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Founded in 1901, MVP Law is never concerned with how others do it; we forge our own path to always meet our client’s needs. Experts in public and private sector workers’ compensation, general liability, and employment and education law, our attorneys are attentive, knowledgeable and ready to find the options you never knew you had.

We build trust, confidence and real relationships. We’re creative problem-solvers, never satisfied with the status quo and always finding openings within the parameters of the law. We stay honest and up-front, always looking out for your best interest. And wherever you are in the Midwest, no one works harder to get results.

About MVP Law

Founded in 1901

8 Offices

164 people in their team


Practice areas
Lawsuits & Disputes
Business
Employment & Labor

Languages spoken
English

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Practice areas

Lawsuits & Disputes

MVP’s Civil Litigation & Insurance Defense group comprises experienced attorneys and paralegals who aggressively work to resolve claims in the public and private sectors.

Tort Liability & Casualty

Bad faith claims. General negligence claims. Property and casualty insurance claims. MVP is one of the Midwest’s preeminent insurance defense firms, adept at handling all forms of tort litigation for insurers and self-insured corporate clients, including automobile, comprehensive general liability, professional responsibility in errors and omissions, officers’ and directors’ liability, municipal liability, product liability, toxic tort and environmental claims. The firm also handles repetitive stress injury claims, as well as securities litigation, life, health, accident, fire and home owners’ claims.

Our occupational accident teams perform policy analysis and claim investigations and defend policy actions and bad faith claims that arise in state and federal court jurisdictions throughout the United States.

Tort Liability
MVP’s tort liability defense group includes a staff of experienced attorneys and paralegals who aggressively work to resolve claims and coverage concerns in such areas as bad faith claims, excess and surplus lines claims, general negligence claims, property and casualty insurance claims, reinsurance matters and other insurance disputes.

Professional Liability
We defend professionals faced with malpractice or malfeasance claims. The firm has successfully defended investment advisors and broker clients in the securities industry against claims brought by investors, engineers, architects, attorneys and accountants.

Directors and Officers Liability
As the old saying goes, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of care.” MVP attorneys advise corporate, individual and government clients concerning the fiduciary duties of directors and officers of corporations (along with others with fiduciary responsibilities). Our clients include individuals in banking, financial services, and a broad spectrum of for-profit businesses and nonprofit organizations.

Trucking and Transportation
We assist trucking companies of all sizes, from local delivery companies to national trucking corporations, in a wide variety of legal issues faced in today’s heavily regulated and litigious climate. Our experience includes driver and equipment compliance, labor and employment issues, carriage contracts, leases, property damage, and personal injury litigation.

Our attorneys have a proven track record of representing transportation clients in claims involving the Federal Employer Liability Act (FELA), grade cross collision, trespasser actions, and other third-party injury claims. We consult with and defend transportation companies against hundreds of FELA actions, including multiple amputations and death actions, and we remain at the forefront of litigation defense through research and resources in transportation law.

Product Liability
MVP represents manufacturers, distributors and retailers in a wide variety of product liability cases, successfully defending clients in cases involving agricultural products, asbestos, automotive and transportation, Benzene, construction products, consumer products, electrical products, firearms, heating and cooling equipment, industrial and agricultural equipment, medical devices and pharmaceutical products, power plants, propane and natural gas, tires, waste management, and many other products.

Construction Defect
Our attorneys represent owners, developers, architects, engineers, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and other construction professionals in a wide variety of litigation, ranging from cases involving nuclear power plants to claims by homeowners. Our cases include design and construction defects, contract and subcontract issues, mechanic’s and other liens, bond claims, insurance claims and many other issues.

Litigation

Business

Drawing on attorney experience, creativity and analytical skills, MVP represents banks, lending institutions and business entities in all forms of business litigation and transactions.

Our firm is prepared to handle litigation and transactions involving:

  • Business formation, acquisition and sales
  • Governance and transfers
  • Real property transactions, including development, zoning and sale
  • Leasing and finance
  • Banking
  • Bankruptcy and creditors’ rights

General Counsel
MVP also serves as outside general counsel for for-profit and not-for-profit business entities and government agencies. We’re involved in a wide array of contractual and transactional matters and representing those entities in front of various administrative bodies.

Administrative
Business Registration
Contract
Due Diligence
Merger & Acquisition
New Business Formation
Banking & Finance
Government Contract

Employment & Labor

MVP defends large and small employers, corporations, governmental entities, and educational institutions in all aspects of employment-related legal matters, and we advise and counsel clients through issues regularly faced by employers with quick and practical solutions.

MVP has extensive experience and expertise in employment law, providing services in a wide spectrum of employment relations, including: client counseling, administrative standards compliance, labor negotiations, mediation, arbitration and employment litigation. When employment disputes occur, firm attorneys assist throughout the alternative dispute resolution process and, if necessary, provide representation in front of state, federal and administrative adjudication proceedings.

MVP also:

  • Contracts for all types of employee-related insurance issues, including the provision of health, dental, disability and life insurance, whether offered as standalone benefits or as part of a cafeteria plan
  • Assists clients with issues related to workers’ compensation
  • Drafts and assists in the creation of benefit plans, including cafeteria plans
  • Works with clients to ensure compliance with regulations pertaining to 403(b) plans
  • Reviews contracts for the provision of health insurance and other benefits

The firm’s attorneys have appeared before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, state and local employment commissions, and the Department of Labor in all types of discrimination, Family and Medical Leave Act, Fair Labor Standards Act and OSHA claims. With each change in the law, MVP strives to keep its clients current and in compliance with the law.

Labor Law
Employment Rights
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