Nye, Stirling, Hale Miller & Sweet, LLP

Nye, Stirling, Hale, Miller & Sweet LLP is a civil litigation firm with a national reputation for pursuing complex, high-stakes matters on behalf of individuals and institutions. The firm focuses on litigation in areas including education, employment, civil rights, intellectual property, consumer fraud, catastrophic personal injury, and sexual abuse, and is known for securing substantial verdicts and settlements in precedent-setting cases.

The firm combines trial and appellate capabilities with a history of serving as lead counsel in class actions and high-profile civil rights and clergy-abuse litigation. Its attorneys bring sustained trial experience and appellate know-how to each matter, enabling comprehensive strategies that move cases from investigation through trial and, when necessary, through appeal.

Nye Stirling emphasizes personal, partner-level attention and community engagement, delivering client-focused representation that prioritizes meaningful results and systemic change. The firm applies evidence-driven advocacy, coordinated expert support, and persistent courtroom readiness to protect client interests and to advance cases with significant public impact.

About Nye, Stirling, Hale Miller & Sweet, LLP

Founded in 1989

15 people in their team

Practice areas

Accidents & Injuries

Employment & Labor

Intellectual Property

Insurance

Lawsuits & Disputes

Languages spoken

English

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Practice areas

Accidents & Injuries

The firm handles catastrophic personal-injury and wrongful-death matters, leveraging trial experience to pursue maximum compensation for injured clients. Attorneys coordinate medical and forensic experts, manage complex discovery, and negotiate with insurers while maintaining readiness for jury trial to secure settlements and verdicts that address both economic and non-economic losses.

Animal & Dog Injury

Assault & Battery

Birth Injury

Brain Injury

Car Accident

Construction Accident

Dangerous Product

Defamation

Drugs & Medical Devices

Medical Malpractice

Motor Vehicle Defect

Motorcycle Accident

Personal Injury

Premises Liability

Property Damage

Sexual Abuse

Toxic Mold

Toxic Tort

Travel Accident

Truck Accident

Work Injury

Workers Compensation

Wrongful Death

Employment & Labor

Nye Stirling represents employees in discrimination, harassment, wrongful-termination, whistleblower, and wage-and-hour matters, developing case-specific strategies that blend investigation, administrative advocacy, and litigation. The team pursues individual and collective claims, uses discovery to document employer misconduct, and seeks remedial relief, back pay, reinstatement, and other damages through negotiation or trial as appropriate.

Employment Rights

Hiring & Firing

Job Discrimination

Labor Law

Pension

Retirement

Sexual Harassment

Social Security

Wage & Hour

Wrongful Termination

Whistleblower & Qui Tam

Employment Benefits & Executive Compensation

Intellectual Property

The firm advises clients on protection and enforcement of copyrights, trademarks, and related intellectual-property rights and litigates infringement and licensing disputes when necessary. Counsel evaluates portfolio risks, drafts and reviews licensing agreements, and conducts contentious litigation with an emphasis on preserving client commercial interests and securing injunctive relief and monetary recovery.

Patent

Trademark

Art & Cultural Property Law

Insurance

Nye Stirling handles insurance coverage and bad-faith disputes tied to personal-injury, business, and public-entity claims, asserting policyholder rights and challenging insurer denials when coverage is wrongfully withheld. The firm pursues declaratory relief, coverage litigation, and bad-faith damages while coordinating underlying-case strategy to maximize recovery.

Bad Faith Insurance

Health insurance

Insurance Defense

Insurance Fraud

Life Insurance

Marine Insurance

Property Insurance

Reinsurance

Lawsuits & Disputes

The firm focuses on complex civil litigation including class actions, civil-rights suits, consumer-fraud cases, and public-entity matters, deploying coordinated trial and appellate tactics. Attorneys craft litigation plans that integrate expert testimony, motion practice, and strategic settlement negotiations, and when cases warrant, they pursue appeals to protect favorable outcomes and establish precedent.

ADR Mediation & Arbitration

Appeal

Class Action

General Litigation

Ethics and Professional Responsibility

Commercial Litigation

Antitrust Litigation

Restructuring & Insolvency

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