Alan Wechsler’s practice focuses on all aspects of business litigation and complex commercial litigation in state courts, federal courts, and private arbitration. Alan has experience with a wide range of matters, including commercial contract disputes, business torts, unfair competition, trademark/trade dress infringement litigation, trade secret misappropriation, fraud, insurance coverage and bad faith, real estate development disputes, construction disputes, employee stock agreement and earn-out agreement disputes, landlord/tenant disputes, judgment enforcement, and complex business litigation.



Representative examples of Alan’s experience include the following:

Represented Mixed Chicks, maker of premium hair care products, in a trademark and trade dress infringement trial (second chair) against the world's largest retailer of professional beauty supplies. Obtained a jury verdict for Mixed Chicks, on all claims and including actual and punitive damages, of more than $8.1 million. The jury verdict included a finding of willful infringement. In connection with a settlement shortly after the successful verdict, Mixed Chicks received $8.5 million from the defendant. The defendant also discontinued the sale of its products at issue in the case after the verdict.