We push cases to win.

Balestriere Fariello is a law firm distinguished by our

• trial focus,
• investigative skills,
• willingness to share client risk,
• devotion to public service, and
• unique mix of streetwise courtroom experience and sophisticated, complex litigation background.

WE ARE TRIAL LAWYERS. We are not just litigators. It is increasingly difficult to find quality attorneys who can not only litigate a matter prior to trial, but who can also confidently try cases to a verdict. We can do that because we have tried cases in the past and continue to try cases and conduct arbitrations now, all the time. Our firm is built on trial focused prosecution or defense: while most cases settle, and most litigators err in focusing immediately on settlement, we litigate every case as if it were going to trial or arbitration. This focus allows us to prosecute effectively or defend an action in the best possible way by pushing us to judge every piece of evidence and every argument using the highest standard: how such evidence or argument will play out before juries or arbitrators. In turn, we obtain not only good results at trial or arbitration, but also better resolutions along the way.

WE ARE INVESTIGATORS. We do not just litigate and try cases. When necessary, we make cases. Our staff conducts investigations into allegations of fraud or other misconduct within organizations and companies of all sizes and in all industries. Our attorneys direct teams of street investigators, auditors, and analysts in various types 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 fraud or internal corruption. And we bring our investigative skills to bear in all of our litigation and arbitration matters, ensuring that we know all the relevant facts to best fight and win.

WE SHARE THE RISK. We are most often paid based on the results we obtain for clients. Very rarely are we paid exclusively by the hour. We do not have an incentive to be inefficient. We do not have an incentive to prolong a dispute. And as entrepreneurial lawyers, we understand the needs of businesspeople to help devise strategies that make the most business sense in each case, or across a series of matters. Our financial incentives are aligned with our clients’ — through a success fee, a "reverse contingency fee,” or other benchmark based payment methods — so that our clients can trust that we are always doing what is best for them, since what’s best for them is also best for us.

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, we choose our clients and our cases guided by this obligation to serve the public and promote just results in the marketplace. We do not just want to fight hard and win, we want to fight for the side we believe in.

WE ARE STREETWISE. We have not restricted our practice to the controlled, predictable confines of the federal courts, though we feel comfortable in the District Courts and Courts of Appeal where we litigate. We also handle cases, and litigate well on behalf of our clients, in state courts and before various arbitral bodies as well. In both criminal and civil cases, we are well versed in the grittier, more intense litigation found in New York, New Jersey, and other state courts, and consider ourselves to be the premier state court litigation shop in New York. Our streetwise background enables us to be intuitive investigators with the 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 litigation or arbitration. Our attorneys have litigated before federal and state trial courts, various arbitral bodies, and both state appellate and federal courts of appeal, across the Nation.