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Wilkinson Law LLC helps New Jersey and New York businesses and business owners evaluate, pursue, defend, and work to resolve disputes involving contracts, ownership, employees, intellectual property, and commercial relationships.
A business dispute can affect your company’s finances, operations, relationships, and future plans. Before deciding how to respond, you need to understand your legal position, the result your business needs, and the practical consequences of each available path.
Filing a lawsuit is not always the first or best step. Wilkinson Law LLC helps clients determine whether a dispute can be resolved without going to court and what action may best protect the business. When litigation becomes necessary, our attorneys represent clients in New Jersey state and federal courts while remaining alert to opportunities for a practical resolution.
You do not have to wait until the other side threatens a lawsuit. Seeking advice when a disagreement first develops can clarify your options and prevent early decisions from weakening your position.
Believing that your business has been wronged does not necessarily mean it has a claim worth pursuing. Before committing substantial time and money, you should determine whether the facts support a viable claim and what bringing it could realistically accomplish.
We can evaluate the legal merits, possible recovery, likely expense, and other commercial considerations so you can decide whether pursuing the matter makes sense.
A demand letter or lawsuit should not be ignored, even if you believe the allegations are unfounded. A response deadline may already be running, and statements or actions taken during the early stages could affect the defense.
We can identify what requires immediate attention, assess the allegations, preserve relevant evidence, and develop an appropriate response.
A disagreement between owners may require legal attention when it begins interfering with decisions, operations, access to company information, or future plans. Waiting can allow positions to harden and the disruption to become more difficult to contain.
Early legal advice can clarify each owner’s rights and help address issues involving management authority, company records, distributions, ownership, or control while preserving the value and operation of the company.
Sometimes, recovering money at the end of a lawsuit will not be enough. A former employee may be preparing to use confidential information, someone may be contacting customers despite a restrictive covenant, or another person may be attempting to transfer company money or property without authority. If you wait, the harm may become much harder to undo.
We can assess the threatened conduct and determine whether the evidence supports immediate court action. When warranted, our attorneys can seek a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction to stop the conduct while the underlying dispute is resolved.
What begins as a disagreement with another owner may also involve a contract, company property, or confidential information. Our law firm can address those connected issues as part of the broader dispute.
A contract dispute can arise when another party fails to pay or perform, or when you disagree about what an agreement requires. Wilkinson Law handles disputes involving:
Our New Jersey business attorneys can determine what the agreement requires, how the breach affected your business, and help you evaluate which remedy would best protect your company’s interests.
A dispute with another LLC member, partner, or shareholder can affect both your individual rights and your company’s ability to continue operating. Wilkinson Law handles disputes involving:
Our New Jersey business litigation attorneys can help you understand your rights, pursue an appropriate resolution, and protect the continued operation of the business.
A dispute may arise when a former employee, contractor, co-owner, or another company challenges who owns intellectual property or how it may be used. We handle disputes involving:
Our business litigation attorneys in New Jersey can analyze agreements and ownership records to determine who owns the intellectual property, which rights were granted, and whether the disputed use was authorized. We can then help your business pursue or defend the appropriate claim.
A dispute may arise during a working relationship or after an executive, employee, or independent contractor leaves your business. Wilkinson Law LLC handles disputes involving:
Our business litigation attorneys review the relevant agreements, the circumstances surrounding the dispute, and any compensation or continuing obligations at issue. The firm can then help your business respond to the claim or pursue an appropriate resolution.
Your dispute may give you several legal options, but not every option will produce a worthwhile business result. We evaluate the matter and help you decide how best to pursue or defend it.
Before deciding how to proceed, our attorneys work with you to identify the result that would meaningfully improve your business’s position. Depending on the dispute, you may need to:
The result you want helps determine whether the matter calls for targeted negotiation, immediate court action, or a longer-term litigation strategy.
The result you want must be supported by the agreements, evidence, and applicable law. Our attorneys evaluate:
This assessment gives you a realistic understanding of your legal position, potential exposure, and available options before you decide how to proceed.
When recommending an approach, our attorneys consider:
Our New Jersey business litigation attorneys recommend a course of action most likely to improve your business’s position and reassess settlement opportunities as the dispute develops.
When litigation becomes necessary, Wilkinson Law LLC can represent your business in pursuing a claim or responding to one:
As the case proceeds, our attorneys gather and develop evidence through discovery, take and defend depositions, and prepare or oppose motions. We also continue exploring settlement when it could produce a worthwhile result for your business.
If the dispute cannot be resolved and the case proceeds to trial, Wilkinson Law prepares witnesses, exhibits, and legal arguments and represents your business in court. Daniel Bitonti has more than 20 years of legal experience, including litigating matters in state and federal courts and appearing before New Jersey administrative bodies.
Whether a business relationship is beginning to break down, you are considering bringing a claim, or your company has already been sued, Wilkinson Law LLC can help you understand what requires attention and which options are available.
At Wilkinson Law, we give business owners the clarity they need to fund, grow, protect, and sell their businesses. We are trustworthy business advisors keeping your business on TRACK: Trustworthy. Reliable. Available. Caring. Knowledgeable.®
In most New Jersey business lawsuits, yes. Because an LLC or corporation is a separate legal entity, it generally must appear in court through an attorney authorized to practice in New Jersey; an owner, member, or officer ordinarily cannot represent the company in the lawsuit. Limited exceptions may apply in certain proceedings, but you should not assume your case qualifies. If your business has been served with a complaint, contact an attorney promptly so you can confirm the response deadline, avoid a default, and determine whether the allegations could expose the company, an owner, or both to potential liability.
Possibly. In New Jersey, an enforceable contract may arise from an oral agreement or from the parties’ communications and conduct, even when they never signed one formal document. Emails, text messages, proposals, purchase orders, invoices, payments, and evidence of performance may help establish what the parties agreed to do. However, the essential terms must be sufficiently clear, and certain types of agreements must be in writing. A business litigation attorney can review the available records to determine whether an enforceable agreement existed, which obligations it created, and whether your business has a viable claim.
It may. Coverage depends on the type of claim and the terms of your business insurance policy. Even if you are unsure whether the claim is covered, notify your insurer or broker promptly and send them the demand letter or complaint. Your insurer may cover the cost of defending the business, but waiting too long to report the claim or settling it without the insurer’s approval could affect your coverage.
Possibly, but winning does not automatically mean the other side must pay your attorneys’ fees. In New Jersey, each party generally pays its own legal fees unless the contract includes an enforceable fee provision, a statute, or a specific law or court rule allows the winning party to recover them. Before filing a claim, have your attorney review the relevant agreement and claims so you understand whether fee recovery may be available.
Not necessarily. Complaints, motions, orders, and other documents filed with a New Jersey court may be publicly accessible, but records exchanged privately during discovery do not automatically become public. If your business must share sensitive financial, customer, or proprietary information, your attorney may seek redactions, a confidentiality agreement, or ask the court for a protective order limiting how that information may be used or disclosed. However, these protections are not automatic, so it is important to identify confidential information before it is produced or filed with the court.
Not necessarily. A judgment establishes how much the other party owes your business, but it does not guarantee immediate payment. If the other party does not pay voluntarily, your business may need to locate available assets and take additional steps to collect the judgment. This is why your attorney should consider whether the other party is likely able to pay before your business commits substantial resources to the lawsuit.
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