Litigation

Since its formation, the firm has retained an emphasis on the representation of local, state-wide, and national corporations in their ongoing daily operation in the conduct of their business affairs, including litigation. Representative clients include American National Red Cross, WALB-TV, WFXL-TV, Judicial Alternatives of Georgia, Inc., The Albany Herald Publishing Company, and Deerfield-Windsor School.

The firm’s litigation experience is substantial and quite diverse. The attorneys of Langley & Lee have defended cases based upon products liability (automobiles, blueprint photocopy machines, electrical fixtures, asbestos products, discrimination (age, race, handicap), municipal liability (negligence, nuisance, 42 U.S.C. §1983), defamation (personal, business, credit), ERISA, RICO, construction contracts, secured lending, restraint of trade, professional malpractice, as well as more routine matters such as car wrecks, wrongful death, and slip-and-falls. The firm has been involved in significant litigation in such corporate matters as franchise agreements, dissolution of closely held businesses, and enforcement of non-competition agreements. It is a testament to the firm’s litigation expertise that it is often called upon to serve as local counsel for litigation being conducted in local courts by attorneys from around the country. The firm's litigation practice still includes some defense of insured parties, but has always included significant litigation for various corporate and business entities. The firm also has a limited practice representing plaintiffs, which is felt to provide invaluable experience in connection with the firm's defense practice. The firm’s case load includes matters pending throughout the State of Georgia, in both federal and state courts, at the trial and appellate levels.