Fraudulent Order and Transaction Disputes
Recovering losses from fake orders, chargeback abuse, non-delivery, and payment fraud.
Learn moreFew disputes are as personal as a partnership gone wrong. A co-founder locks you out of the bank account. A partner starts a competing company using your client list. Distributions stop while the other side keeps drawing a salary. These matters move fast and the first weeks decide a great deal, so we move faster.
Situations we handle
- Partners who divert clients, contracts, or employees to a new entity
- Misappropriation of company funds, self dealing, and hidden accounts
- Lockouts from bank accounts, systems, premises, or online platforms
- Breach of operating agreements, shareholder agreements, and buy sell provisions
- Disputes over ownership percentages, capital contributions, and sweat equity
- Theft of trade secrets, customer lists, domain names, and intellectual property
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Our Approach
How we handle partnership and business theft
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Emergency relief
Where money or assets are moving, we seek temporary restraining orders and injunctions to freeze accounts, stop transfers, and restore access.
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Forensic accounting
Our in house forensic accountant reconstructs the books, traces diverted funds, and values the business so you negotiate from facts rather than the other side's numbers.
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Fiduciary duty claims
Partners, members, and directors owe duties of loyalty and care. We build claims for breach of fiduciary duty, conversion, unjust enrichment, and tortious interference.
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Exit and buyout
Most partnership disputes end with someone leaving. We structure and negotiate buyouts, dissolutions, and separations that protect your share and your future.
Results
Representative outcomes
$6.1Mbuyout secured for a minority member after proving diversion of contracts
72 hoursto obtain a restraining order restoring a client's access to company accounts
40+partnership separations negotiated without a trial
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each matter depends on its own facts.
Common Questions
Partnership and Business Theft FAQ
We never signed a written partnership agreement. Do I have any rights?
Yes. Most states recognize partnerships formed by conduct, and default rules under state partnership and LLC statutes still impose duties of loyalty and fair dealing. Emails, bank records, tax filings, and how you both held yourselves out to customers all matter.
My partner says the business is worthless. How do I know?
You do not have to take their word for it. We obtain the records through demand or discovery and have them independently valued.
Can I stop my former partner from contacting our customers?
Often yes, particularly where a non compete, non solicitation, or confidentiality obligation exists, or where a customer list qualifies as a trade secret. We evaluate this in the first consultation because timing is critical.
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Pre Litigation Settlement and Mediation
Resolving the dispute before anyone files, with the leverage of a firm that will.
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When settlement is not possible, we try the case in state and federal court.
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