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Select Plaintiff-Side Representation

For the right case, Kevin represents individuals and businesses on a hybrid or success-aligned fee basis.

What this is.

Not every client who is right can afford to fight. Not every law firm will take that call. Kevin Chaffin represents businesses, executives, founders, and high-level individuals on the plaintiff side in cases where the merits justify it and the economics can be structured to make it possible. This includes executive compensation disputes, ownership conflicts, breach of fiduciary duty claims, fraud cases, and other high-value business and employment claims where the right arrangement allows a deserving client to compete against a well-funded opponent.

This is not a mass-market contingency practice. Kevin selects these cases carefully. The criteria are: a meritorious claim, a defendant with the ability to pay a meaningful judgment or settlement, and facts that hold up under scrutiny.

Why Kevin takes these cases.

Having been on the defense side — as a General Counsel who defended companies against exactly these kinds of claims — Kevin knows what the defense will do and how to counter it. He has seen the playbook. He also knows, from representing workers and executives over 29 years of practice, what it means to be right and outgunned. When the case is worth taking, he takes it seriously.

Who Kevin represents on the plaintiff side.

  • Executives in compensation, equity, or separation disputes
  • Minority owners and LLC members who have been frozen out or defrauded
  • Founders pushed out of their own companies
  • Individuals with high-value employment, breach of contract, or fraud claims
  • Businesses pursuing claims against counterparties with the ability to pay