Scholten Fant’s litigation section attorneys have experience in a wide range of civil and criminal litigation matters.

Experience and Expertise

• Appeals
• Business torts
• Civil rights and civil liberties, including constitutional claims and Section 1983 claims for violations of First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights
• Collection law
• Commercial
• Condemnation
• Constitutional law
• Contracts
• Construction law and construction contract disputes
• Criminal law
• Deliberate indifference claims, including mistreatment or denial of care to inmates, pretrial detainees, or suspects in custody
• Defamation
• Election law
• Employment
• Environmental
• Family law, including divorce, custody, parenting time, post-judgment matters, and personal protection orders (PPOs)
• First Amendment
• Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) claims
• Insurance coverage disputes
• Landlord/tenant
• Malicious prosecution
• Mediation
• Mental Health Code claims
• Municipal
• Police misconduct, including police brutality or excessive force and unlawful arrest
• Probate proceedings, including will contests, trust contests, guardianships, conservatorships, claims against fiduciaries, and claims for undue influence
• Products liability and recalls
• Real estate, including easement disputes, adverse possession, nuisance, trespass, and quiet title actions
• School law including Title IX complaints
• Section 1983 claims
• Shareholder disputes
• Tax Appeals
• Unfair competition
• Uniform Commercial Code
• Unlawful arrest
• Warranty claims
• Workplace injury
• Wrongful death