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Business Litigation

Balanced, Experienced Representation for Business Litigation

Since 1952, Ziegler Metzger LLP has been focused on providing counsel of good value for clients. In the arena of business litigation, we believe that good value means helping clients bring their conflicts to a satisfactory resolution in a cost-effective manner.

Located in Cleveland (with an office in Painesville and Chagrin Falls), Ohio, we represent businesses of all kinds throughout Ohio. Our clients include insurance companies, banks, lenders, family-owned businesses, manufacturers, sole-proprietorships and many others. ZM has been selected for inclusion in the Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers. Our business litigation team includes:

Stephen M. Bales

Stephen M. Darlington

Nicholas C. De Santis

Jeffrey L. Koberg

Scott A. Norcross

Nathaniel R. Sinn

Douglas Eppler

To schedule an initial consultation with an attorney at our firm, we welcome you to contact us any time.

Our Philosophy in Litigation

Attorneys must always be prepared to take a case to trial should the need arise. But not every legal conflict needs to be resolved through a lawsuit. Through our many years of experience, we have observed that most legal disputes are the result of simple miscommunications. If both parties can discover where and how the miscommunication occurred, they are usually willing to cooperate and reach a negotiated settlement. This approach saves much time and expense.

When lawsuits cannot be avoided, we are prepared to aggressively represent our clients' interests. While litigation is not the most efficient way to solve the client's problem, sometimes it is the only way. Our attorneys bring an extraordinary amount of collective experience representing clients in a wide range of matters, including:

  • Contract enforcement
  • Defending and pursuing tort claims
  • Employment law disputes, including non-compete, non-solicitation and other restrictive covenants
  • Insurance subrogation involving product liability and other disputes
  • Real estate disputes
  • Commercial collections

Of course this list is necessarily incomplete. Business litigation can take many forms, and we are prepared to adapt to handle the unique circumstances of any legal dispute.

If you would like to discuss business litigation with an attorney at ZM, contact our offices today.

Precisely what you need.

The qualities that make a good partnership feel like the right partnerships are sometimes hard to get your arms around. When you're working with a law firm that's made up of professionals who truly work well together on their clients' behalf, that intangible feeling of satisfaction becomes easier to understand. There's a certain sense of balance between efficiency and expertise that can only be delivered by a firm that is comfortable with who they are and what they are working toward. We think it's this time-honored approach that leads to the value of good counsel.