Civil Litigation

Assessment of the Claim

The rep­re­sen­ta­tion be­gins with the le­gal ba­sis for the claim or de­fense, the avail­able doc­u­ments and wit­ness­es, and the re­lief sought. The firm con­sid­ers what the ev­i­dence can es­tab­lish, which is­sues re­quire fur­ther in­ves­ti­ga­tion, and whether lit­i­ga­tion of­fers a prac­ti­cal means of ad­vanc­ing the client’s ob­jec­tives.

The Litigation

The work may in­clude pre-suit cor­re­spon­dence, preser­va­tion of records, plead­ings, mo­tion prac­tice, dis­cov­ery, de­po­si­tions, set­tle­ment dis­cus­sions, and tri­al prepa­ra­tion. De­ci­sions about each stage ac­count for the mer­its and the bur­dens of the pro­ceed­ing, in­clud­ing cost, dis­clo­sure, busi­ness dis­rup­tion, and time.

Related Exposure

A civ­il dis­pute may co­in­cide with a crim­i­nal in­ves­ti­ga­tion, an em­ploy­ment is­sue, or pub­lic al­le­ga­tions. The firm con­sid­ers the im­pli­ca­tions of po­si­tions tak­en in re­lat­ed pro­ceed­ings and co­or­di­nates with oth­er coun­sel where ap­pro­pri­ate.

The firm rep­re­sents in­di­vid­u­als and busi­ness­es in New York City and on Long Is­land and un­der­takes se­lect­ed mat­ters in oth­er ju­ris­dic­tions.

Selected Personal Injury Matters

The firm con­sid­ers se­lect­ed per­son­al in­jury mat­ters with­in its civ­il prac­tice. Coun­sel are as­sem­bled ac­cord­ing to the li­a­bil­i­ty is­sues, ev­i­dence, and ju­ris­dic­tion in­volved, with McBride di­rect­ing the strat­e­gy and the work of the team.

Negotiation and Settlement

Ne­go­ti­a­tion and set­tle­ment form part of the lit­i­ga­tion strat­e­gy. The team eval­u­ates pro­posed terms along­side the ev­i­dence, avail­able le­gal reme­dies, and con­se­quences of con­tin­u­ing the dis­pute in court. McBride di­rects that process in light of the client’s ob­jec­tives.