Joseph F. Colvin Jr.

More importantly than just being a litigator, Joseph has significant trial experience. Some of Joseph’s representative trial matters include:

• Defending a fiduciary duty case against the owner of a trucking company.
• Prosecuting a fraud case to obtain an exception to the fraudster’s bankruptcy discharge.
• A contract case on behalf of a local pizza franchise against its former franchisee.
• A fiduciary duty case against the owner and manager of a large local staffing company wherein Joseph successfully obtained a spoliation instruction and a verdict in excess of thirty million dollars in favor of his client.
• A deceptive trade practice case between two doctors over the purchase and sale of a medical practice wherein Joseph helped obtain a jury verdict in his client’s favor including an award of treble damages under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
• A fiduciary duty case on behalf of a minority shareholder against the majority shareholder of concrete construction company wherein Joseph obtained a four million dollar judgment against a former partner who siphoned money from the business.
• A fraud case in the financial services industry.
• A fiduciary duty case against a Treasury Manager in the financial services industry. As second chair, Joseph prepared and argued a defense which reduced the Plaintiff’s damage model from $2.3 billion to $50 million.
• A fiduciary duty case for and against a client in the machining industry.
• A fiduciary duty and fraud case on behalf of a minority shareholder against the majority shareholder and director. As first chair, Joseph successfully obtained a judgment for fraud and an exception to the bad actor’s discharge in their personal bankruptcy preserving the fraud judgment from discharge.
• A contract and fraud case involving a patented pipeline application. As first chair, Joseph successfully limited liability to the corporate entity under the contract and prevented a judgment against the company owner.
• A contract case against a real estate agent.