Criminal Law

• Embezzlement
  We represent clients ranging from small businesses to large corporations and their insurers on fraud in business transactions and contracts, and fraudulent practices, such as breach of contract, bribery and corruption, fraudulent concealment, intentional misrepresentation and embezzlement.
• Restraining Order
  Successfully represented a materials testing and engineering contractor challenging FHWA’s improper sole source award of a laboratory support services task order to another contractor. After we filed a GAO protest and obtained a CICA stay of performance of the protested contract, the government announced it was going to override the CICA stay. We went to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and successfully obtained a temporary restraining order prohibiting the government from overriding the CICA stay during pendency of a GAO protest. As a result, the government took corrective action, canceled the task order award we had protested, and awarded the client a task order for the work.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Whether it is a breach of shareholder fiduciary duty, conflict of interest, dissolution dispute, violation of a shareholder agreement, financial mismanagement or trade secret infringement, partnership and shareholder disputes can be costly and detrimental to the future of an organization. Our team is equipped to represent your interests in partnership and shareholder disputes in court while keeping your business and financial concerns top of mind.
• Business Formation
  Well versed in an array of legal and business matters that his clients encounter, Eric serves as general counsel on business transitions, business formation, ownership disputes and transfers, and reviews and drafts operating agreements, bylaws, and partnership agreements. Eric brings experience in shepherding clients through the purchase and sale of their business and properties. This includes writing and reviewing contracts for these transactions, applying a keen eye that helps make them as airtight as possible to prevent problems from surfacing down the road.
• Business Disputes
  Business law firm at our core. Our attorneys have worked with clients to resolve a broad spectrum of commercial issues that confront their daily business operations. When such issues result in the filing of lawsuits or arbitration demands against or on behalf of our clients, we stand ready to counsel them at every stage of the process.
• Business Transactions
  Clients look to us for pragmatic solutions, assistance in mitigating litigation costs, and a proven track record of success. We strive to meet these expectations while also keeping up with evolving technologies that govern the assembly, organization, and discovery of electronic documents that have become standard on complex commercial transactions. Our most senior attorneys have decades of experience navigating through complex commercial litigation matters, and place a high value on collaboration with our client’s in-house attorneys in order to optimize our legal efforts and maximize overall cost efficiency.
• Construction Contracts
  A nationally recognized attorney and thought leader in government contract law, Jim Nagle is sought after for his valuable counsel as consultant, expert witness or arbitrator/mediator by the government and its federal contractors. He has unrivaled experience working on supply, services, international, major systems and construction contracts. Throughout his distinguished career, Jim has represented owners, contractors, subcontractors, sureties, architects, engineers and all parties in the contracting process. In addition to representing contractors, he has mediated disputes between both the government and the prime and the prime and its subcontractors.  Lawyers often consult Jim on government contracts, and he has been used as an expert witness by the United States Department of Justice, prime/general contractors, and subcontractors, in criminal and civil cases, in federal and state courts and arbitrations, in judge alone and jury trials.  Prior to joining the firm, he served as chief of the Logistics and Contract Law Branch of the Department of the Army staff and as a trial team chief in the Army’s Contract Appeals Division.
• Trade Secrets
• Unfair Competition
  Our team handles all the issues that typically arise from commercial disputes, including tortious interference, unfair competition and commercial defamation. We are known for our attention to detail, courtroom prowess and track-record of success obtaining favorable verdicts in business tort litigation on behalf of our clients.

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
• Employment Litigation

Property Law

• Construction Litigation
  While widely known for our specialized expertise in construction law, government contracts, and environmental law, we are truly a
• Real Estate Transactions
  Owners, developers, contractors and subcontractors look to us for comprehensive legal counsel on a wide range of matters related to running a successful business. From corporate entity formation and buy-sell agreement preparation to commercial real estate transactions and real property disputes, our experienced attorneys and consultants offer business and real estate counsel on a wide range of issues relating to construction, real estate development, licensing, and a variety of other commercial transactions. Our team uses its deep knowledge and experience garnered through its extensive involvement in the construction industry to help clients navigate the legal issues that arise throughout the multiple stages of their business life cycle – formation, growth, expansion, maturity and exit. We work with you to protect your most important asset, your business.
• Property Damage

Trusts and Estates

• Trusts
  He’s also the first attorney to hold the distinction of serving as a director of the prestigious heavy civil/engineering construction association, The Beaver, where he has served as a director and a trustee of its now $30 million charitable trust fund. In 2012, the organization awarded Sam the coveted Golden Beaver Award for Service and Supply, only the fourth lawyer to be so recognized in the 60-year history of that prestigious organization. In 2014, Sam was selected for membership in the National Academy of Construction and currently serves as its General Counsel.