Commercial Litigation & Management

Business relationships and commercial transactions many times can turn into heated disputes, resulting in costly litigation. If the parties are unable to resolve the conflict through negotiations or settlement discussions, litigation may be the only option. When you are faced with a commercial litigation dispute, you need the assistance of experienced commercial litigation attorneys.

The attorneys at Lankford & Crawford LLP have extensive experience successfully litigating complex matters both as national counsel managing numerous outside firms and as local counsel.

Toxic Torts & Product Liability

The attorneys at Lankford & Crawford LLP have successfully defended a wide array of product liability and toxic tort actions, including claims of fiber inhalation, chemical exposure, groundwater contamination, product defects, medical device defects, and automotive defects. They have examined hundreds of lay and expert witnesses and many years of trial experience.

The firm's legal team is national counsel and national trial counsel for asbestos litigation for Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation. They are also Ford Motor Company’s national counsel for silica litigation. In these capacities, the firm oversees the defense of thousands of personal injury and wrongful death claims in thirty states. The firm's attorneys have also held positions such as national science counsel, national trial counsel and national counsel for several other companies. With more than a decade of experience, the attorneys at Lankford & Crawford LLP have successfully defended asbestos personal injury matters in all phases of litigation, including the appellate level.