Duane Morris LLP

Duane Morris LLP is widely known for handling commercial conflicts, business torts, and bet-the-company matters, and is equally comfortable in courtrooms, arbitrations, and regulatory-adjacent proceedings. The trial practice group is co-chaired by Philadelphia’s Sharon Caffrey, who is closely associated with transportation and catastrophic-tort defense, and San Francisco’s Stephen Sutro, who wields his white-collar and investigations experience to defend clients in criminal cases and government-facing disputes. Meanwhile, the commercial litigation team is anchored by James Steigerwald in Philadelphia, who represents major enterprises in complex litigation, including corporate negligence and veil-piercing defenses, and Courtney Baird in San Diego, who fights trade secret and restrictive covenant battles. Also Philadelphia-based, Matthew Taylor takes on product liability class actions and disputes between manufacturers and distributors. Both described as ‘stellar’, Florida-based Harvey Gurland is immersed in real estate and business disputes, including high-stakes trial and appellate work, while Julian Jackson-Fannin is adept in commercial disputes, investigation-facing litigation, and regulatory matters.