Litigation of all varieties
Based in San Francisco, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold casts itself as an "international litigation and trial law firm." With offices in the U.S. and E.U., the firm's 265+ attorneys specialize in complex business, class action and mass tort litigation, directors and officers liability, professional malpractice, product liability, general liability, toxic tort, drug and medical device litigation, construction, environmental, employment, entertainment, fidelity, surety, healthcare, insurance, reinsurance and intellectual property law.
High profile clients in trouble
Given the firm's specialties, it's not surprising to note that Sedgwick's clients frequently turn up in the headlines. Naturally, defending big tobacco has been among the firm's most high-profile engagements. Tobacco giant Brown & Williamson, for example, continues to bring the firm business. In early January 2000, Sedgwick was called on to defend B&W from unfair claims brought by a environmental group arguing that tobacco companies committed unfair business practices by denying that cigarette smoke causes cancer and several other crippling ailments.
