- Business DisputesBusiness litigation comprises the vast majority of cases at Gordon & Simmons. Since it first opened its doors in 1987, Gordon & Simmons has assisted its clients – large and small – in resolving business disputes. Gordon & Simmons routinely represents clients in state and federal court in Maryland, Virginia, D.C., West Virginia and Pennsylvania, but has also represented clients in disputes across the country, including most recently in California, Florida and New Jersey.
- Intellectual Property
- Wrongful Termination
- Employment Contract
- Construction LitigationToday, Gordon & Simmons represents its clients in civil disputes and in litigation throughout Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic region. The firm’s primary practice areas include contract enforcement, business torts, professional malpractice, negligence, corporate control, defamation and libel, constitutional rights, banking disputes, employment law, intellectual property, and construction law, among other types of cases Gordon & Simmons has recently handled.
- Land Use and ZoningThe firm’s practice areas include business torts, contract disputes, lender liability, corporate control battles, professional (legal) malpractice, intellectual property, real estate and zoning, civil and constitutional rights, defamation and libel, labor and employment, and construction law.
- Landlord-Tenant DisputesThe law firm of Gordon & Simmons and Chris deBettencourt, representing a commercial property owner in a breach of contract action, prevailed on a Motion for Summary Judgment in the Circuit Court for Harford County. Gordon & Simmons represents the manager of a retail shopping center in an action against a former tenant and two individual guarantors. In the landlord-tenant action, the Harford County Circuit Court granted summary judgment in favor of the firm’s client against two of three defendants on claims for breach of contract and breach of guaranty. G&S and Chris secured a judgment for $225,530.16 for its client. On summary judgment, and despite objection from the Defendants concerning the amount of damages, G&S and Chris successfully enforced a treble damages provision in the underlying lease agreement, dramatically increasing the damage award to its client. Gordon & Simmons also prevailed on the summary judgment motion filed by a third Defendant in the case, and Chris and G&S are set to try the remaining claims on February 11, 2015.
- BankruptcyOn February 13, 2018, in a decision that could have a large impact on bankruptcy litigation nationwide, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware granted the Motion to Dismiss filed by Gordon & Simmons on behalf of its client, David Schwartz (“Schwartz”), against Debtors Rent-A-Wreck of America, Inc. and Bundy American, LLC (collectively, “RAWA” or “Debtors”), two companies that are among several private companies owned by J.J.F Management Services, Inc. (“JJFMS”). John J. Fitzgerald, Jr. is the owner, president, CEO and chairman of the board of directors of JJFMS, as well as the chairman of the board of RAWA.