Commercial
Business and contract disputes
Claims involving written agreements, business relationships, performance, payment, termination, indemnity, and commercial expectations.
Business disputesCommercial litigation · Los Angeles
Commercial litigation for disputes that threaten business value.
The Zorkin Firm represents companies, owners, executives, investors, and high-net-worth individuals in contract disputes, fraud claims, business torts, shareholder and partnership conflicts, anti-SLAPP matters, and other complex civil litigation.
Strategic advocacy
For owners, companies, investors, and executives.
The firm evaluates the legal claim and the business problem together: claims, defenses, evidence, forum, insurance, injunction risk, damages, cost, timing, and the commercial objective behind the dispute.
Business torts
Fraud, interference, and unfair competition
Disputes involving alleged fraud, concealment, misrepresentation, interference, fiduciary-duty breaches, and other commercial torts.
Business torts and fraudOwnership
Shareholder, partnership, and founder disputes
Conflicts among owners, partners, members, investors, and executives involving governance, control, duties, buyouts, and exits.
Ownership disputesAnti-SLAPP
Speech, petitioning, and reputational disputes
Early strategic analysis where claims implicate protected activity, public-facing allegations, litigation privilege, and fee-shifting exposure.
Anti-SLAPP litigationHealthcare
Managed care and payor-provider litigation
Healthcare remains a core strength, including insurer, reimbursement, provider, ERISA, FEHBA, Medicare Act, and regulatory disputes.
Healthcare litigationDispute resolution
Trial, arbitration, mediation, and settlement
Focused judgment from early case assessment through pleadings, motion practice, discovery, hearings, trial preparation, and resolution.
Representative experienceEarly judgment
Litigation strategy begins before the first filing.
A demand letter, threatened lawsuit, ownership rupture, alleged fraud, or termination of a key agreement can create immediate legal and operational risk.
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Preserve the record
Identify decision-makers, documents, communications, systems, and evidence before the dispute alters them.
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Define the objective
Distinguish between litigation positions and the business outcome the client actually needs.
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Test leverage
Evaluate emergency relief, dispositive motions, arbitration provisions, insurance, damages, fee exposure, and settlement pressure.
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Choose the forum and pace
Consider court, arbitration, mediation, pre-suit negotiation, and how timing affects operations and negotiating position.
Litigation lifecycle
Focused advocacy from initial assessment through resolution.
The firm handles pleadings, motion practice, discovery, mediation, arbitration, trial preparation, trial, and negotiated resolution when resolution serves the client’s objectives.
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 does a commercial litigation attorney do?
A commercial litigation attorney represents businesses, owners, executives, investors, and other clients in disputes involving contracts, business relationships, fraud, business torts, ownership rights, fiduciary duties, unfair competition, and related civil claims.
When should a business involve litigation counsel?
Counsel should be considered when a dispute involves a demand letter, threatened lawsuit, unpaid obligation, ownership conflict, alleged fraud, reputational harm, customer or vendor disruption, termination of a key agreement, or potential emergency relief. Early involvement can help preserve evidence and avoid avoidable strategic mistakes.
Does The Zorkin Firm handle arbitration and mediation?
Yes. The firm handles civil litigation, arbitration, mediation, and negotiated resolution, with strategy tailored to the governing agreement, forum, evidence, timing, and client objective.
Does the firm represent both plaintiffs and defendants?
The firm evaluates matters based on the facts, legal position, conflicts, forum, objectives, and scope of the engagement. Its commercial litigation experience includes both affirmative claims and defense matters.
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.