Theresa M. Nolan

Representative Work

• Lead and second counsel for numerous large commercial construction deficiency claims, representing architects, and engineers in alleged design deficiency or construction methods actions. 
• Lead counsel advancing claims relating to deficient engineering design of an ethanol production facility.
• Lead counsel defending product liability claims involving engineering components used in industrial operations, with damages up to $50 million. 
• Lead counsel for a multinational construction company dealing with a significant cyber security breach, successfully obtained an Anton Piller Order (civil search warrant) to enter and seize hardware and cloud accounts of the responsible person and his family members, including injunctive provisions to delete the data seized. 
• Lead counsel for a Canadian distributor of heavy equipment against the Chinese manufacturer, and its related U.S. financing company. 
• Lead counsel in complex contract disputes involving large industrial and commodity supply agreements.
• Lead counsel for a multinational software company defending a claim and advancing counterclaims in connection with a large custom software project in Canada. 
• Lead counsel for a director of a board subject to regulatory investigations and penalties, including managing media and other party communications in connection with regulatory and other proceedings. 
• Lead and second counsel in various product liability matters, including defending the designers and manufacturers of engineering parts and products.
• Lead counsel advising on disputes pre- and post-closing in corporate M&A transactions, including employment and indemnity disputes, and risk assessment on deal terms at issue. 
• Lead counsel for a U.S. heavy plant equipment designer defending deficient design and deficient repair claims in Canada. 
• Lead counsel for a national franchise company in a dispute by a former franchisee seeking damages for alleged breach of contract and regulatory breaches. 
• Lead counsel for a large food and alcohol production company in a claim for breach of grain futures contracts following the price spikes after the Ukraine war. Successfully obtained summary judgment for the breach, and enhanced costs against the breaching party. 
• Second counsel in a securities class action for the defendant company alleged to have breached securities disclosure regulations.