Halsey Knapp and Patricia Minton defeated a supervisor’s effort to enforce an oral bonus arrangement made over the owner’s kitchen table in 1983 that went undocumented, accrued, and unpaid for more than 20 years and only to be asserted in the amount of 3.2 million dollars after the death of the business’ owner. Multi-State Financial […]

Halsey Knapp and Cameron Ellis represent one of the nation’s leading for-profit developer, manager and asset manager of economically integrated urban neighborhoods in a suit where a former local associate contractor contends that MBS should have given it certain projects regardless of the terms a joint development agreement whether MBS ever undertook and performed such […]

Halsey Knapp represented the Board of Directors of the Clairmont Place Condominium Association, Inc., a senior living community, in their journey from embracing a beloved, long-tenured manager to releasing him for cause and then renegotiating downward (by millions of dollars) a pre-existing contract between them.

Halsey Knapp and Patricia Minton represent a full-service power industry vendor that provides power services and equipment to its clients who has been sued by its terminated chief operations officer.  The former operations head disputes the terms of his employment and contends that, despite being terminated, he is entitled to a discretionary bonus and ownership […]

Halsey Knapp and Cameron Ellis successfully defended international law firm against a major malpractice claim, handling the matter in a non-public manner and resolving it by settlement. 

Joyce Gist Lewis obtained a cost-of-defense settlement for her client, a wheel manufacturer, in a multi-million dollar claim alleging catastrophic brain injury. Joyce’s client was named as a third-party defendant by a horse trailer manufacturer sued for product liability when a wheel detached from horse trailer on an interstate highway and collided with plaintiff’s vehicle.

Joyce won a pre-discovery dismissal of all Title VII and Sec. 1983 claims asserted against individual elected official and county department head by a Plaintiff claiming that she was terminated because of a perceived disability.

Joyce Gist Lewis won a summary judgment on liability issues, including RICO claim, in favor of family trust alleging mortgage fraud.

Plaintiff alleged that he was paid less than white co-workers and was constructively terminated for having made complaints of racial discrimination. Prior to moving for summary judgment, Joyce Gist Lewis reached a confidential settlement for less than one-half the cost of her client’s attorneys’ fees and obtained an agreement from the Plaintiff not to apply […]

Joyce Gist Lewis reached a non-confidential settlement for less than one-half of her client’s attorneys’ fees in a case where Plaintiff alleged he was denied promotions because of his race and was not paid overtime as required by law. Settlement was made prior to the filing of a motion for summary judgment, and included an […]