Multinational corporations, local businesses and prominent individuals regularly turn to Brooks Wilkins Sharkey & Turco for business and commercial litigation services in matters ranging from failed business transactions to “bet-the-company” disputes involving hundreds of millions of dollars in potential damages…
Through their decades of practice, our bankruptcy attorneys have earned their reputations as results-driven problem solvers. This is evident in the significant and complicated engagements our attorneys have successfully undertaken. From taking on insolvent automotive suppliers who have threatened to shut…
Our lawyers have decades of experience negotiating and counseling on thousands of supply chain contracts. We understand the complex challenges and risks faced by automotive suppliers and other manufacturers. Because of this special expertise, our lawyers have been invited to present at…
Successfully defended numerous manufacturers against claims for both pre and post termination sale commissions and damages allocable under the Uniform Michigan Sales Representative Act
Participated on trial team in an unfair competition and business tort case which obtained a $300M judgment - the largest state court verdict in history
Mediated over 250 business disputes
Successfully defended health care insurer in $25M seven-week jury trial case
Received jury verdict of $5.3M for our client in a misappropriation of trade secrets case
Developed and implemented strategies used by tier-1 automotive suppliers to obtain price increases and other extra-contractual payments from OEMs after preproduction problems, volume shortfalls, and other changes in circumstances.
Successfully represented international information technology company in contract and misappropriation dispute with alleged damages in excess of $10,000,000, plus a demand for exemplary damages
Successfully defended multiple law firms in legal malpractice cases
Successfully negotiated and litigated hundreds of manufacturing supply chain contracts and disputes, ranging from Original Equipment Manufacturers versus Tier 1 suppliers to raw material suppliers versus lower tiers, 1999-current
Representation and counseling of suppliers in hundreds of automotive supply chain pricing, duration and quality disputes, including stop shipments and TROs
Successfully defended software development firm in $14M jury trial case
Obtained largest judgment in State of Michigan in 2013 for client vs. insurer ($9.3M)
Successfully defended hospital system in $280M six-week jury trial case
Successfully defended against multi-million dollar veil piercing claim
As debtors’ counsel, representing a substantial Michigan not-for-profit hospital in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy and ultimate sale as a going concern
Representing numerous Tier One and Two automotive suppliers in negotiating agreements with their financially distressed sub-suppliers or customers to ensure continuity of supply
Representing real estate developers and guarantors in the negotiation and documentation of workout and discounted payoff agreements
Prosecution and defense of many preferential transfer and fraudulent transfer actions
Successfully tried a breach of contract claim against an international shipper, obtaining judgment in excess of $4M
Advising boards of directors regarding their fiduciary responsibilities in the insolvencies of subsidiary and related entities
National representation of major Tier One automotive chassis component manufacturers in defense of ABS product liability litigation
Obtained multi-million dollar judgment for Tier 2 solar power supplier against Tier 1 for wrongfully failing to pay based on Solyndra bankruptcy.
Worked on trial team that secured a $25.7M judgment in action for breach of a supply contract
Obtained dismissal of multi-million dollar legal malpractice/breach of fiduciary duty claim
On behalf of Tier I and II automotive suppliers located throughout the United States and abroad including Canada, Mexico and Europe, negotiated and drafted terms and conditions of multimillion dollar contracts for the purchase and sale of unique automotive components
Regional counsel for leading tire manufacturers in catastrophic personal injury cases
Successfully defended at trial an automotive manufacturer against $27 million dollar suit based on breach of contract and quasi-contract claims
Counseled Tier 1 suppliers in numerous high-stakes automotive supply chain disputes
Secured a jury verdict for no cause for action while defending a Fortune 500 client in $4,000,000 race discrimination trial
Successfully obtained temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions in federal and state courts on behalf of tier-1 automotive suppliers whose operations were threatened by the actions of their suppliers.
Obtained a $10 million verdict in favor of a tier-2 automotive supplier after its former customer violated a confidentiality agreement and stole the supplier's design.
Received jury verdict of $5.3M for our client in a misappropriation of trade secrets case
Obtained dismissal of $10M adversary proceedings in bankruptcy court
Obtained partial summary judgment for Tier 1 automotive supplier against Tier 2 supplier regarding requirements contract issues.
Counseling U.S. and foreign based automotive suppliers regarding NHTSA compliance and recalls
Participated in a multi-million dollar antitrust litigation which resulted in client obtaining a $500M settlement
National counsel representation of major Tier 1 automotive chassis component supplier in defense of ABS product liability litigation
Successfully negotiated and litigated many manufacturing-supply-chain disputes, including between tier-1 suppliers and their OEM customers, and between tier-1 and tier-2 suppliers and their lower-tier suppliers
Representing the Unsecured Creditors’ Committee and the Liquidating Trustee of a manufacturer with over $500,000,000 in liabilities
Obtained favorable case evaluation award for defendant of less than 10% on a $1.2M personal guarantee claim.
Lead supplier counsel on many "bet-the-company" OEM/Tier I warranty, recall and program termination disputes with demands up to several hundred million dollars
Co-counsel for the Official Committee of Retirees in the City of Detroit Chapter 9 bankruptcy
Obtained $1.7M award for supplier through summary judgment.
Won summary judgment in case seeking $40,000,000 in damages from asset-sale earn-out calculation.
Representing the purchaser of substantially all of the operating assets of an insolvent solar energy company
Representing a distressed aerospace supplier in negotiations with its customers and the sale of its business
Secured a jury verdict for no cause for action while defending a Fortune 500 client in $4,000,000 race discrimination trial
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