While the range of consulting services we can provide is broad,
we have prior experience with assisting counsel on issues such as the following:
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Obtaining and enforcing cross-border subpoenas
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Obtaining evidence in one jurisdiction for use in another, whether documents or testimony
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Obtaining and enforcing letters rogatory/letters of request to seek judicial assistance in one forum for an action filed in another
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Seeking recognition of foreign judgments, and taking steps to trace and collect upon foreign assets worldwide
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Resolving issues of conflict of laws, including problems arising from forum selection clauses and the doctrines of depecage and renvoi
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Keeping your case where you want it heard, including strategies to avoid transfers under statute or by way of the doctrine of forum non conveniens
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Negotiating settlements with foreign insurers, on matters ranging from primary coverage and subrogation issues to good faith obligations
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Seeking recognition and recovery of foreign judgments, including pre- and post-judgment freezing orders and remedies
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Drafting pleadings that maximize the advantages of any difference between foreign and home forum law and procedure
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Enlisting judicial assistance in foreign discovery, such as s.1782 orders in U.S. federal courts for use in Canadian proceedings, and analogous Canadian orders for use “down south”
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Evaluating and addressing the intersection of cross-border insurance policies and statutory obligations of insurers, in contexts ranging from the role of Canadian underinsurance (SEF 44 and UMP policies) in U.S. injury cases to how Canada’s PAU obligation on U.S. insurers may apply to first-party coverage held by U.S. nationals injured in Canada
Do what you do best for your client - and leave the one-off problems to us.
Remember the courses you took in law school that you found boring and dreadful? Chances are they had something to do with terms like “jurisdiction” and “conflicts”. The principles seemed opaque and complex, and it was hard to see how or why you’d ever put them to use.
Fast forward a few years (or more) and suddenly you’re confronted with a case that involves issues arising in more than one legal jurisdiction. The case you thought would be straightforward at the client intake meeting is starting to look like one of those law school or bar exam conflict of laws questions that made your head hurt. That’s where Pacific Juris™ comes in.
Because we focus our practice on cross-border cases, we think about these kinds of problems all the time. The Canadian issue that you might see once or twice in your practice life as a U.S. attorney (or vice versa)? We deal with these all the time. It’s all “home ice” for us.
