Practice Areas
Appellate
Appellate work requires a sophisticated understanding and thorough knowledge of the law, procedural rules, intricacies of brief writing and oral advocacy, and a talent for framing and preserving issues for appeal. At Deasey, Mahoney & Valentini, we believe this specialized litigation work requires a thoughtful, collaborative approach throughout the handling of a matter. Our attorneys work together to develop innovative strategies and remain on the cutting edge of litigation and appellate advocacy.
Learn MoreAutomotive Liability
Deasey, Mahoney & Valentini handles a broad range of motor vehicle accident claims, including those involving car, truck, motorcycle, recreational vehicle accidents, first party, uninsured and underinsured coverage and property damage. We aggressively pursue the facts regarding the cause of the accident and severity of resulting injuries, consult with medical experts, experts in accident reconstruction and other fields who help us build compelling cases for our clients.
Learn MoreBad Faith
Deasey, Mahoney & Valentini represents insurers and their affiliates in tort and statutory claims alleging breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, improper claims and underwriting practices, consumer fraud and extra contractual claims, from sound advice at the claims handling stage, to assisting in formulating strategies for handling mediations and settlement conferences in underlying cases with an eye towards avoiding bad faith traps involving general liability, business auto, property, liquor liability, construction, directors & officers, professional liability including architect and engineers, municipal liability and school errors & omissions, including litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts, as well as extensive experience in mediation and other types of ADR.
Learn MoreCivil Rights
Deasey, Mahoney & Valentini attorneys have been counseling and defending public entities in civil rights matters for 25 years, successfully defending civil rights claims brought against all manner of public entities officials and employees from claims arising out of alleged constitutional violations to municipal polices, training and supervision and range of other civil rights issues.
Learn MoreClass Action
The attorneys of Deasey, Mahoney & Valentini are litigation specialists with ample experience including complex class action and mass tort matters. Whether your organization is facing a product liability (products liability), employment discrimination, consumer finance, toxic tort, environmental, insurance coverage, commercial or other class action lawsuit, our litigators are prepared to provide aggressive representation in state or federal courts nationwide.
Learn MoreConstruction Defects
Deasey, Mahoney and Valentini is a leader in the defense of construction defect claims involving significant structural damage or collapse, resulting in damage to person or property, as well as claims for loss of use, diminution in value, and remedial costs, through early and aggressive evaluation, and expertise in contracts, product liability, architects, engineers, toxic tort, OSHA and other regulatory standards, and insurance issues.
Learn MoreConstruction Site Injury
For over 30 years, our attorneys have defended a wide range of construction-related injury claims throughout the United States and in Puerto Rico. Within this specialty area, Deasey, Mahoney & Valentini lawyers have successfully defended a variety of concerns within the construction industry. Our experience in defending a host of different claims provides us with a unique insight and ability to aggressively represent our clients.
Learn MoreCrane and Rigging Litigation
A unique aspect of our construction litigation practice is our nationwide sub-specialty in the defense of crane accident claims, with the ability to mobilize a team of specially trained attorneys and experts to an accident site within 24 hours to conduct on-scene crane accident investigations.
Learn MoreEnvironmental Toxic Tort Litigation and Coverage
Deasey, Mahoney and Valentini defends environmental, chemical exposure, asbestos and other “toxic tort” claims including contamination due to discharge, leak, spill or mishandling, inhaled, ingested or otherwise absorbed, or a contamination of the air, ground or water.
Learn MoreExcess Insurance Litigation
Our attorneys possess in-depth knowledge and a thorough understanding of the challenging, highly regulated environment in which insurers operate. We regularly represent excess insurance carriers in complex disputes involving insureds and primary insurers. Deasey, Mahoney & Valentini lawyers have, for example, successfully prosecuted a case on behalf of an excess carrier for the primary carrier’s bad faith refusal to settle within policy limits against the recommendation of its insured’s counsel as well as the primary carrier’s own defense counsel.
Learn MoreFire and Arson Claims
As insurance defense and litigation specialists, the attorneys of Deasey, Mahoney & Valentini provide reliable legal advice and aggressive representation of insurers and insureds in matters arising from accidental and intentional fires. From fire investigation, including area of origin and source of ignition, to preserving evidence to complex issues of proof, our lawyers are well-versed in addressing the unique questions that fire and arson claims present.
