Axinn is a go-to firm for the most difficult, consequential litigation faced by the world’s biggest companies. Every attorney is a litigator devoted to achieving client goals inside and outside the courtroom.
Deep experience on both sides of the "v" make Axinn a feared and respected adversary. As plaintiffs, Axinn has helped clients recover hundreds of millions of dollars. As defendants, the firm has extinguished or minimized claims for billions of dollars, often on motions to dismiss.
Axinn tries cases regularly and with extraordinary success. Its partners are fellows in the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Litigation Counsel of America. They have been lead counsel in more than 100 jury and bench trials and private arbitrations. From day one, the firm approaches every case with the expectation that it will go to trial, and with the knowledge of what it takes to get there and win. This approach is cost-effective and provides the greatest leverage at each stage of the proceeding.
Clients are in control. Axinn brings all resources to bear where it is justified, but does not spend its clients’ money where it does not matter. The bottom line is business. In-house counsel face enormous pressure and Axinn views its job as partnering to meet and exceed their expectations. Axinn understand its client’s goals; we plan our strategies and tactics together to accomplish those goals efficiently and effectively. The firm provides demonstrable bottom-line value and keeps the client in charge. There will be no surprises.
Axinn works closely with its clients to develop fee arrangements that align both financial and strategic objectives. These arrangements include diversified approaches to budgeting, fixed-fees, blended rates, and success and contingency fees.
Commercial Litigation
Axinn has deep experience in many areas of high-stakes commercial litigation and arbitration, including securities regulation, contract disputes, technology and data privacy, corporate governance, labor and employment, business torts and fiduciary duties. Key experience includes:
- Summary judgment defeating lost profits claims of $1 billion
- Jury verdict on breach of fiduciary duty claims
- Confidential arbitration on behalf of companies such as Airbus and TIAA-CREF
- Summary judgment (and successful appeal) on all claims in multimillion dollar breach of contract case arising from a business acquisition
- Verdict in favor of bankruptcy trustee
- Representation of plaintiff financial institutions in Target and Home Depot data breach class actions
- Labor and employment litigation before the NLRB, EEOC and in court
Class Action Defense
Axinn is a leading firm in the representation of companies involved in class action lawsuits. The firm’s clients include insurance companies, healthcare providers, and consumer goods companies. Key experience includes:
- Lead counsel for Tyson Foods in multiple class action lawsuits alleging collusion amongst competitors
- Lead counsel for McKesson subsidiary RelayHealth in antitrust class actions in N.D. Ill., which followed a pending FTC monopolization case against RelayHealth’s co-defendant
- Defense of Alvogen in the sprawling Generic Drugs MDL and in its antitrust counterclaims against Indivior relating to Alvogen’s launch of a generic equivalent to Suboxone® sublingual film
- Defense of Independence Blue Cross in class action attempting to “break-up” the entire Blue Cross Blue Shield system nationwide
- Lead counsel for Momenta in two putative class actions in N.D. Ill. alleging that AbbVie unlawfully blocked competition for its biologic injectable therapy, Humira
- Lead counsel for multiple clients in the Auto Parts class actions and preceding DOJ cartel investigations
Insurance
Axinn is a leading firm in the representation of major insurance companies in corporate-level litigation. Clients include The Hartford, Chubb, Cigna and Syncora. Key experience includes:
- Current defense of one of the largest class actions in U.S. history
- Defense of multiple major class actions involving auto body and repair claims, including a victory in one of the few class actions to go to verdict
- Dismissal of a $200 million indemnity claim in the Cayman Islands
Financial Services
Axinn is a leading firm in the representation of major financial institutions in connection with investments and other critical matters, including numerous claims against money centers and investment banks. The firm’s clients include insurance companies, private equity groups, hedge funds, financial guaranty insurers and mutual funds. Key experience includes:
- Numerous cases involving securitized products, debt covenants and other complex financial instruments
- Representation of private-equity companies, including merger litigation, purchase price adjustments and short-swing profit disputes
News
- Axinn Partner Tiffany Rider Named to Business Today Top 10 DC Antitrust Litigation Specialists to Watch in 2023
- Seven Axinn Attorneys Named to Empire State Counsel Program
- Axinn Partner Denise Plunkett Featured in Am Law's Litigation Leaders Series
- Axinn Partners Named to 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America
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