Commercial Litigation
Breach of contract, business torts, and high-stakes disputes between companies. We prepare every commercial case for trial from day one.
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Commercial Litigation · Trial Practice · IP
Built to win in the courtroom.
Kessler Trial Group is a litigation firm for clients who cannot afford to lose. We carry complex commercial disputes, IP battles, and class actions all the way to verdict, and the record proves it.
The numbers
A record courts respect.
Outcomes across commercial disputes, intellectual property, and class-action matters since 2004.
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Total recovered for clients
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Verdicts & favorable judgments
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Overall trial win rate
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Years of trial experience
Practice areas
Where we take the fight.
Six disciplines, one mandate: go to trial prepared to win.
Trial Practice
Experienced trial counsel who have argued before state and federal courts across the country. When litigation must end at verdict, we are ready.
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IP Litigation
Patent, trademark, trade secret, and copyright disputes, pursued with technical precision and aggressive courtroom strategy.
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Class Actions & Appeals
Multi-plaintiff coordination through certification and trial, plus appellate practice that reverses unfavorable outcomes and defends hard-won judgments.
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AV
Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell
The firm
Formidable in discovery. Decisive at trial.
Founded in 2004 by veteran trial attorney N. Kessler, the firm has grown into a 14-attorney litigation boutique with a singular focus: resolving complex disputes through principled, aggressive advocacy. We do not settle unless settlement is in our client's best interest, and opposing counsel knows it.
Lead counsel N. Kessler has tried over 80 cases to verdict, including two landmark IP rulings cited by federal circuits. Every client works directly with a named partner, not a first-year associate.
80+
Cases tried to verdict
14
Attorneys firm-wide
3
Federal circuit citations
Super Lawyers, Top 100
Chambers USA Ranked
Best Lawyers in America
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Verdicts & settlements
Results on the record.
A selection of significant outcomes secured for our clients in courtrooms and arbitration.
$38.2M
Commercial, Breach of Contract
Jury verdict for a technology manufacturer whose exclusive distribution agreement was wrongfully terminated.
$27.5M
IP, Patent Infringement
Federal district court award plus injunctive relief after a competitor reverse-engineered proprietary semiconductor designs.
$22.1M
Class Action, Securities
Settlement recovered for a class of investors following material misrepresentations in a mid-cap company's quarterly filings.
$14.8M
Trade Secret Misappropriation
Judgment for a SaaS company after a former executive joined a rival and transferred confidential source code and client data.
$9.3M
Appeal, Judgment Reversed
Appellate victory reinstating a multi-million-dollar judgment that had been overturned on procedural grounds at the trial court level.
Injunction
Arbitration, Non-Compete
Emergency arbitration panel granted a permanent injunction blocking a departing partner from soliciting 200+ firm clients.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each matter is evaluated on its own facts and circumstances.
Client perspectives
Trusted when the stakes are highest.
★★★★★
“Kessler Trial Group walked into a case our prior counsel had fumbled for three years. Twelve months later we had a $14M judgment. Relentless and brilliant.”
W. Chen, CEOTechnology, trade secret matter
★★★★★
“I have worked with a lot of litigators. Kessler is the only firm I have seen make opposing counsel visibly nervous at the first status conference. We won at trial.”
R. Salazar, General CounselManufacturing, commercial dispute
★★★★★
“They took our IP case on a contingency when no one else would. The patent verdict changed our company. You will not find more capable trial attorneys.”
A. Moreau, FounderLife sciences, patent litigation
Insights
Intelligence from the front lines.
Tactical analysis and plain-language guidance from our trial attorneys.
Commercial Litigation
Why "trial-ready from day one" changes settlement math
Defendants settle faster and for more when they believe you will actually go to trial. Here is how preparation posture shifts leverage before a single deposition is taken.
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IP Litigation
Patent claim construction: the ruling that shapes everything else
How a Markman hearing outcome dictates the viable infringement theory, and why most companies underestimate its importance until it is too late to course-correct.
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Class Actions
Class certification: the threshold fight that decides the war
Defendants treat certification as an opportunity to kill a case. Plaintiffs who win certification often win the whole case. A breakdown of what courts actually look for under Rule 23(b).
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Free strategy session
Tell us about your dispute.
A senior trial attorney will review your matter and provide a frank assessment, no obligation, no sales pitch. We will tell you honestly whether you have a strong case and what it will take to win.
- Call
- (813) 555-0299
- intake@kesslertrial.com
- Office
- 1001 Water Street, Suite 1800
Tampa, FL 33602 - Hours
- Mon to Fri · 8:00 am, 6:00 pm