Our business is winning cases for our clients. Our clients are involved in that business.
Skiermont Derby is an elite litigation boutique that represents both businesses and individuals in their most difficult disputes throughout the country. Whether plaintiff or defense, federal or state court, arbitration or appeal, we are proud that our clients trust us when the chips are down and the stakes are highest.
Skiermont Derby attorneys focus on patent, intellectual property, complex commercial and business litigation. The firm has established offices in Dallas and Los Angeles but a national footprint, litigating in federal and state courts and arbitration forums throughout the country.
Nearly all of Skiermont Derby’s lawyers are “Big Law” alums, meaning the firm has the experience and skill necessary to fight and win at the highest levels but with a greater degree of flexibility and responsiveness than larger firms.
Skiermont Derby is predominantly composed of partners and senior attorneys who handle or directly supervise all aspects of a case. For our clients, this means that you work with seasoned attorneys focused on the most efficient way to achieve your goals rather than junior associates fixated on meeting their billable hour requirements and learning the ropes at your expense.
The firm’s size also allows us to provide highly competitive hourly rates as well as a variety of alternative fee structures that may be tailored to the client’s goals where appropriate.
Skiermont Derby was founded in July 2011 on the premise the great lawyers take the complex and make it simple. Thus the firm’s motto: Complexity Simplified®. From the first meeting with a client, our lawyers are thinking about how to present the case at trial, and that guides our strategy from investigation to pleading, discovery, motion practice, and final preparations to present our client’s case to a jury, judge, or arbitrator.
We are diverse.
We have offices in the two largest states in the country, in cities with rich ethnic, cultural, economic, and creative diversity. Our lawyers and their families are active participants in those communities. These unique perspectives allow us to craft a wider variety of winning arguments.
So are our clients. We represent multinational corporations, family companies, and individuals in whatever field they operate. Our clients have had disputes involving the technology, pharmaceutical, entertainment, telecommunications, manufacturing, hospitality, aerospace, energy, software, real estate, lending media, securities, retail, and restaurant industries, and more.
So are our clients
We value our commitment to diversity and encourage growth in our attorneys.
We are innovative.
We leverage technology and integrate our trial technology team early in a case, ensuring that if and when a case gets to trial the judge and jury see and hear more than just oral testimony and loose documents. Instead we use an advanced presentation, bringing our client’s story and themes to life. We strive to be paperless and work seamlessly across offices to ensure that each client’s team has the right mix of experience and expertise to succeed at trial.
We are experienced.
We also leverage talent to break the BigLaw model. Our model is to recruit the top talent from the finest law firms in the United States. Skiermont Derby does not deploy teams of junior associates, and our clients do not pay to train young lawyers. The firm is not leveraged by tiers of lawyers duplicating work, and our business is not dependent upon the billable hour. Each person on every team is qualified and capable to step in and handle any case-related task, and all of our lawyers have the trial experience needed to offer credible guidance to our clients throughout a dispute.