Complex Commercial Litigation

Complex commercial litigation is one of Drew, Cooper & Anding’s primary practice areas. It involves commercial disputes which run the full gamut of business and personal endeavors. We represent both businesses and individuals in disputes that include banking, real estate, partnership disputes, supply agreements, business dissolution, business torts and fraud. Our expertise in these areas of litigation has taken us to federal and state courts across the nation, where we have secured numerous successful verdicts.

Our use of cutting edge, computerized litigation technologies to facilitate the organization and analysis of documents has allowed us to compete against the nation’s largest firms on matters of legal complexity normally reserved for firms located in large metropolitan areas. Our firm’s unique combination of expertise, size and location allows clients to optimize their results both in and out of the courtroom.

Notable Results

August 2012 - A bankruptcy judge in Grand Rapids issued his final report awarding the trustees from Teleservices $81 million from Huntington National Bank for continuing to "turn a blind eye" to suspicious activity between Teleservices and Cyberco.

The $81 million includes approximately $9 million in interest from 2002-2004, when the fraudulent activity was taking place.

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March 2011 - A federal bankruptcy judge in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan ruled that Huntington National Bank will be required to return to victims up to $73 million the Bank improperly received in connection with a Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Barton Watson through an entity known as Cyberco and its sham affiliate Teleservices. The $100 million Ponzi scheme victimized lenders across the country in a financial fraud involving phony sales of non-existent computer equipment from Teleservices to Cyberco.

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