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The Chapar
Firm, LLC -- Vigorous Advocates
Business and other disputes
are inevitable. Many are resolved
through negotiation directly between the
parties. In some cases, the parties
secure the help of a third-party neutral,
referred to as a mediator.
If
negotiation fails, one or more of the
parties may resort to
a formal dispute resolution process.
Such may take the form of litigation in
courts, or arbitration before a private
person or board. Arbitration
occurs if the parties have a dispute in a
contractual matter and the contract contains
a previously agreed upon clause requiring
arbitration of the dispute. In some
cases, parties may agree to proceed to
arbitration after a dispute arises.
We represent plaintiffs and
defendants.
Whomever we represent and regardless of the
forum,
in disputes our
function is to perform as vigorous but
thoughtful advocates.
We have
litigated cases in all of Georgia’s types of
courts, including all Georgia trial courts,
the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the United States District
Court for the Northern District of Georgia and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
We have experience with lengthy and
complicated arbitration.
The Firm
has litigated questions of "first
impression." Those questions have been
diverse, including the nature of First
Amendment protections given to persons who
post anonymously on the Internet, questions
involving federal procedural law and statute
statutory interpretation, the Fair Debt
Collection Act, and the nature of certain
lien rights of the owners of personal
property.
Business disputes can take
many forms and arise out of many facts.
The firm is prepared to litigate nearly
every manner of dispute including following:
BUSINESS TORTS – A “tort” is a violation
of a duty imposed by law rather than by
private agreements like contracts.
For example, the theft of trade secrets
is a type of business tort. The
law protects business property that meet
the legal definition of a trade secret,
even without prior agreements.
BREACH OF CONTRACT – Contracts are
private agreements, which if valid, may
be enforced in courts of law.
Employment Law
– This area of law deals with the
rights and obligations between employers
and employees. This includes
federal laws protecting the civil rights
of employees to be free of unlawful
discrimination, such as Title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act, and
the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Employment law also addresses private
agreements between employers and
employees, including NON-SOLICITATION /
NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENTS
TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT – a trade or
service mark is a name or symbol that
identifies the source of a product or
service. When a person wrongfully
uses the trade or service mark of
another, the Firm is prepared to enforce
the owners’ rights.
DOMAIN NAME DISPUTES – The Firm offers
our clients assistance in many areas of
Internet law, including circumstances in
which there is a conflict over the use
of an internet domain name.
We handle
these, and many other types of cases.
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