Complex Litigation & Litigation Consultants

The Governor’s Office of General Counsel is seeking law firms to provide complex litigation services to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on an ad hoc basis. The selected law firms will assist in developing a strategy to assert or defend the Commonwealth’s interests and will be expected to carry the litigation through pretrial preparation, pleadings, discovery, motions practice, and proceedings through final verdict or other disposition. The law firms may be called upon to provide specific services to the Commonwealth based on specific need, capacity, qualification, or other circumstances. The law firms should demonstrate a thorough understanding of Commonwealth procedures, processes, and directives, and the internal workings of the Commonwealth Executive Branch and the Governor’s Office of General Counsel. • The law firms should be able to provide services in all Pennsylvania courts and administrative tribunals, both federal and state. • The law firms should have experience in handling class actions, affirmative litigation, bankruptcy, telecommunications, constitutional challenges, civil rights matters, and other types of actions. • The law firms should have expertise in electronic document retention, data management, e-discovery, and litigation support. • The law firms should be able to manage concurrent, related, and/or derivative multi-jurisdictional civil, criminal, and/or administrative proceedings.