Dispute Resolution

A business dispute is a business decision before it's a legal one, and the question is rarely whether you can sue but whether the recovery justifies the cost. Hank has litigated more than 600 matters over 29 years, for companies enforcing contracts, defending claims, and recovering money they're owed, so you get counsel who can assess early what a case is worth and whether to fight it.

Hank handles contract and partnership disputes, business torts, noncompete and trade-secret claims, real estate and construction disputes, intellectual property litigation, and commercial collections. He handles each case from the first demand letter through pleadings, discovery, hearings, trial or arbitration, and appeal, and evaluates settlement at every stage where resolution may cost less than continued litigation.

Whether a dispute ends up in court or in arbitration depends on what the contract requires. When an arbitration clause governs, the dispute goes to a private arbitrator under the rules the parties agreed to. Everything else goes to court, where Hank pursues injunctions, temporary restraining orders, and other emergency relief to prevent harm while the case proceeds. He tries cases and argues appeals, but most resolve before a verdict, because the demonstrated willingness to go to trial is what produces a settlement worth accepting.

A judgment is only worth what you collect. Hank continues after the verdict with post-judgment recovery, converting a paper win into money through abstracts of judgment, writs of execution, garnishment, and turnover proceedings. Across industries from energy and software to construction and entertainment, every engagement works toward the same result, a dispute resolved on terms you can accept and a recovery you can deposit.