Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
  We represent insurance carriers on significant first-party and third-party property, subrogation, and business matters. Also, we selectively handle wrongful death claims and claims involving individuals who have suffered catastrophic or serious injury.
• Sex Crimes
• Theft
• Assault

Business and Corporate Law

• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
  We represent clients in sophisticated and complex intellectual property litigation, including trademark and copyright infringement, unfair competition, theft of trade secrets, defamation, and commercial disparagement. Our attorneys’ knowledge and experience allows us to counsel clients in multiple types of intellectual property matters, leading to favorable legal and business results.
• Unfair Competition

Employment Law

• Employment Discrimination
• Employment Litigation
  We represent employers in state and federal courts before federal agencies such as the EEOC, the Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, as well as local and state agencies that address harassment, discrimination, retaliation, family medical leave, sick pay, and unemployment. Our successful dispute resolution record through various avenues of ADR spans the full range of statutes invoked during employment litigation, including...

Property Law

• Premises Liability
  Cruser Mitchell seeking associates with 1-3 years’ experience in insurance defense practice, preferably with focus on premises liability and/or transportation liability. Candidates must be admitted …
• Construction Litigation
  The firm represents general contractors, subcontractors, and product manufacturers in all aspects of construction litigation. This practice area covers a wide breadth of construction litigation issues including contractual disputes, coverage questions, product defects, architect and engineer liability, and design and construction negligence, as well as New York labor law § 200, 240 and 241. Because the firm has extensive insurance coverage experience, it brings unique experience to the table in handling very complicated construction insurance coverage claims.
• Land Use and Zoning
• Property Damage
  Although I love to say I’m a high-brow environmental E/O lawyer, at the end of the day, this case was basically 12 property damage claims, averaging $125,000 each. Regardless of how much discovery we did, it would likely go to trial anyway because it would boil down to a “battle of the experts.” This was so obvious.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  We defend a variety of claims arising from the operation, maintenance and use of commercial and private premises. Our clients include restaurant, bar, and retail owners in slip and fall, food contamination, and dram shop liability cases. We represent apartment complexes and property management companies against claims arising from third-party criminal acts including rape, sexual assault, and other personal injury claims.