Our Experience
Wisler Pearlstine has a highly respected regional commercial litigation practice, representing both large and small companies and individuals in a variety of legal matters. Our attorneys have successfully brought and defended claims in arbitration proceedings as well as in state and federal courts.
We routinely handle litigation matters arising out of business disputes and commercial transactions. These matters include claims for breach of contract, fraud and misrepresentation, wrongful interference with contractual relations, unfair competition and complex statutory claims. We have successfully handled claims which range from simple breach of contract matters to complex multi-party disputes. Our attorneys also have broad experience in fiduciary litigation matters representing individuals, corporations, partnerships, and limited liability entities in lawsuits between and among stakeholders. We are proud of our record in successfully securing jury verdicts, injunctions and arbitration awards for our clients. We have won cases on appeal and have prevented our victories from being reversed.
Why Client’s Choose Wisler Pearlstine
We never forget that our clients’ interests are paramount. No two clients are alike and no two litigation matters are even the same. At Wisler Pearlstine, we begin each new engagement with our client’s needs and circumstances in mind and follow basic principles to ensure that what is best for our client never gets lost in the process of conducting the litigation.
We Are Goal Oriented:We evaluate each new undertaking and clearly define our client’s goals and expectations at the beginning of the case to ensure that every action taken during the litigation advances our client’s goals.
We Give Timely Advice: We continually re-evaluate each case throughout the litigation to ensure that our clients are never surprised, and to provide sound advice so that timely business decisions and strategy choices can be made which will bear out the best possible results under all circumstances.
We Are Efficient: Each case is staffed with the people necessary to achieve our client’s goals. Staffing on a case is always determined by what our client needs and never by arbitrary quotas or billing minimums. We pride ourselves on providing “big firm” results without “big firm” billings.
Results:
Our track record of delivering results for our clients includes:
- Won $2.23 million judgment for a publicly traded company in an action based upon breach of employment agreements, misappropriation of trade secrets and interference with contractual relations.
- Won $250,000.00 jury verdict for manufacturing company from former plant manager and competitor for breach of duty of loyalty and interference with contractual relations.
- Obtained summary judgment for US division of a multi-national corporation which was being sued for allegedly breaching a $250,000.00 per month requirements contract.
- Secured preliminary injunction preventing commercial landlord from terminating lease agreement and evicting tenant.
- Successfully defended individual partners being personally sued for over $130,000.00 in commissions and fees arising from a failed new business venture.
- Secured arbitration award confirming ownership interest of member of limited liability company and completely vindicating her from all claims.
- Successfully defeated disappointed bidder’s challenge to national waste disposal company’s public bid for disposal services in local municipality.
- Defeated class certification and obtained summary judgment dismissal of class action brought against technology provider under national “junk fax” laws and regulations.
- Successfully quashed improper service of process on Mexican manufacturing company based upon application of the Hague Convention in Mexico.
- Successfully defended a public water company in a multi-million dollar claim for breach of contract.
- Successfully litigated an enforcement of a multi-million dollar commercial lease in a “build to suit” dispute.
Our Clients
Our clients range from sole proprietors to large national corporations and span a variety of industries and professions including:
- Manufacturers
- Intellectual Property companies (including those in computer software)link to IP
- Contractors and developers (link to construction law section)
- Banks
- Personnel staffing companies
- Accountants
- Product distributors
- Lawyers
- Doctors
- Health care service providers
- Management companies
Recent Presentations and Publications
“The Mechanics of Pennsylvania Civil Procedure”, February 2011 for the National Business Institute, J. Wallack panelist.
“Recent Developments in Pennsylvania Construction Damages” by Mason Avrigian, Jr. and Jeffrey P. Wallack. Published in the Construction Law Supplements of The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly, August 4, 2008
“To Arbitrate or Not to Arbitrate? That Continues to Be the Question” by Mason Avrigian, Jr. and Jeffrey P. Wallack. Published in the Construction Law Supplements of The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly, August 6, 2007
