Wilshire & Scott

Wilshire & Scott P.C. and its members have provided litigation services and trial work since 1986 in a wide variety of corporate, commercial and business law areas. Significant and recent litigation handled by the firm and its members includes the following: obtaining a directed verdict for a declaratory judgment and defeating multimillion dollar c... ounterclaims on behalf of a NYSE integrated energy company accused of royalty and working interest underpayment over a six-year period securing an $11,500,000 judgment after a jury verdict based on fraud on behalf of a closely held gas marketing firm against a NYSE drilling and production company that had dishonored gas processing agreements obtaining a $1,000,000+ jury verdict and judgment for contract breach and deceit on behalf of a Houston-based marketing firm against a national multilevel marketing company obtaining a $95,000,000 judgment in federal court on behalf of a company for breach of a loan agreement, and including the successful prosecution of a civil contempt order against the defendant's principal director the defense of private mortgage insurance companies in class action litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts the defense and successful settlement of claims by and against a NYSE environmental engineering consulting firm involving a superfund site and private litigants the defense and successful dismissal of a NYSE engineering company in an environmental class action case involving underground storage tanks. In this case the firm was also hired by the environmental consulting firms to act as liaison counsel with the oil company defendants the successful defense of a NYSE company sued by a former executive alleging wrongful discharge the successful defense of former officers and directors of failed lending institutions in several suits involving multimillion dollar claims brought by the FDIC and RTC prosecuting to a successful settlement the claims of the nation's largest trench safety equipment distributor against a competitor for ...Read More