Business Litigation
Only use us for your most challenging or important cases, please.
Please note that, due to high demand for our time, we are currently limiting new business litigation matters to cases significant enough to require retainers of $25,000 or more.
When you are involved in business litigation, you want to work with an attorney with the drive and ability to think several moves ahead. If you are suing a business partner, you need to be prepared to defend against any countersuit the other side throws your way. If you are being sued, you want an attorney who knows the best defense is often a good offense, and who can spot opportunities to launch an aggressive counterclaim.
You also want an attorney who is confident. For us, our confidence comes from having thoroughly evaluated all the options and believing we are on the best path forward. Confidence doesn’t come from winging it, being smug, or having an irrational belief that your case is so good that the judge and jury must agree with you. True confidence comes from having thought five moves ahead–and that’s the kind of confidence that can persuade decisionmakers to side with our clients.
We Take on Bet-the-Company Litigation
in State and Federal Courts
Litigation is stressful. You aren’t going to have a good time. No one likes litigation.
Well, except us. We love litigation. We’re at our happiest when we’re working hard to deliver results for our clients in court. But we’re rare for that, even among lawyers.
Problems We Solve As a Business Litigation Law Firm
- Prosecuting and defending lawsuits
- Representing business owners being “bought out”
- Defending trade secrets and enforcing noncompetes
- Responding to subpoenas from law enforcement
Why Choose Us for Your Business Litigation Needs
Lawsuits are like chess matches—they are, in part, a contest of skill between the lawyers on either side. It is a fact of life that an outmatched attorney will sometimes lose cases he could have won. Because we never want to be that attorney, we take our motto “Five Moves Ahead” seriously. No matter what move we make, we want to be sure that we are thinking further ahead than the other lawyer.
Hilton Parker LLC’s attorneys are legal strategists who live and breathe litigation. We not only think quickly on our feet, but we also take time to carefully prepare and handcraft each client’s legal pleadings and briefs. We aren’t content to provide representation that is “good enough”—we want to outsmart the other attorneys in the room, and we want to win. And if a client wants to turn us loose to pursue every legal avenue to victory, the firm is happy to oblige.
“The lawyers of Hilton Parker LLC who I’ve worked with were incredibly responsive, gave high-quality advice, and worked hard. Would definitely recommend them to anyone else who needs help.” – Robert Moore, Scioto Analysis LLC
Litigation Awards
Attorney Jonathan Hilton was selected as a “Top Rated Business Litigation Attorney” in Reynoldsburg and Pickerington, Ohio by SuperLawyers® and was selected to the “Rising Stars” for 2021 and 2022. He has also won the Stanley M. Chesley and Hon. Susan J. Dlott Award in Litigation; the Graydon, Head & Ritchey Advocacy Prize; the Thompson, Hine Advocacy Prize; and the Ernest Karam Outstanding Excellence Award for his skill in litigation and oral argument.
Litigation Rates for Ohio Business Disputes
No doubt about it—litigation is expensive. Business litigation is like a chess match. And when you hire a law firm to take your case to court, you are putting your trust in that firm not just to be “good enough,” but to come prepared to outsmart the other attorneys in the room.
Our general civil litigation rate of $600 per hour for partners places us in the top few percent of business litigation attorneys in Ohio by cost per hour. (Junior attorneys are billed at lower rates.)
We typically require an initial retainer, and the amount of the retainer depends on the number of hours we anticipate spending on your case. Please note that, due to high demand for our time, most new business litigation matters will require initial retainers of $25,000 or more.
Many lawyers won’t tell you their rate up front. They certainly won’t post it publicly. We believe in transparency when it comes to billing, and unlike many other law firms, we are willing to provide you with a detailed budget and cost estimate for each phase of your case.
Despite having a higher-than-average hourly billing rate, our clients are sometimes surprised at how low their total fees for a matter are. Because we have litigated a wide variety of issues—and because Mr. Hilton topped a variety of different classes in law school, including Civil Procedure—we don’t have to bill you for time spent spinning our wheels or being “stuck” on a hard or unusual legal issue. That being said, all litigation is expensive. Our commitment to you is to be as transparent as possible about that (high) cost.
We’re also always on the lookout for ways to resolve disputes and achieve your goals without inflating your legal bill. Our belief is that it is always better to earn a client’s trust (and their next legal matter) than it is to run up a bill on the current one.