Learn MoreGovernmental Liability
Our governmental liability defense team represents municipalities, law enforcement agencies, law enforcement officers, school districts, administrators, teachers, and governmental agencies at the state, federal and local level, encompassing practically every aspect of governmental liability involving governmental entities and employees in State, Federal and Appellate Courts, as well as administrative agencies.
Learn MoreImmigration Reform Litigation
The attorneys of Deasey, Mahoney & Valentini are on the cutting edge of immigration reform litigation defense for municipalities. We regularly represent municipalities when legislation regarding immigration reform is questioned in the court of law. Our law firm’s capabilities focus on defending immigration enforcement and relief measures being enacted by local governments. We provide legal counsel to ensure that proposed and enacted local legislation is constitutional and does not conflict with controlling federal law.
Learn MoreInsurance Coverage
We provide experienced counsel to insurance companies regarding insurance coverage issues and litigation, regularly prosecuting and defending declaratory judgment actions, and claims for additional insured coverage within the context of construction accidents and leased premises. We provide detailed, thorough and accurate coverage opinions, and draft tender requests and declination of coverage letters on behalf of our insurance carrier clients. We have experience with a variety of insurance policies and coverages, including Commercial general liability (CGL), Excess & umbrella, Employer’s liability, Employment practices liability, First-party coverage, Directors & officers liability insurance (D&O), Errors & omissions insurance (E&O), Professional liability, Homeowners and Property and casualty.
Learn MoreLabor and Employment Law
The Labor and Employment Law practice at Deasey, Mahoney & Valentini represents the business and insurance communities in all facets of the defense of employment and workplace issues, from employment practices liability defense to traditional management-labor matters, with experience that includes includes knowledge of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), EEOC standards, the Fair Labor Standards Act and much more.
Learn MoreLiquor Liability/Dram Shop
Our attorneys have extensive experience representing members of the hospitality and liquor industry in dram shop litigation, including restaurants, taverns, hotel properties and entertainment venues. We have successfully defended bars, taverns, hotels and social organizations, as well as dram shop claims arising from motor vehicle accidents, assaults and other alleged wrongdoing by patrons of alcohol serving establishments.
Learn MorePremises Liability
We defend companies in a broad array of industries, including businesses in the commercial, governmental and private sector, condominium and apartment buildings, housing, school districts and universities, as well as industrial and manufacturing plants. Our team of attorneys conducts thorough investigations of accident scenes, along with the combined efforts of experts and consultants to assist in the proper evaluation of liability, if any, and to minimize potential exposure. Our experience in premises liability cases runs the gamut from slip-and-fall injuries and civil actions arising from criminal assault and battery to traumatic brain injury cases, as well as fatalities and issues involving “green technology” and other environmental issues.
Learn MoreProducts Liability
Deasey, Mahoney & Valentini has not only defended products liability matters for more than three decades, but we have successfully tried products cases to verdict before state and federal courts, arbitration panels and federal agencies. We defend the product brands of manufacturers, distributors and retailers involving issues of product design, manufacturing, marketing, warnings, failure analysis, biomechanics, consumer product safety, federal regulations and trade secret protection.
Learn MoreProfessional Liability
Resolving professional liability cases in the best interest of individual defendants requires a legal defense team with a broad range of knowledge and a deep well of experience, and that’s just what clients find in Deasey, Mahoney & Valentini’s Professional Liability team. Whether a professional liability client’s ultimate goal is seeing a trial through to victory or reaching a favorable negotiated settlement, our attorneys have the legal skills, industry-specific knowledge and background, and ethical grounding to make it happen.
Learn MoreSocial Services and Human Services Claims
Our Social Services and Human Services team represents non-profit and for-profit organizations and institutions in the defense of abuse, neglect, wrongful death, trafficking and molestation.
Learn MoreSubrogation
Deasey, Mahoney & Valentini lawyers are adept at representing insurers in subrogation matters including construction accidents and defects, crane accidents, fire and arson matters, commercial property losses, building collapses and transportation losses. In investigating and litigating subrogation claims, our attorneys draw on the comprehensive scope of practice experience among their colleagues to provide optimal legal services to our clients.
Learn MoreTransportation
Our firm has years of experience successfully defending trucking and transportation companies and their employees in a variety of legal matters in both state and federal courts against wrongful death and other personal injury actions arising from highway collisions involving multiple vehicles, common carriers of passengers on light rail trains and buses in a broad range of claims and suits.
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