Sidley’s Commercial Litigation and Disputes practice group has significant experience and a record of success in resolving a broad variety of business and commercial disputes. We practice in federal and state trial and appellate courts as well as in the full range of alternative dispute resolution fora.
The global group has more than 350 lawyers, including more than 100 partners. On behalf of plaintiffs and defendants, our lawyers have won precedent-setting victories in cases involving business torts, class actions, commercial law, contracts, document spoliation, joint ventures, privacy, RICO, unfair trade practice and other issues. For example, our lawyers won a US$125 million jury verdict for a plaintiff and achieved complete dismissal before trial in other significant cases for a number of defendants. Our lawyers have ample trial experience and broad knowledge of a variety of industries. We have handled significant complex commercial litigation for AT&T, Amoco, Bank of America, eBay Inc., Exxon Mobil, Equity Office Properties Trust, General Electric, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ING, Marathon Oil, PNC, Tyson Foods and the American Medical Association.