Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel represents clients in a wide range of cases involving:

• Agency
• Antitrust and trade regulation
• Class action consumer disputes
• Contracts, sales of goods, leases, and security interests
• Employee embezzlement and noncompetition agreements
• ERISA matters
• Insurance denial
• Patents and Trademarks
• Registration and enforcement of foreign judgments
• Unfair trade practices
• Warranties.

Our expertise in the law and knowledge of how business “really works” helps clients resolve such matters in a cost-efficient manner.  In many cases, we resolve cases in a manner that allows our client to maintain a business relationship with the other party.  Listed below are some examples of matters we have recently handled:

• Obtained a jury verdict in federal court in Toledo, Ohio, of over one million dollars (including attorneys fees) for a Belgian aircraft company relating to its purchase of a jet aircraft with undisclosed problems
• Successfully defended a manufacturing client in warranty claim by customer, and obtained judgment on a counter-claim against customer for failure to pay for equipment
• Successfully defended bankruptcy adversary proceeding for alleged preferential payments and fraudulent conveyance
• Enforced landlord's right to compel tenant's contribution to common area maintenance, including substantial charges for paving driveways and parking areas
• Collected damages and enforced misappropriation of trade secrets claim against ex-employees who started a competing business
• Defended a patent infringement claim and counter-sued to declare patent invalid and unenforceable; negotiated favorable resolution
• Represented client at successful mediation of breach of alleged oral contract to sell assets and business
• Pursued collection of unpaid accounts receivable, foreclosing upon and liquidating real and personal property security interests
• Negotiated a favorable settlement for an equipment manufacturer in a dispute with its distributor
• Successfully defended breach of contract claim against purchaser who rejected manufacturing equipment due to defects
• Successfully defended securities lawsuit with fraud and racketeering allegations.