PRACTICE

Professional & Management Liability

Overview

Pierson Ferdinand’s Professional Liability practice group defends licensed professionals, specialists and other businesses providing professional services from claims of malpractice and other liability.

  • Trial-Tested Litigation Prowess

    Our Litigation team excels in discerning the critical aspects of a case and collaborates closely with our clients to ensure that litigation is managed in a manner that advances their ultimate objectives.  We work diligently to resolve immediate issues and help our clients avoid similar challenges in the future, while at the same time striving to provide value-add to our clients in an effective representation.

  • Bench Strength and Industry Experienced

    PierFerd Litigation partners provide clients across various industries globally with comprehensive commercial litigation and dispute resolution services. From coast to coast, in state and federal courts, our experience spans from appellate to high-stakes commercial and corporate fraud litigation, to IP and Insurance related disputes, with the ability to scale up for our clients as and when necessary. 

  • Client-Focused Approach to Disputes

    We view our seasoned litigators as an extension of our clients' in-house legal teams, working collaboratively to achieve optimal outcomes through strategic partnership, early intervention, and a comprehensive approach to dispute resolution.

  • Team-Orientated, Comprehensive Strategies

    We seamlessly collaborate with other PierFerd practice groups to leverage and bring to bear the appropriate industry experience wherever necessary, ensuring litigation strategies are comprehensively addressed, including matters related to banking and financial services, cyber-risk, healthcare, insurance, intellectual property, employment and labor, real estate, among others.

Capabilities

We represent attorneys, design professionals (“A&E”), CPAs, investment advisors, insurance agents and brokers, real estate agents, technologists, medical professionals and other healthcare services providers and other miscellaneous professionals and specialists. We counsel professional clients to manage and mitigate their exposure to risk. In disputes, Pierson Ferdinand partners defend professionals against malpractice allegations, and other claims arising out of the fiduciary relationship between a professional and a client.

Many of these matters involve E&O insurance coverage. We work well with commercial insurance companies and their claim professionals to ensure the client receives dynamic, efficient and timely legal representation.