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Zelle Hofmann is a national dispute resolution and litigation law firm with offices in Boston, Dallas, Minneapolis, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. The Firm handles complex litigation and disputes on a national and international basis. Zelle Hofmann represents both defendants and plaintiffs in its trial and dispute resolution practice. The Firm's broad litigation experience includes antitrust, banking, business torts, class action, commercial, employment, environmental, ERISA, financial services, insurance coverage, intellectual property, mass tort, personal injury, product liability, professional liability, reinsurance, securities, subrogation-third party recovery, unfair business practice and unfair competition litigation. Zelle Hofmann is organized into groups that practice in particular areas, drawing on resources in all offices. Zelle Hofmann concentrates on representing clients in connection with their most complex, problematic and high-risk lawsuits and legal disputes. Our balanced plaintiff-defense practice has enabled us to gain insight from both sides of the aisle in litigation. For example, our representation of plaintiffs gives us an advantage when representing a defendant, both because we know and have worked with many plaintiffs' lawyers, and because we understand the strategies undertaken in representing plaintiffs. Since our contingency practice obligates us to fund many of our clients' cases, we are particularly sensitive to the need to handle defense matters in an effective and efficient manner - at all times minimizing costs, avoiding unnecessary expenses, while doing everything to ensure the most favorable of results. We are also keenly focused on avoiding overstaffing of cases or undertaking tasks which have limited utility. Our ability to efficiently staff cases and to minimize out-of-pocket expenditures has served our clients very well. Areas in which Zelle Hofmann can be highly effective include the handling of particularly problematic cases and emerging issues, such as those with the potential for rulings which may have company-wide impact, high exposure cases, and other cases presenting the most difficult challenges. Our particular experience also lends itself to service as national or global managing or coordinating counsel in the direction and supervision of multiple claims by in-house claim staff and other outside counsel. In addition, with extensive experience in the antitrust area, Zelle Hofmann is well-suited to advise clients on antitrust matters and to represent plaintiffs or defendants in price-fixing, monopolization, restraint of trade, distribution and other antitrust cases, including class actions. Through our extensive experience in the intellectual property area, we are also able to help individuals and businesses protect their trademarks, copyrights, patents and other invaluable intangible assets. The Firm has an international presence through its affiliate offices in Shanghai and Beijing, People's Republic of China, with the Chinese law firm of ZY & Partners. ZY & Partners is one of China's leading commercial law firms. It offers business consultation on a wide variety of matters, particularly to clients seeking to commence operations in China. ZY & Partners also has a rich history of representing Chinese clients, and Western clients such as The Kellogg Company, The Gap and The Walt Disney Company, before Chinese courts and administrative agencies.