Our Services

Aerospace & Aviation

Few industries have been at the center of the most important issues of our time as the aerospace industry. RSHC has a dedicated team of recognized leaders in the field who have successfully represented manufacturers of commercial airliners and general aviation aircraft, space vehicles, and aircraft component, electric aircraft and drones, aircraft maintenance companies, airlines, airports, airport concession operators, and ground handling companies in a variety of matters across the United States and internationally, in Canada, Asia, South America, Central America, and Europe. Learn More : Aerospace & Aviation

Animal Law

We are the only major commercial litigation firm in the country with a practice group focused solely on animal welfare and animal protection. And we handle every aspect of animal law — litigation, legislation, and consultation — for clients ranging from individual pet owners to the world’s largest animal protection organization. We also provide full-service support to animal welfare groups, including shelters, sanctuaries, and nonprofit advocates. Learn More : Animal Law

Antitrust & Competition

For decades, our antitrust team has successfully guided clients even as theories have evolved to reflect new technologies, lines of business, and economic approaches. Evolving economic theories of liability involving two-sided markets, “dirty tricks” as antitrust violations, no-poaching agreements, and “disintermediation” in the health care setting are just a few examples of the recent trends in the federal antitrust arena, and as state and federal agencies and private litigants have changed emphasis and tactics, our defense team has remained at the cutting edge. Learn More : Antitrust & Competition

Appellate Practice

RSHC’s appellate practice runs the gamut from appeals following final judgment, to interlocutory appeals of class certification rulings or decisions on controlling questions of law, to certification of questions to state supreme courts and writs of mandamus. We have experience in forums across the country, both in cases where we represented a party in the lower court and in cases where we were brought in as appellate counsel. Learn More : Appellate Practice

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency

Clients hire RSHC’s Blockchain & Cryptocurrency (B&C) team to provide innovative solutions to novel needs. From compliance to governmental enforcement to civil litigation, RSHC’s B&C team has the experience and reputation of getting the right results nationwide. Learn More : Blockchain & Cryptocurrency

Business Transactions

We are deal closers and business lawyers. We bring together a diverse and experienced team of finance, real estate, and corporate attorneys who have negotiated and closed hundreds of transactions. Exceptional legal counsel starts with understanding our clients’ business objectives, which allows us to provide cost-efficient, experienced, and strategic counsel and legal services to global, national, and regional clients. Learn More : Business Transactions

Class Actions

We have defended hundreds of class actions on behalf of insurers, airlines, manufacturers, consumer products companies, consumer services companies, collegiate sports associations, financial services firms, and real estate developers, among others. We go where the trouble is for our clients, and have fought class actions in most states, and from coast to coast. Best Lawyers has ranked RSHC’s class action defense practice as both National Tier 1 and Chicago Tier 1. Learn More : Class Actions

Commercial Disputes & Litigation

In the courtroom, we are fearless advocates for our clients. We have experience going toe-to-toe with the toughest adversaries in the most challenging jurisdictions. Our clients, which include Fortune 100 companies, financial institutions, privately held businesses, start-ups, non-profits, individuals, and government agencies, rely on us to find a solution to their most challenging problems, whether it’s resolving a dispute before the expense and disruption of litigation or winning at trial. Learn More : Commercial Disputes & Litigation

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles & Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

RSHC’s Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Team and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Team provide advice, strategy, and counsel in litigation avoidance and preparation, acquisitions, product liability, and intellectual property issues to clients building, selling, buying, using, and interacting with ground and aerial autonomous vehicles. Our clients include established product manufacturers, tech startups, entities seeking to acquire AV technology, and firms in the defense, applied science, hybrid electric vehicle, and aeronautical engineering industries. Learn More : Connected and Autonomous Vehicles & Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Consumer Financial Services Litigation

Consumer financial services clients facing litigation from single plaintiff lawsuits to mass actions to multi-district class action litigation turn to RSHC for our multidisciplinary approach, mass and class action experience, and courtroom acumen. Learn More : Consumer Financial Services Litigation

Cybersecurity & Data Privacy

Any organization can face internal or external threats to the security of its data, and the financial and reputational costs of such an event are significant. Our multi-disciplinary team of attorneys has extensive investigative and crisis management experience in government, in house, and private practice. We help clients manage cyber risk, determine the extent of breaches, navigate the evolving landscape of data privacy law, and manage a wide variety of post-breach contingencies. Learn More : Cybersecurity & Data Privacy

Education

RSHC attorneys have represented educational institutions in a variety of investigation and litigation matters, involving various federal anti-discrimination statutes like Title IX, Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act, and other federal and state anti-discrimination statutes before the U.S. Department of Education and its Office of Civil Rights, as well as the U.S. Department of Justice and counseled schools with their compliance pursuant to the Clery Act and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). We have served as legal counsel, independent investigators, directors/trustees, professors, and advisors for private colleges and universities, multi-campus public institutions, for-profit schools, and secondary institutions. This uncommon breadth of experience helps us provide a richer source of representation, wisdom, and advocacy for our education-based clients. Learn More : Education

Insurance Litigation

Our insurance litigation experience is deep and wide. We have decades of experience working for insurance industry clients on critical disputes. Learn More : Insurance Litigation

Intellectual Property

Our firm is committed to the same principle as our IP clients: innovation. Our work focuses on patent litigation, post-grant review processes before the PTO, trade secrets, trade dress, trademarks and copyrights. Learn More : Intellectual Property

Labor and Employment Counseling and Litigation

We are not only our clients’ lawyers, we are their partners. Our labor and employment lawyers regularly counsel clients on employment-related issues—working closely with executives at the highest levels in both operations and human resources—to develop training and compliance programs, draft and optimize critical employment documentation, conduct internal investigations, and defend our clients in court. Learn More : Labor and Employment Counseling and Litigation

Products, Environmental, and Mass Tort Litigation

Our lawyers have spent the last thirty-five years successfully defending clients against product liability, environmental, and mass tort claims in dozens of states and across the federal court system. Clients entrust RSHC lawyers with handling individual lawsuits, class actions, consolidations, and massive, and multi-jurisdictional claims that threaten a company’s reputation and, sometimes, its ability to continue in business. Learn More : Products, Environmental, and Mass Tort Litigation

Risk, Reputation, and Crisis Management

RSHC lawyers, who include former executives and general counsel of global public companies, believe that the best lawsuit is the one that doesn’t happen. With deep experience in the C-Suite and the Boardroom, we are adept at creating practical solutions to complex problems involving multiple constituencies. Learn More : Risk, Reputation, and Crisis Management

White Collar Defense, Investigations, and Compliance

RSHC’s white collar defense, investigations and compliance attorneys regularly help our clients prevent, defend, and resolve all manner of sensitive complex government inquiries, investigations, and enforcement actions. Learn More : White Collar Defense, Investigations, and Compliance