Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
  With respect to the types of cases above, as well as many others, the firm offers a complete solution by offering a wide range of services through the following practice areas...
• Sex Crimes
• Embezzlement
• Assault

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Formation
  Brown Sims offers counseling and advice on issues, including: employer liability, employment practice and policy, business formation, insurance coverage, dispute resolution, directors and officers liability, contract negotiation, statutory compliance, trial and appellate strategy, and good faith claim handling.

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
  Our attorneys frequently lecture at seminars and trade association meetings on issues facing employers in ever-changing fields including: wrongful discharge, employment tort litigation, affirmative action, employment contracts, employment benefits litigation, and other labor and employment issues.
• Employment Contract
  Brown Sims offers general legal counseling to its hospitality clients in matters including: employment contracts, vendor disputes, overtime claims, wrongful termination claims, discrimination claims, sexual harassment claims, liability releases, lien releases, and debt collection practices. Browns Sims also offers transactional services including business formation and commercial contract drafting, review, and revision.
• Employment Litigation
• Sexual Harassment
  Under the DBA, a claimant while working in Iraq alleged sexual assault, sexual harassment and rape resulting in post-traumatic stress disorder. The claimant also filed civil lawsuits against her employer and alleged assaulter. Brown Sims was able to use claimant’s actions in her lawsuit to secure a summary judgment in favor of its client.

Property Law

• Premises Liability
  Brown Sims specializes in the litigation defense of its hospitality clients in dram shop liability, including: over-serving, premises liability, food poisoning, false imprisonment or unlawful detention, ordinary negligence...
• Construction Litigation
  Construction litigation that Brown Sims handles includes errors and omissions related to engineering and architectural services, foundation issues and other construction defects, insurance coverage and indemnity disputes, liens, issues related to independent contractor and employee status, and workers’ compensation claims.
• Property Damage

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  The firm regularly handles litigation involving personal injury, death and property damage claims arising out of vehicular accidents, as well as shipping and cargo claims. In addition, the firm successfully defends a substantial number of low impact collision claims and aggressively defends automobile liability matters where fraud and exaggeration of claims are suspected.
• Medical Malpractice
  The firm’s trial practice is its core. The firm handles hundreds of litigation matters each and every year in both state and federal courts. The wide range of matters successfully resolved or tried include: commercial disputes, death claims, bad faith claims, medical malpractice, professional negligence, products liability claims, Jones Act negligence and unseaworthiness claims, toxic tort claims, construction defect claims, and premise liability claims.
• Auto Accidents

Finance Law

• Debt Collection
  Brown Sims offers general legal counseling to its construction clients in matters including employment contracts, vendor disputes, overtime claims, wrongful termination claims, discrimination claims, sexual harassment claims, liability releases, lien releases, and debt collection practices. Browns Sims also offers transactional services including business formation and commercial contract drafting, review, and revision.