Business Litigation
Our Business Litigation practice group offers the experience of seasoned lawyers who recognize the value of solving problems to promote your business success.
Complex Tort Defense
Since its founding in 1988, a staple of Conn Kavanaugh’s practice has been the defense of business entities in serious and complex personal injury or property damage actions.Construction
Whether you are the owner, design professional, general contractor, project administrator, subcontractor, or supplier on a construction project, our Construction practice will assist you in achieving a successful project outcome.Corporate / Transactional
Our Corporate/Transactional practice has a broad range of skills. This versatility allows them to remain a principal point of contact with our business clients and to move freely across multiple disciplines to ensure continuity of representation.
Criminal / White Collar / Regulatory
We have extensive experience advising businesses and individuals who are the subject of criminal or regulatory investigations or proceedings.
Employment Litigation / Counseling
Employers and employees alike look to Conn Kavanaugh’s employment lawyers for advice in navigating the increasingly complex web of state and federal statutes,Estate Planning / Administration
Our Estate Planning attorneys help individuals and their families plan for the future and protect their assets. We handle all aspects of estate planning.
Family Law / Probate Litigation
Our experienced Family Law/Probate Litigation attorneys work zealously to ensure rightful asset distributions in these emotionally charged proceedings. Our group handles a wide range of areas including prenuptial agreements, custody disputes, and post-divorce support or estate modifications.
Insurance Litigation
Land Use / Real Estate Litigation
Our Land Use/Real Estate Litigation practice has extensive experience in handling real estate disputes of all kinds and at all levels. We can develop a strategy for your dispute.Mediation / Arbitration
Having litigated hundreds of cases, the Mediation/Arbitration practice is well-equipped to effectively value cases to resolve disputes according to your needs and goals.
Product Liability
Conn Kavanaugh’s lawyers regularly represent manufacturers, distributors, and retailers in defending against product liability claims.Professional Liability
Our trial attorneys are accomplished in defending claims against attorneys, health care professionals, insurance agents and brokers, and other professionals.Real Estate
Our Real Estate practice provides skilled representation in a variety of transactions, including the financing, leasing, acquisition and disposition of commercial properties.
- Business Litigation
- Complex Tort Defense
- Construction
- Corporate / Transactional
- Criminal / White Collar / Regulatory
- Employment Litigation / Counseling
- Estate Planning / Administration
- Family Law / Probate Litigation
- Insurance Litigation
- Land Use / Real Estate Litigation
- Mediation / Arbitration
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability
- Real Estate
Architects/Engineers
Conn Kavanaugh has a wealth of experience advising and representing architects and engineers in many aspects of their businesses.
Cannabis
Closely Held/Family Businesses
Conn Kavanaugh’s business attorneys have a broad range of skills and are very experienced in providing legal services to family-owned and other closely-held businesses.
Construction
Conn Kavanaugh has provided an array of services to private and public clients in the construction industry, including the manufacturers of building materials and systems.Financial Services
Conn Kavanaugh draws upon a wide range of disciplines to meet the needs of individual and institutional clients in the financial services industry.
Food and Beverage
Our decades of work in the food and beverage industry, including alcohol regulatory and distribution, have permitted us to gain expertise and insight into the typically fast paced and challenging world of our clients engaged in the food and beverage industry.Government
Conn Kavanaugh provides an array of services to clients in the public sector, including state agencies, municipalities, and public officials.Healthcare
The Conn Kavanaugh team has the skills and experience necessary to successfully maneuver our clients through the increasingly complex and highly regulated environment of the health care industry.Insurance
Our lawyers work with our insurance industry clients in a variety of ways. We represent their insureds in virtually every type of lawsuit for which insurance coverage is available. We represent insurance companies directly in bad faith actions, and in high-exposure losses or losses that present unusual or challenging coverage issues.Law Firms
Since the firm was founded in 1988, our attorneys have been known as “lawyers’ lawyers.”Manufacturing
Conn Kavanaugh has broad experience in representing the interests and needs of various manufacturers.
Real Estate
Conn Kavanaugh has a wealth of experience in the real estate field.Staffing and Recruiting
Staffing companies and Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) are playing an increasingly important role in many aspects of human resource management, as employers are relying more and more on staffing companies and PEOs for payroll and employee benefit administration, risk management, and other increasingly complex administrative burdens.Insurance
Our lawyers work with our insurance industry clients in a variety of ways. We represent their insureds in virtually every type of lawsuit for which insurance coverage is available. We represent insurance companies directly in bad faith actions, and in high-exposure losses or losses that present unusual or challenging coverage issues. We also have represented insurance companies in recovering defense and indemnity payments from other responsible carriers. We also advise insurance industry clients on policy drafting and interpretation, as insurers attempt to address the changing needs of the marketplace. Our lawyers are active in national bar organizations focused on the insurance industry, and consistently work to stay abreast of legal and industry developments that impact on our clients and our practice.
Insurance Defense
We regularly represent entities and individuals insured under professional liability policies, GL policies, EPL policies, and other types of casualty policies, including the following types of insureds.
- Attorneys
- Insurance agents and brokers
- Nursing homes and long-term-care facilities
- Health professionals
- Temporary staffing companies
- Design professionals
- Corporate officers and directors
- Mortgage brokers
- Real estate brokers
- Property managers
- Construction management companies
- Manufacturers
- Technology companies
- Educational institutions
- Municipal officials and employees
Insurance Coverage/Excess Exposure/Bad Faith
We represent insurers on a national basis in cases involving bad faith claims, high exposures, complex coverage issues, and claims against co-insurers. Our years of experience in the insurance industry, and our representation of insurance companies on a national basis, provides us with a solid foundation on which to render advice designed to keep our clients moving forward and out of harm’s way. Representative matters include the following.
- Obtained summary judgment for professional liability insurer in coverage action in Massachusetts federal district court involving “professional services” requirement of insuring agreement, in decision affirmed by Court of Appeals for First Circuit;
- Represented professional liability insurer on appeal to Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in leading decision delineating an insurer’s duty to defend and affirming insurer’s right to withdraw from defense upon dismissal of all covered claims.
- In action filed in New Jersey Superior Court, obtained declaratory judgment in favor of insurance company on claims for rescission and on insureds’ counterclaims for bad faith, defeating $25 million exposure against insurer client’s $ 5 million policy;
- In New Jersey Superior Court action, obtained declaratory judgment for professional liability carrier that coverage for $10 million professional liability claim lay with successor carrier;
- Negotiated settlement of high exposure bad faith claim against client insurance company, involving negotiations with client’s own insurers at high levels of bad faith coverage;
- Successfully defended $7 million professional liability claim against insurance broker in Delaware Chancery Court, in decision affirmed by Delaware Supreme Court;
- Represented professional liability insurer in declaratory judgment action filed in Utah federal district court, and negotiated successful resolution of case that involved dismissal of bad faith claims;
- Successfully defended a national third-party administrator in a bad faith “failure to settle” action, which was resolved after obtaining partial summary judgment on multiple claims with no payment by the TPA on $2 million excess judgment;
- Successfully organized approximately forty brokers and their carriers in favorably settling $20 million exposure from collapse of Indiana Construction Industry Trust.
Policy Drafting and Interpretation
As a result of our years of experience in handling complex coverage issues, our clients consult with us when they are revising their applications and coverage forms, and to assist in internal discussions as to whether policy language must or should be revised. In rendering this advice, we look backward to issues and cases with which we are already familiar, and try to look forward and anticipate claims and coverage issues that may arise in the future.
