Business litigation at The Private Firm

When business conflict changes what comes next.

Strategic representation for owners, companies, and leadership teams facing disputes that threaten control, capital, performance, or reputation.

Explore our approachPrepared for negotiation and trial
Business judgment. Courtroom readiness.Reese Serra and Brian D. Harrison

Conflict with consequence

The dispute is legal. The stakes are commercial.

Business litigation rarely begins and ends with a complaint. It can affect control, cash flow, customer relationships, operations, reputation, and the future value of an enterprise.

The Private Firm works with owners and leadership teams to understand the entire operating context, preserve leverage, and build a strategy around the result the client actually needs.

Every move should protect the business that must continue after the dispute ends.

Where disputes emerge

Pressure points inside the enterprise.

Explore the conflicts our lawyers help businesses and owners address. Each matter begins with the same question: what outcome protects the enterprise?

Shareholder disputes+

Voting, control, fiduciary duties, distributions, dilution, access to information, and alleged oppression.

Member and partnership disputes+

Management authority, operating agreements, financial obligations, deadlock, separation, and continuation.

Contract enforcement+

Performance, damages, termination rights, and defense when a commercial agreement is contested.

Creditor, vendor, and customer claims+

Collection actions, guarantees, payment, quality, delivery, representations, and critical business relationships.

Business torts and emergency relief+

Interference, misrepresentation, confidential information, unfair competition, and urgent injunctive relief.

Control. Capital. Continuity. Reputation.The legal strategy serves the business objective

A disciplined response

From first pressure to final position.

Assess

Understand the facts, documents, parties, economics, immediate exposure, and the business outcome that matters.

Preserve

Protect evidence, contractual rights, operating continuity, assets, reputation, and available remedies.

Position

Build leverage through focused claims, defenses, negotiation strategy, and credible readiness for litigation.

Resolve

Pursue the path that best serves the client, whether negotiated, mediated, adjudicated, or tried.

Litigation leadership

Business judgment backed by courtroom readiness.

Reese SerraBrian D. Harrison
Strategic and trial counsel

Prepared to negotiate. Ready to try the case.

Reese Serra brings the perspective of a business owner and strategic advocate. Brian D. Harrison brings more than two decades of commercial litigation and courtroom experience. Together, they prepare each matter around leverage, clarity, and the client’s commercial objective.

Put experienced business litigators behind your next move.

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