What Sets Us Apart

GENERALISTS WHO ARE SPECIALISTS
We have a different perspective from many of our peers. In a world of increasing specialization, the most effective lawyers master their legal specialty, but are “generalists,” with wide-ranging experience in handling many different types of cases. We have seen nearly every type of commercial dispute from most every vantage point.

INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO LEGAL PROBLEMS
Our firm employs an interdisciplinary, team approach to solving complex business and legal problems. Our lawyers, although principally assigned to one of our three practice groups, frequently participate in matters originating in other practice groups and thereby come to understand the special skills sets available and applicable in our other groups. Our team approach invariably involves early and substantive participation by our own professional staff of financial analysts.

Our practice areas, particularly the reorganization and litigation practices, are closely integrated with one another and often combine resources and skills to resolve complex business problems. The collaborative capabilities and efficiencies of our practices were first highlighted in our representation of Orange County, California. HBD served as lead reorganization counsel in connection with the largest municipal bankruptcy in the history of the United States, involving the successful restructuring of more than $10 billion in indebtedness and other claims. We were also lead litigation counsel in 15 lawsuits filed for the County against Merrill Lynch, numerous other broker dealers, and accounting and legal professionals retained by the County prior to its bankruptcy. Ultimately, HBD's advocacy enabled the County to recover more than $871 million in litigation involving securities, bankruptcy, commercial fraud, municipal government, and professional malpractice law.