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When a dispute threatens to disrupt your business, you need counsel who can help assess the stakes, define the strategy, and execute with discipline when it is time to litigate.

Seyfarth helps clients navigate complex, high-stakes matters with practical judgment, disciplined advocacy, and litigation readiness from day one. We work closely with companies, boards, executives, and in-house legal teams to identify the issues that matter most, develop clear options, and pursue strategies that protect legal, business, and reputational interests — whether the best path is early resolution, mediation, arbitration, trial, or appeal.

We help clients respond to complex disputes involving commercial litigation, regulatory scrutiny, government enforcement, internal investigations, and parallel proceedings. Our approach accounts for every stage of the dispute lifecycle — from pre-suit risk assessment, claims avoidance, demand response, and early resolution strategy through discovery, motion practice, mediation, arbitration, trial, appeal, enforcement, and post-resolution business considerations.

We represent clients across the forums where disputes unfold, including federal and state courts, arbitration proceedings, mediations, administrative and regulatory proceedings, investigations, and cross-border matters.

We regularly defend clients in matters involving enterprise-wide exposure, including class, collective, and coordinated actions, and bring disciplined matter management, discovery strategy, and technology-enabled processes to help clients manage complexity, cost, and risk.

From the Chair
“Clients today face an increasingly complex dispute environment. Legal issues rarely exist in isolation — they intersect with business strategy, regulatory developments, technological change, and public-facing risk. Our role extends beyond defending claims. We help clients understand their options, make informed decisions under pressure, and move forward with clarity.

"At Seyfarth, our litigation culture is practical, collaborative, and deeply focused on the client experience. We believe that putting people first—our clients, our teams, and the communities we serve — is what enables us to perform at the highest level when the stakes are highest. We bring together exceptional talent across disciplines, industries, and jurisdictions, working as one coordinated team to help organizations navigate their most significant challenges with confidence and sound business judgment.”

— Giovanna “Gina” Ferrari
Chair, Litigation Department

BUILT AROUND CLIENT OBJECTIVES

Today’s disputes require more than technical legal expertise. They require counsel who are practical, responsive, and deeply attuned to the business realities behind the dispute.

Our litigators work across practices, industries, and jurisdictions without silos, assembling teams around the client’s objectives and the demands of the matter. The result is coordinated advice, disciplined execution, and litigation strategy designed around business impact — not just legal issues.

That same client-centered approach drives Seyfarth’s long-standing commitment to innovation and value on clients’ terms. From AI-powered solutions like Seyfarth Cognition to technology-enabled platforms such as Seyfarth Link and process-improvement methodologies like SeyfarthLean, we help litigation clients gain greater transparency, efficiency, predictability, and control over complex matters.

THE SEYFARTH EXPERIENCE

Collaborative Teams, Not Silos. The most consequential disputes often involve overlapping legal, operational, regulatory, and stakeholder considerations. We bring together litigators and subject-matter professionals across the firm to address disputes from every relevant angle, helping clients manage exposure, business disruption, or reputational risk through one coordinated strategy.

Trial-Ready from Day One. Working closely with Seyfarth’s nationally recognized Trial Team, we approach every matter with the preparation, discipline, and strategic perspective necessary to achieve favorable outcomes — whether through negotiation, arbitration, trial, or appeal.

National Reach, Cross-Border Coordination. With litigators across the United States and a robust International Dispute Resolution Group, we help clients manage disputes that extend across jurisdictions, borders, and legal systems, including parallel proceedings, enforcement issues, and business continuity risks.

A CONNECTED APPROACH TO COMPLEX DISPUTES

Whether a matter involves a business-critical commercial dispute, class action exposure, protection of intellectual property, cross-border enforcement issues, regulatory scrutiny, workforce-related issues, or trial advocacy, Seyfarth brings together the right team to address the challenge. Our teams bring sector-specific insight to disputes involving highly regulated, operationally complex, and reputation-sensitive industries.

Where matters involve employment, labor, employee benefits, workplace safety, or other workforce-related issues, attorneys in Seyfarth’s nationally recognized Labor & Employment platform bring the distinct subject-matter depth, industry knowledge, and litigation experience needed to lead those disputes. Their dedicated experience ensures clients receive advocacy and guidance tailored to the legal, regulatory, and business realities of the workplace.

The related practice links within this hub provide direct access to deeper experience in Seyfarth’s focused litigation capabilities. Together, they reflect the breadth of our disputes platform while allowing clients to explore the specific experience most relevant to their needs.

When the path forward is uncertain, we help clients bring the right issues into focus, make sound decisions, and move through disputes with clarity, discipline, and confidence.