Litigation + Trial

• Antitrust — Cartel defense, merger review, monopolization claims, and antitrust litigation before courts and enforcement agencies.
• Appellate + Supreme Court — Appeals and dispositive briefing in state and federal appellate courts, up through the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Business Litigation — Complex commercial, contract, and business tort disputes, including bet-the-company matters tried to verdict in state, federal, and appellate courts.
• Class Action — Defense of consumer, financial, product, and employment class and collective actions from pleadings through certification, trial, and appeal.
• Delaware Court of Chancery Litigation — Corporate governance, fiduciary duty, and transactional disputes in the nation’s leading business court.
• Environmental Litigation + Enforcement Defense — Enforcement defense, toxic tort, and natural resource and contamination disputes.
• International Arbitration — Cross-border commercial and investment disputes before major arbitral institutions across the U.S., EU, UK, Asia, and Latin America.
• Product Liability — Defense of single-plaintiff, mass tort, and multidistrict claims for manufacturers across pharmaceutical, medical device, automotive, and consumer sectors.
• Securities Litigation — Defense of securities class actions, shareholder derivative suits, and fiduciary duty claims for public companies, directors, and officers.
• Related services also include: Consumer Products · First Amendment + Newsroom · Franchise, Distribution + Marketing Litigation

• Construction Litigation — Contract, defect, delay, and payment disputes across commercial, energy, and infrastructure projects.
• Energy Litigation — Disputes across the energy value chain, from lease and royalty matters to power, renewables, and regulatory litigation.
• Financial Services Litigation — Defense of banks, lenders, fintechs, and servicers in individual, class, and regulatory disputes nationwide.
• Health Care Litigation — Managed care payor disputes, provider litigation, and reimbursement and regulatory matters.
• Insurance Commercial Litigation — Complex commercial, corporate, and regulatory disputes and class actions for carriers, brokers, MGAs, and other insurance industry clients.
• Real Estate Litigation — Ownership, development, leasing, and financing disputes for owners, developers, investors, and lenders.
• Related services also include: Automotive · Tobacco + Nicotine · Educational Institutions · Commercial Maritime Litigation · Marketing + Advertising · Securitization + Structured Finance

• State Attorneys General — Multistate AG investigations, civil investigative demands, and enforcement actions.
• White Collar Litigation + Investigations — Government and internal investigations, enforcement defense, and criminal and regulatory proceedings.
• Related services also include: Securities Investigations + Enforcement

• Cyber Incidents + Investigations — Breach response, post-incident investigations, and related litigation and regulatory exposure.
• eDiscovery + Data Management — End-to-end discovery, data management, and information governance through eMerge.
• Labor + Employment — Wage-and-hour, discrimination, trade secret, and non-compete litigation, plus collective and class workforce disputes.

Litigation Recognitions
Troutman Pepper Locke holds national rankings from Chambers USA and Best Law Firms® across commercial litigation, product liability and mass torts, international arbitration, appellate practice, and securities litigation, with deep regional recognition across more than a dozen states.

National Rankings
Chambers USA – Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite, Nationwide (2019–2026)
Chambers USA – Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded, Nationwide (2026)
Chambers USA – International Arbitration: Highly Regarded, Nationwide (2026)
Best Law Firms® – Litigation: Commercial, National: Tier 1 (2016–2026)
Best Law Firms® – Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, National: Tier 1 (2025–2026)
Best Law Firms® – Appellate Practice, National: Tier 1 (2013–2026)
Best Law Firms® – Litigation: Securities, National: Tier 2 (2020–2026)
The Legal 500 – Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration (2026)

Regional Rankings
Chambers USA has recognized the firm in Litigation: General Commercial across Georgia (2019–2026), Virginia (2019–2026), North Carolina (2019–2026), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia & Surrounds, 2019–2026), Texas (Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds, 2022–2026), Rhode Island (2022–2026), Michigan (2021–2026), New Jersey (2024–2026), and Illinois (2026). The firm also holds Chambers recognition in Litigation: Product Liability in Pennsylvania (2025–2026) and Georgia (2026), Litigation: Securities in Georgia (2022–2026), Litigation: Appellate in Texas (2020–2026), and Chancery in Delaware (2026).

Best Law Firms® recognizes the firm in Appellate Practice across Atlanta (Tier 1, 2024–2026), Dallas (2017–2026), Austin (2016–2026), Raleigh (2017–2026), Houston (2021–2025), and San Francisco (2026). In Commercial Litigation, Best Law Firms® ranks the firm across Tier 1 Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Harrisburg, Houston, Norfolk, Orange County, Philadelphia, Rhode Island, Richmond, and Washington, D.C. Best Law Firms® further recognizes the firm in Litigation: Securities in Philadelphia (2021–2026), Orange County (2023–2026), Delaware (2025–2026), and Atlanta (2024), and in Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants in Atlanta, Richmond, and Charlotte. Best Law Firms® also ranks the firm as Tier 1 for International Arbitration – Commercial and International Arbitration – Governmental in Houston.

Named Awards
BTI Consulting – Complex Commercial Litigation Powerhouse (2025); “Awesome Opponents” (2025); “Feared Opponents” list for 2026 and 2027
Law360 – Twice named Consumer Protection Practice Group of the Year (2016, 2018)