With offices in
Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, New York, San Francisco, and Wilmington, Benesch has built a reputation as a powerhouse litigation firm handling some of the nation’s most consequential disputes. The firm’s litigators are known for combining trial excellence with strategic foresight,
representing clients in matters that shape legal precedent and cut across defamation, environmental law, securities, and complex commercial disputes.
At the forefront of Benesch’s high-profile work is Cleveland-based litigator
Nicole Wrigley
who serves as Vice Chair of both the litigation group and the
trial
group. Her wide-ranging practice spans trade secrets, products liability, securities fraud, and headline-making defamation cases. Wrigley is representing Smartmatic in its groundbreaking defamation suits against Fox Corp. and Newsmax Media, disputes that could reshape the boundaries of press freedom.
Her co-counsel and fellow Cleveland lawyer
Erik Conolly
is praised by clients as “a very knowledgeable and capable litigator, a good leader and a very good person with solid values.” Known as a strategist who “sees the big picture and client goals in a matter, and finds creative solutions,” Conolly has become a trusted advisor in cases that demand litigation prowess, with one client highlighting his “very strong substantive trial skills” [and his] “excellent ability to assess the strengths and weaknesses of a case.”
Rounding out the Cleveland team is
Eric Zalud, praised by clients as “extremely responsive, even when traveling overseas,” reflecting the firm’s commitment to client service and agility in fast-moving environments.
In Chicago,
Nicholas Secco
is representing Gould Electronics in one of the most complex Superfund litigations in the country. The case, involving over
$1 billion in cleanup costs for a Los Angeles battery plant site, has already set new precedents under CERCLA, thanks in part to a causation standard and geostatistical analysis advanced by the firm. These rulings could
ultimately
have
sweeping national implications.
Also in Chicago, David
Rammelt is active in securities litigation, currently defending former
SmileDirectClub executives in a web of bankruptcy, state, and federal proceedings stemming from the company’s IPO.
