Dispute Resolution and Litigation
You’re in a dispute in the United States. What you do in the first fortnight shapes what is recoverable later.
Information, not advice
This page is information, not legal advice about your matter. A retainer begins only when a lawyer confirms it.
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Save the evidence and check your deadlines
Documents, messages and any on-chain trail. A litigation hold should go out as soon as a dispute looks likely, and limitation periods differ by state and by claim.
What to work through, in order
Limitation periods
Statutes of limitation differ by state and by claim, and some federal claims carry short windows. Tolling agreements are used to preserve claims during negotiation.
Preserving evidence and freezing assets
Litigation holds must be issued once litigation is anticipated, and spoliation sanctions are real. Prejudgment attachment is available in some states but is narrower than English freezing relief.
Costs and funding
Each side usually bears its own costs absent a contractual or statutory fee-shifting provision. Contingency arrangements are widely available on the plaintiff side.
Recovery scams
Anyone who contacts you promising to recover your funds for an upfront fee is running a second scam against the same victim. No legitimate firm guarantees recovery, and no legitimate firm asks for payment in crypto to start.
Next steps
What happens if you go ahead
Scoping call
Written scope and fixed-fee quote
Engagement, once a lawyer confirms
Who would handle it
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New York
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