Contract Law

The ability of individuals, corporations and other entities to enter into binding and legally enforceable contracts is truly one of the cornerstones of a civilized society.  More specifically, contract law is a cornerstone of almost all of our law firm’s practice areas.  Contract law has evolved into an extremely complex and intricate component of our modern legal system. As contracts increase in size, scope, value or complexity, the need for competent legal advice also increases.  At Richa Haffner Law Group, P.C., we understand that well-drafted, thorough contracts will almost always result in our clients avoiding litigation and other problems down the road.  On the other hand, written contracts that are ambiguous or poorly drafted lead to more problems than they solve and our attorneys are often hired to rewrite contracts prepared by other law firms or attempt to minimize the damage caused by poorly written contracts.  Contract drafting is both an art and a science and our attorneys are experienced in drafting a wide variety of contracts in many areas of law.  Please click on any of our other practice areas for specific descriptions of some of the types of contracts that we can draft for you.    

Litigation 
At Richa Haffner Law Group, P.C., we understand that litigation is often costly and emotionally draining.  Thus, we do our best to avoid litigation by adhering to our “results oriented approach” (link to it) while practicing what we like to call “preventative law”.  Similar to preventative medicine, this means that we take all reasonable steps and measures to protect you so that you are less susceptible to being sued or having to file a suit to protect your rights.  While we recognize the importance of litigation, we also believe in the value of resolving disputes through other means. Litigation is essential for resolving some differences, but alternative dispute resolution offers many potential benefits including: time and monetary savings; greater flexibility, control, and opportunity to preserve rather than destroy relationships; the chance to craft solutions not available in the courtroom; greater confidentiality; and quicker closure.  In representing our clients, our litigators select the appropriate mechanism commensurate with the needs of the client and the importance of the matter in order to reach a prompt, sensible and economic resolution.  With all this being stated, sometimes a person or corporation has no choice but to file a lawsuit to protect their interests and sometimes during the course of a person or corporation’s life they will be sued.  When litigation is necessary or unavoidable, our law firm’s goal is to approach the litigation as problem solvers and attempt to resolve legal matters as quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively as possible while also acting swiftly and aggressively.  We promise our clients that we will take all available measures to control the costs and risks of litigation.  Each litigation matter receives our prompt and skilled attention and the support of the other practice groups in the Firm.  Our litigation attorneys have extensive experience litigating matters in a wide range of forums and areas of law.  We have represented private and public entities at the trial and appellate levels of federal and state courts, in federal and state agency proceedings, and in alternative dispute resolution proceedings, such as arbitration and mediation.  Our attorneys are also able to represent clients in class actions, complex multi-party cases, and cases requiring a coordinated multi-jurisdiction strategy.  Due to the multitude of litigation matters we have handled, our litigation attorneys have extensive experience with the breadth of remedies that are sought in business cases from lost profits to receiverships to injunctions to specific performance to an array of consequential damages claims.  Our attorneys have worked with many expert witnesses from numerous professional disciplines and are skilled at distilling complex business and transactional subject matters to make them more accessible to jury members.  Additionally, smaller clients are often at an extreme disadvantage when they are taking on larger corporations in civil/commercial litigation or the State in criminal litigation.  Our law firm levels the playing field by preparing cases diligently often engaging in “mock trials” which are practice trials where we put our clients in the same situations that they will be in once they get to court.  
We have the capacity to represent you with regard to all of your litigation matters in a broad array of substantive law practice areas including, but not limited to, the following:

Administrative  
Antitrust  
Bankruptcy
Breach of Warranty
Business
Business Torts
Civil RICO
Civil Rights
Class Actions
Collections
Constitutional Questions
Construction Disputes
Construction 
Consumer Protection
Contract  
Copyright Infringement
Corporate, Business & Commercial
Criminal
Criminal and Civil Tax issues
Entertainment  
Environmental 
Family  
Finance  
Financial Services  
Food and Beverage 
Fraud
Government Contracts
Insurance and Insurance Coverage 
Intellectual Property 
International Trade
Investments
Labor and Employment
Life, Health and Disability Litigation 
Medical Malpractice
Personal Injury
Products Liability  
Regulatory Issues
Residential and Commercial Real Estate
Securities 
Sports
State and Federal Appellate Practice
Tax  
Tort 
Tortuous Interference
Trademark Infringement
Trusts, Estates, Wills and Probate
Unfair Business Practices