Practice Areas
Although SFMS is not organized into formal departments or practice areas and, instead, believes that our clients are best served by an interdisciplinary approach ensuring that the best attorneys for a given matter are assigned to meet the client's needs, the following constitute the Firm's more significant practice areas:
Alternative Dispute Resolution
SFMS considers the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution ('ADR') to be an integral part of the practice of law and the advice that we provide to our clients. SFMS lawyers have a broad range of ADR experience in the fields of domestic and international arbitration, direct negotiation, mediation and other customized ADR options, including dispute review boards, med-arbs, mini-trials, private judging and summary jury trials. Read more about our Alternative Dispute Resolution practice...
Antitrust and Trade Regulation
SFMS has broad experience in dealing with the complex legal and economic issues that antitrust and trade regulation questions can present. We offer clients significant litigation and counseling experience in virtually all aspects of antitrust and trade regulation litigation. Our lawyers have successfully represented plaintiffs and defendants in major civil antitrust matters throughout the United States. Read more about our Antitrust and Trade Regulation practice...
Class Action Litigation
SFMS has a broad range of experience in representing clients in class action and other representative/collective litigation. The attorneys at SFMS have been appointed lead counsel in scores of class action and similar cases, and the courts that have appointed SFMS in such litigation have consistently recognized the excellence and zeal of the representation provided by SFMS in such engagements. Read more about our Class Action Litigation practice...
Commercial Litigation
SFMS has extensive experience handling a wide variety of commercial litigation matters. The Firm handles commercial litigation pursuant to traditional hourly billing arrangements and, on an increasingly frequent basis, has been retained to handle litigation for corporate plaintiffs on a contingent fee basis. Read more about our Commercial Litigation practice...
Corporate and Business Counseling
SFMS has extensive experience counseling its business clients in a variety of matters. SFMS acts as outside general counsel for a number of small- to mid-size businesses. The Firm's expertise in a wide variety of litigation areas and its multi-disciplinary approach ensures that SFMS is able to provide high quality, cost-effective representation for the clients that choose to so engage us. Read more about our Corporate and Business Counseling practice...
Employee Benefits and Fiduciary Compliance
SFMS handles a variety of employee benefits and fiduciary litigation, as well as compliance issues, for our clients -- most of which arise under the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. SFMS attorneys have represented employee benefit plan fiduciaries, including plan trustees, as plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of employee benefits and fiduciary compliance matters. Read more about our Employee Benefits and Fiduciary Compliance practice...
False Claims, Whistleblower and Qui Tam Claims
SFMS has broad experience in handling legal issues related to false claims, whistleblower and qui tam cases under the federal False Claims Act and similar state laws. The Firm currently is representing clients in a number of qui tam actions under the False Claims Act and state law. Read more about our False Claims, Whistleblower and Qui Tam Claims practice...
Insurance Coverage and Practice
SFMS has significant experience in handling legal issues related to insurance coverage and practices. SFMS attorneys have experience negotiating and litigating with many major U.S. insurance companies, as well as Lloyd's, the London Market and other international insurers. SFMS attorneys have litigated and provided advice about disputes involving the protection and enforcement of rights in patents, trademarks, copyrights, confidential information and trade secrets, technology, covenants not to compete, and other intellectual property. Read more about our Insurance Coverage and Practice practice...
Labor and Employment Law
SFMS has a significant and eclectic practice in the field of labor and employment matters. The Firm has represented individuals, companies, governmental entities and other employers, as well as labor organizations, in a wide range employment and labor litigation, as well as other matters. Read more about our Labor and Employment Law practice...
Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance
SFMS has significant experience in the fields of securities regulation and corporate governance. In such matters, SFMS has represented a variety of private and public entities, including institutional and other investors, investment managers, hedge funds, public and private pension funds, as well as private companies, officers and directors, and labor organizations. Read more about our Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance practice...