Balestriere Lanza PLLC is a law firm distinguished by our trial focus, our investigative skills, our devotion to public service, and our unique mix of streetwise courtroom experience and sophisticated, complex litigation background.

We are trial lawyers. We are not just litigators. There are many good litigation boutique firms. But it is difficult to find quality attorneys who can not only litigate a matter before trial, but can confidently try cases to a verdict. We can do that because we have tried cases in the past and continue to try cases now. Our firm is built on a trial focused kind of litigation: while most cases settle, and most litigators make the error of focusing immediately on settlement, we litigate every case as if it were going to trial, which is the step of litigation we enjoy most. This focus allows us to prosecute or defend an action in the best possible way by judging every piece of evidence and every argument by the highest standard: how such evidence or argument will play out at trial. In so doing, we not only obtain good results at trial, but better settlements before trial.

We are investigators. We do not just litigate and try cases. When necessary, we make cases. Our staff conducts private investigations into allegations of fraud or other misconduct in organizations and companies of all sizes, in all industries. Our attorneys direct teams of street investigators, auditors, and analysts in all kinds of investigations, including those undertaken in response to government inquiries; due diligence projects on behalf of companies or investment firms who wish to invest in or do business with another company; and internal investigations when company management or boards of directors need to uncover and ferret out fraud or internal corruption.

We serve the public. In all our cases, we are mindful of our special obligation as lawyers to seek justice. While we always fight for our clients in any cases, we choose our clients and our cases guided by this obligation to serve the public. We not only want to fight hard and win -- we want to fight for the right side.

We share the risk. We are in almost all cases paid based on the results we obtain for clients. We are rarely paid by the hour. We do not have an incentive to be inefficient. We do not have an incentive to prolong litigation. Our financial incentives are aligned with our clients -- through regular and blended contingency fee, "reverse contingency fee", and other benchmark based payment methods -- so our clients can trust that we are always doing what is best for them, since, in doing so, we are doing what is best for us.

We are streetwise. We have not restricted our practice to the controlled, predictable confines of the federal courts. We can handle our cases, and litigate well on behalf of our clients, in state courts as well. In both criminal and civil cases, we are well versed in the grittier, more intense litigation found in the state courts and consider ourselves to be the premier state court litigation boutique in New York. Our streetwise background enables us to be intuitive investigators, with a knowledge of how fraud happens at all levels.

We are sophisticated. We do not shy away from the exacting standards of federal courts or any kind of complex, intellectually intense litigations. Our staff attorneys have litigated before federal and state trial courts across the nation, and both state and federal appellate courts in New York and elsewhere.