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Provided by Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP
Fortune 500 companies and business leaders turn to Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP (RSHC) to handle their most challenging commercial litigation, frequently involving reputational risk and media attention. The firm is nationally renowned for its class action practice and for its elite team of trial lawyers, including numerous former Assistant U.S. Attorneys and former state prosecutors.
RSHC attorneys have successfully tried over 200 high-stakes cases to verdict in courts across the country and they have won thousands more cases through pretrial motions. The firm’s formidable reputation for fearless advocacy is based on its record of success, often in cases where other firms initially failed to achieve positive results.
RSHC’s litigators are united by a culture of excellence that is relentlessly client focused, dynamically innovative, and passionately committed to winning. They excel at delivering solutions, whether by helping clients devise plans to avoid or resolve litigation, securing dismissals and summary judgment, or winning at trial and on appeal.
Twice short-listed by Chambers USA as an outstanding firm for diversity and inclusion, RSHC draws from its authentic diversity to assemble bespoke teams for each lawsuit depending on the client’s needs. This nimble team structure, coupled with deep experience executing bold strategies, enables RSHC litigators to go toe-to-toe with the toughest adversaries in the most difficult jurisdictions and win, consistently.
Chambers Review
Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila has a breadth of experience spanning commercial litigation, including contract disputes, business tort claims and insurance cases. It has notable capabilities in handling class actions, with experience defending against allegations of false advertising, insurance bad faith and consumer protection breaches. It is frequently sought after by clients in the insurance and food and beverage sectors, among others.
Ronald Safer is a key contact at the firm.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Riley Safer is my go-to firm for complex commercial matters."
"The team is highly impressive and able to partner with other law firms."
"Riley Safer is my go-to firm for complex commercial matters."
"The team is highly impressive and able to partner with other law firms."
Members
Provided by Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP
Abigail L. Peluso
Amy C. Andrews
Ariel Wilson
Brian O'Connor Watson
Christopher S. Hickey
David H. Resnicoff
David H. Resnicoff
Eli Litoff
Geoffrey G. Young
Gregory L. Curtner
Jack Theis
Jacob Kahn
James P. Gaughan
Jeffrey R. Williams
Jeffrey W. Morof
Jennifer Steeve
Joseph A. Cancila, Jr.
Kalia M. Coleman
Kate Stimeling
Keyonn L. Pope
Lauren Jaffe
Matthew J. Fischer
Matthew Kennison
Michael H. Fleck
Monique B. Howery
Nafiz Cekirge
Nick Kahlon
Head of Department
Robert H. Riley
Rodney Perry
Sarah E. Finch
Shalem A. Massey
Shaun Zhang
Sondra A. Hemeryck
Stephen M. Hankins
Thomas B. Quinn
Industries
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Aerospace & Aviation
Airport Concessions
Automotive
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency
Chemical
Construction
Consumer Products
Energy / Utilities
Financial Services & Asset Management
Food & Beverage
Health Care & Life Sciences
Industrial Manufacturing
Insurance
Media, Entertainment & Sports
Medical Devices
Pharmaceutical
Primary, Secondary & Higher Education
Private Equity & Venture Capital
Real Estate
Retail
Technology
Telecommunications
Transportation & Logistics