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Garrick & Hale LLP /// Chicago [ Corporate litigation & disputes ]

We trythe casesothers settle

[ A litigation firm built for
the fight you did not pick ///
trial posture from day one ]

Discuss your dispute See disputed matters

01 /// Practice[ Two disciplines, one posture ]

Built for theadversarial

/// 01 Commercial Litigation Enter > Contract wars, fraud and fiduciary claims, trade secrets, shareholder fights, and emergency injunctive practice in state and federal court. /// 02 Arbitration & Disputes Enter > Institutional and cross-border arbitration, mediation strategy, award enforcement, and the disputes that follow internal investigations.

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02 /// Doctrine[ Editorial ]

Legal conflictrewards theprepared

Most disputes are won in the ninety days before anyone reads a brief: preservation, forum, theory, tempo. We treat that window as the case.

03 /// The record[ Disputed matters, by the numbers ]

Matters taken to verdict or award

Bench, jury, and tribunal decisions

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Aggregate amount in controversy

Across active and resolved matters

Forums appeared in

Courts, tribunals, and arbitral seats

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04 /// Our standards[ How the firm behaves under fire ]

We preparelike it goesto verdict

Trial posture from day one

Every matter is staffed, papered, and budgeted as if a jury will hear it. Settlements improve when the other side believes you.[ 01 ]

Pressure is a strategy

Motions, discovery sequence, and timing are chosen to create decision points for the counterparty, not paperwork for the file.[ 02 ]

One partner owns the file

You get a named partner who tries the case, not a relationship layer above the people doing the work.[ 03 ]

Numbers before adjectives

Exposure models, budget ranges, and probability calls in writing at every stage. Adjectives are free; we deal in figures.[ 04 ]

05 /// The partners[ No stock faces. Monograms only. ]

Six chairs,one file

Garrick & Hale runs lean by design: six partners, no leverage pyramid, and a named first chair on every matter. The person who signs the engagement letter is the person the jury meets.

MGPartner Mara Garrick Managing Partner THPartner Thomas Hale Senior Trial Partner PAPartner Priya Anand Chair, Arbitration & Disputes DVPartner Dominic Vasquez Trial Partner

Meet the firm

06 /// Insights[ Briefings, not blog posts ]

07 / 2026 Arbitration clauses age badly: audit yours before the dispute does Briefing /// 01 06 / 2026 The injunction calculus: when speed is the whole case Briefing /// 02 05 / 2026 Litigation holds that actually hold: five failures we see repeatedly Briefing /// 03

General information only, not legal advice.

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Case evaluation[ Confidential /// simulated demo ]

Bring usthe disputeearly

The best litigation outcomes are engineered before the complaint is filed. A partner reviews every evaluation request within two business days.

Request a case evaluation

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