Overview:
Crabbe, Brown & James’ dedication to service is our hallmark. We have effectively served a wide spectrum of clients, including Fortune 500 corporations and privately held businesses, nonprofit institutions, governmental entities, and individuals.
With the tremendous explosion of litigation, our firm’s trial practice has grown steadily, and includes defense litigation as well as regulatory, legislative and general corporate matters. Our litigation practice includes tort liability defense litigation as well as environmental and corporate litigation, errors and omissions, and malpractice litigation.
Practice Areas
Crabbe, Brown & James’ practice areas include: business law, health law, intellectual property, litigation, environmental law, insurance defense, products liability, employer liability and workers’ compensation, governmental law, professional liability, real estate, estate planning and probate litigation, international business, criminal defense, domestic relations and family law, telecommunications, computer law, corporate law, labor and employment, medical malpractice, and education law, zoning, real estate and estate matters.
Skilled and Experienced Lawyers
Our firm emphasizes cooperation rather than competition. Our clients benefit from this because they have the expertise of the entire firm available to resolve their legal issues.
We are proud of our cultural and ethnic diversity, with women and minority lawyers as partners in our offices. Some of our attorneys are fluent in Spanish, Portugese and French.
Efficiency & Economy
We seek to understand our clients’ businesses in order to effectively serve their needs.
While many of our services are billed at an hourly rate, we discuss different fee structures based upon our clients’ requirements. Blended rates, flat rates per function, contingency arrangements, and annual retainers are all fee agreements we offer to our clients.
Community Committment
As long time participants in community affairs, the firm and its members have always assumed a leadership role in civic, cultural, educational and philanthropic endeavors. Our attorneys have participated in organizations such as the Martin Luther King Jr. Complex, Columbus Museum of Art, Rickenbacker Port Authority, Columbus Zoo, Greater Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau, Neighborhood House, United Way, Big Brothers – Big Sisters, Commission on Spanish Speaking Affairs, Hispanic Alliance, Maryhaven Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Center, Rosemont Center, Hannah Neil House, YMCA, First Knight Columbus, The Jazz Arts Group, and others.