Litigation

With its experienced staff of attorneys and other litigation personnel, the Firm is well equipped to handle the vigorous prosecution and defense of lawsuits involving virtually all types and sizes of legal disputes in state and federal courts in Iowa and around the country.

The Firm’s attorneys have successfully represented clients at every level of the state and federal court systems, in jury trials and bench trials, as well as before regulatory and administrative agencies in arbitration, mediation, and through other means of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). The Firm’s litigation attorneys have had cases concerning all types of business, commercial, and contract disputes, including shareholder and partnership litigation and complex and class action litigation in courts throughout the United States. Due to the Firm’s familiarity with local courts, it often serves as local counsel for out-of-state parties or their counsel with litigation needs in Iowa. The Firm’s attorneys also have an extensive appellate court track record in both federal and state court systems. The litigation department includes two members of the American College of Trial Lawyers, as well as former clerks for appellate and trial court judges in both the federal and state courts. One member of the firm is the co-author of a casebook on the Rules of Evidence that has been adopted in numerous law schools across the country. Duncan, Green, Brown & Langeness attorneys are admitted to practice in Iowa, Colorado, Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, New York, Ohio, South Dakota and Washington, D.C., as well as many federal district courts and circuit courts of appeal and the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Firm has extensive experience in the area of class actions and other complex litigation. Class actions are lawsuits brought on behalf of a group of similarly situated persons who have been harmed in a similar manner. Since the Firm’s inception, its attorneys have litigated class actions and other large commercial cases in federal and state courts in Iowa and throughout the United States for both plaintiffs and defendants.

The types of cases the Firm’s lawyers have handled include:

Antitrust • Appeals • Arbitration • Breach of Contract • Business and Commercial • Collections • Class Actions • Closely-Held Corporations • Computer Software Litigation • Condemnation • Constitutional Law • Construction Litigation • Consumer Law • Deceptive Trade Practices • Defamation • Discrimination and Harassment • Distributorship Litigation • Employment Litigation • ERISA Litigation • False Advertising • Family Law • Fiduciary Duty • Insurance Litigation • Intellectual Property Litigation • International Litigation • Labor Law • Legal and Medical Malpractice • Mediation • Minority Shareholder Disputes • NASD Securities Arbitration • Non-Competes • Partnership Disputes • Privacy Law • Products Liability • Real Estate Disputes • Securities Fraud • Sports and Entertainment Law • Subrogation • Tax • Trademarks • Trade Secrets • Uniform Commercial Code (U.C.C.) • Zoning