Civil lawsuits can be stressful, time consuming, and expensive. As your lawyer, my goal is to minimize the impact on your daily life by swiftly resolving your case. From the start, I will advise you of alternative strategies, be straightforward concerning legal costs and risks, and work with you to determine the best path forward.

A speedy resolution is often achieved through pre-litigation negotiation or mediation. If your legal dispute requires litigation, I have over 20 years of experience litigating civil cases in state and federal courts. I have tried cases in front of judges, arbitrators and juries. After a lawsuit is filed, I will still work hard to achieve a swift resolution to your case, but I am prepared to present a case at trial when needed.

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I am ready to be your trusted advisor and advocate. Baynard Cooke Law will provide personalized legal support, applying the high standards and quality your deserve, at more affordable hourly rates than a large law firm.

Baynard Cooke Law can prosecute or defend your unique civil dispute, including in the following areas:

  • Civil Rights. A person’s civil rights are violated when a party discriminates against a person based on their membership in a protected category, which includes race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age (40 or older), disability, and genetic information, and veteran status. Discrimination may include blatant harassment or simply being treated differently based on a protected class.
  • Contract Disputes. Contract disputes arise when a party to a contract believes another party has failed to perform a contractual obligation, and may include failure to deliver goods or services, failure to meet contractual deadlines, non-payment, breach of a lease agreement, or disagreements over contract terms.
  • Employment Disputes. Employment-related civil lawsuits include wrongful termination or demotion, discrimination or harassment in the workplace, retaliation, wage and hour disputes, interference with protected leave, and breach of employment contracts.
  • Property Disputes. Property disputes involve conflicts over real estate, such as boundary disputes, title disputes, easement rights, and damage to land.
  • Personal Injury. Personal injury cases involve injuries caused by the negligence or intentional wrongdoing of another party. Personal injury lawsuits may arise from assaults, boating accidents, car accidents, trip and fall incidents, defective products, malpractice, and other circumstances where someone is injured due to and act (or failure to act) of another.
  • Takings (Eminent Domain) and Inverse Condemnation. Eminent domain lawsuits involve the legal process where the government attempts to take an individual’s property for public use. These disputes may involve a physical taking of real property by the government, such as when widening a road or putting in a sidewalk, or a regulatory taking, when a government regulation restricts a property owner’s right to the extent that it effectively destroys the property’s value or usefulness.