Our Practice Cornerstones
Cunningham Darlow is dedicated to successful results in all aspects of litigation and dispute resolution. Cunningham Darlow has the experience, the skill, and the resources to win at every level. We understand the importance of organization, dedication, preparation, focus, commitment and communication. We select our cases carefully. We prepare our cases thoroughly. We emphasize teamwork and coordination with our clients and we insure regular, complete and candid communication. We adhere to the following cornerstones of our practice:
Selectivity:
Cunningham Darlow is selective in accepting engagements. The firm is built upon dedication to extraordinary results in individual cases. Results count, not the number of hours or the volume of lawyers. We make sure that the full resources of the firm are devoted to every engagement the firm accepts.
Communication:
Each Cunningham Darlow engagement is a cooperative client relationship. Communications are regular and continuous. Clients are kept fully informed at all times. For corporate clients, Cunningham Darlow lawyers complement the client’s legal staff seamlessly, creating added value to the joint effort. Our emphasis upon early evaluation and continuous communication enhances predictability and minimizes surprises.
Awareness:
Cunningham Darlow lawyers take the time to understand the client’s circumstances and thoroughly comprehend the client’s objectives. Complex disputes do not exist in a vacuum. They often require initiative and creativity. Understanding the business or personal context makes a successful result much more likely.
Timeliness:
Cunningham Darlow understands the importance of early analysis, evaluation, and decision making. Complex litigation requires careful planning. Effective strategies must be formulated early and implemented consistently. Surprises and last-minute decisions are avoided. We work with our clients to establish comprehensive action plans to insure successful results at reasonable costs.
Innovation:
Cunningham Darlow is known for innovation and mastery of technology. We manage large databases skillfully and efficiently. Information is processed, stored, retrieved and transmitted digitally. Our methods facilitate communication, eliminate unnecessary staffing, and substantially reduce litigation costs.
Professionalism:
An important feature of our practice is our ability to work in harmony with other law firms and law departments. Commercial litigation often involves many parties. Successful pursuit of a client’s objectives requires leadership, negotiating skill, and the ability to develop consensus among strongly competing interests. Our firm enjoys a national reputation for excellence and integrity among lawyers, judges and arbitrators. As a result, we are frequently able to develop leading positions in class actions and other multi-party litigation groups and to direct, influence and control the course of complex litigation effectively.
Flexibility:
Cunningham Darlow is a boutique firm configured to focus upon a litigation problem efficiently without unnecessary staffing or expense. At the same time, we have been very successful, through a reliable network of colleagues throughout the country, assembling and directing sufficient resources to handle extremely large and complicated litigation matters effectively.
Competitiveness:
Our mission is to win and we are accustomed to winning. Our clients rest confidently because they know we are aggressive, tenacious, thorough, very well prepared, and totally focused.