJ Internal Investigations and Advice
Internal investigations are a common tactic used by organizations across New Jersey to manage risks and make well-informed management decisions.
By their nature, these investigations are designed to uncover potentially problematic actions that organizations and their leaders would like to keep quiet.
The attorneys of The Law Offices of Andrew Dressel LLC have conducted such investigations at a number of high-profile organizations and smaller companies. What we are looking for depends on the situation. We may be asked to look into allegations of sexual harassment or other employee misconduct, get to the bottom of employer-employee disagreements, and explore ethical or legal gray areas.
As impartial outside counsel, we come in with no preconceptions or expectations, just a desire to get to the truth. We conduct our investigation like we would if we were opposing counsel in a lawsuit. We gather and examine evidence, interview witnesses, and try to find weak spots or holes in the information we are given.
What we find goes into a confidential report given to the board, in-house counsel, or whatever organizational leader brought us in to investigate.
Business and Commercial Dispute FAQs
The Law Offices of Andrew Dressel LLC represents clients in a variety of business and commercial lawsuits across industries. We are often involved in business litigation stemming from breaches of contract or employment disputes.
The window of opportunity for filing a lawsuit to resolve a business or commercial dispute varies from case to case. Business contracts often include provisions limiting the time a lawsuit can be filed. The time available to file a lawsuit over a non-contractual dispute is typically governed by a statute of limitations written into state law.
One of the reasons it is important to speak to an experienced business litigation attorney as soon as you are injured or a dispute arises is so that you get your claims filed before time runs out. Even if you have a slam-dunk case, you will be out of luck if you wait too long to file it.
In New Jersey, most civil litigation follows a similar path. First, a complaint is filed with the court. The complaint outlines the dispute between the two parties, and tells the court what the plaintiff would like the defendant to do to make things right. The defendant then files a response briefly telling their side of the story, and making any counterclaims.
The court will look at these documents and decide if there is an actual dispute it is capable of resolving. Some cases do not make it past this step.
Those that do, move on to the discovery phase, where both sides look for evidence that supports their claims. If the case does not settle, it then goes to trial. The judge or jury will reach a verdict, which may be appealed if either party is dissatisfied.
Litigation is not a quick and easy way to solve a dispute. It is a lengthy, drawn-out process that can take months or even years. In New Jersey, many civil lawsuits are settled because the parties grow tired of waiting for their day in court. Cases that do go to trial, and are then appealed by the losing party, take even longer to resolve.
This depends on what your definition of “winning” is. Having your day in court, and coming out on top is one definition winning, but it is not the only one. Winning can also mean coming to a point where you can forget about the dispute at hand and move forward.
At The Law Offices of Andrew Dressel LLC, we talk to our clients about what winning would mean to them — what it would allow them to do that they aren’t able to do now. We then suggest various ways to get to that point.
The best thing you can do to prepare yourself and your business for litigation is to speak with an experienced attorney like those at The Law Offices of Andrew Dressel LLC. No two cases are alike, so you need the personalized advice a lawyer can offer you.
Beyond that, gather and save documents and other information that helps you remember and tell your side of the story. These things can help an attorney assess your case, and may be important evidence at trial.