Clients often want their lawyer to charge forward, with guns ablaze.  Sometimes, this is a reasonable approach. All too often, though, the lawyer is the only person who benefits from this approach.

Litigation should be a last resort.  Before rushing into court, Mr. Brookner helps his clients set reasonable and attainable goals.  Working together, they then map out a strategy to acheive those goals.  Being aggressive may be the best approach.  But often, it is better to find common ground with your advsersary, or even to sit back and wait. 

Over the past 19 years, Mr. Brookner has handled a wide variety of lawsuits, including:

• Real-estate litigation (specific performance, contract cancelation, partition, boundary disputes, foreclosure, landlord/tenant, land-use, etc.)
• Shareholder litigation (oppression, fraud, business "divorce", forced buyout, etc.)
• Banking litigation (forgery, fraud, wire transfers, embezzlelment, collection, etc.)
• Estate and trust litigation (undue influence, competence, will interpretation, etc.

Mr. Brookner has also briefed and/or argued over 100 appeals, almost two dozen of which have resulted in published opinions. Most attorneys go an entire career without handling this many appeals.