Two recent wins for our Public Entity team – highlighting the value of early case assessment, persistence, and strategic pressure.

In the first matter, our team identified early that there was no viable basis to maintain the claims against our client, developed the evidence to establish it, and pressed plaintiffs’ counsel for dismissal before the parties incurred substantial discovery costs and motion work. After presenting the supporting facts and making clear that we were prepared to seek sanctions if our client was forced to continue defending claims without a good-faith basis, plaintiffs’ counsel agreed to dismiss our client, avoiding months of unnecessary discovery and motion practice. Congratulations to Amy R. Margolies!

In a separate matter, after months of unsuccessful efforts to obtain compliant discovery without court intervention, our team moved to compel and sought sanctions. When additional materials were produced at the eleventh hour, we continued to press the sanctions issue based on the time and expense our client had already been forced to incur. The Court agreed and awarded several thousand dollars in monetary sanctions. Congratulations to Edward J. Southcott!

The two results reflect both sides of effective defense strategy: create an early off-ramp when the claims against your client lack a viable basis, and when cooperation fails and court intervention becomes necessary, build the record and follow through.

Great work by our Public Entity team!