Businesses selling goods or services to the government face a variety of challenges. At the federal, state, and local level, procurement laws, rules, and regulations are complex and frequently changing. Additionally, with billions of dollars in government contracts awarded each year, fierce competition can drive up bid costs and intensify …
Savvy clients know that the best protection against incursions on their intellectual property is a strong dose of prevention. But sometimes, litigation is the only available remedy for protecting an organization’s innovative ideas, products, processes, and brands, and thus its competitive advantage in the marketplace. Ulmer & Berne’s seasoned trial lawyers …
Ulmer & Berne attorneys currently represent city, local, exempted village, joint vocational, charter, public schools, districts, Educational Service Centers, and higher education institutions throughout Ohio. We are very experienced in defending school districts in all types of state and federal school litigation. In addition to litigation, Ulmer & Berne attorneys …
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
With more than 100 attorneys, Ulmer & Berne’s litigation team has a strong tradition of solving problems and delivering excellent results for a diverse group of clients. Our litigation practice is the largest in the firm and we have extensive experience handling matters in trial and appellate courts, and before …
Trust, Estate & Fiduciary Litigation
Why Choose Us
Disputes involving trusts and estates can present special challenges from high financial stakes to difficult family dynamics and complicated legal, procedural, and tax issues. When these conflicts arise, Ulmer’s Trust, Estate & Fiduciary Litigation Practice Group is ready to help guide you through these often personal and …
White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations
Ulmer & Berne’s White Collar and Corporate Investigations attorneys successfully represent and defend corporations and individuals, including high-level executives, in a wide variety of complex federal and state investigations and prosecutions, regulatory matters, internal investigations, and related civil proceedings. Our lawyers have a strong background and tradition in solving problems …
Today, large property loss subrogation claims can be lost within the first few hours of loss notification by the failure to select the right expert, the failure to identify and notify the proper parties and the failure to retain evidence. Sophisticated defendants are always waiting to raise spoliation defenses and …
Mass Tort/Occupational Exposure
Ulmer & Berne mass tort/occupational exposure practice has been actively involved in the defense of innumerable toxic tort claims for over 25 years. Because of our thoroughness, timely reporting and outstanding results, our clients – who have been sued due to alleged exposures to a variety of industrial chemicals, lead, …
For more than 100 years, Ulmer & Berne has been successfully representing clients in claims involving premises liability, product liability, employer liability, professional liability, motor vehicle accidents, uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage claims, and wrongful death actions. We assist clients in ensuring that all claims are properly investigated, effectively mediated and, where …
Governance Disputes & D&O Litigation
Ulmer & Berne attorneys have extensive experience representing public and private companies, boards of directors, and individual shareholders, partners, members, directors and officers in governance disputes and director and officer (D&O) litigation. The breadth of our client base, from large national and multinational corporations to individuals, has made us particularly …