Contracts
Performance, payment, termination, and indemnity
Disputes involving what the agreement requires, whether conditions were satisfied, who bears loss, and what remedies are available.
Business disputes · Los Angeles
Business dispute counsel for conflicts involving money, control, and commercial relationships.
The Zorkin Firm represents clients in disputes involving contracts, ownership rights, payment obligations, governance, fiduciary duties, business relationships, operational disruption, and reputational risk.
Common disputes
Commercial conflicts rarely stay confined to one legal theory.
A contract dispute can develop into fraud, interference, fiduciary-duty, unfair competition, or ownership claims. The firm assesses the entire dispute rather than forcing it into a single label.
Ownership
Control, governance, buyouts, and exits
Conflicts among shareholders, partners, LLC members, founders, investors, directors, officers, or managers.
Operations
Customer, vendor, and strategic relationships
Claims arising from failed commercial relationships, interference, transition risk, nonperformance, and alleged misconduct.
Pre-suit strategy
Demand letters, evidence, leverage, and forum
Early evaluation of claims, defenses, preservation duties, arbitration clauses, emergency relief, and business consequences.
A disciplined response
Move quickly without allowing urgency to dictate strategy.
The first days of a serious business dispute can determine what evidence survives, which forum applies, how the story is framed, and whether leverage is created or surrendered.
Commercial litigation overviewFactsWhat happened, who decided, and what the contemporaneous record shows.
LawClaims, defenses, remedies, limitations, privileges, and fee exposure.
LeverageInjunctions, dispositive issues, insurance, counterclaims, and business pressure.
ObjectivePayment, performance, control, separation, reputation, or finality.
Direct answers
Frequently asked questions.
These answers are general information, not legal advice. The analysis of a specific matter depends on its facts, law, forum, and objectives.
What kinds of business disputes does the firm handle?
The firm handles disputes involving contracts, payment, performance, ownership, governance, fiduciary duties, fraud, interference, unfair competition, business relationships, and related civil claims.
Can a business dispute be addressed before a lawsuit is filed?
Often, yes. Pre-suit counsel can evaluate rights and exposure, preserve evidence, assess forum and arbitration provisions, frame a demand or response, and determine whether negotiation, mediation, or immediate court action best serves the objective.
What should a business do after receiving a demand letter?
The business should preserve relevant information, avoid informal admissions, identify any response deadline, review applicable contracts and insurance, and obtain legal advice before sending a substantive response.
How are business disputes resolved?
Depending on the matter, resolution may occur through direct negotiation, mediation, arbitration, motion practice, trial, or a structured business separation. The appropriate path depends on leverage, evidence, cost, timing, and the client’s objective.
Contact The Zorkin Firm
Does the dispute require senior litigation judgment?
Contact the firm to discuss the parties, general nature of the matter, business objective, and next step. Do not send confidential information before an engagement is confirmed.