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Max Langley is a trial lawyer, licensed in Texas, Florida, and federal courts, with experience in all stages of the dispute process, including resolving claims pre-litigation, properly handling eDiscovery, taking and defending depositions, challenging experts, strategically filing motions, and planning an early exit strategy. When necessary, Max is experienced in taking cases to trial or to arbitration, including securing favorable results as first-chair and solo in multi-million dollar claims.Practice areas: commercial litigation, construction law, surety, torts, CGL/E&O, catastrophic property policies, bankruptcy, employment & labor, eDiscovery, auditor/accountant misrepresentation/malpractice, and business disputes. My experience includes:• First-chair for largest surety in the world, secured total discharge of surety in week 2 of 3-week, 3-panel complex AAA Construction Arbitration, where highly sympathetic plaintiff sought over $12,000,000. • Secured 8-figure settlement against auditor following multi-year litigation in federal court.• Achieved another 8-figure settlement in favor of surety against auditor of principal, again following multi-year litigation in federal court.• Achieved full discharge in multi-month AAA performance bond claim of $40 million+ against extremely well-prepared and well-funded obligee. • Secured voluntary dismissal in favor of large corporation facing large claim by client's former in-house attorney who alleged employment discrimination in EEOC claim and federal suit. • Achieved favorable early resolution for client facing multi-million dollar hail damage suit. • Taught summer-long, 40-hour-per-week class on law & leadership to incoming 9th graders in Miami, culminating in a mock trial, where my students showed off their skills. • Presented variety of CLE, CE, and seminars on commercial litigation and construction law. • Co-wrote chapters in Florida Construction Law and in Surety Underwriters' Manual (Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas). • Wrote "A Brief Primer on Suing Auditors" and 22-page manual "Doing Discovery Right".• Currently nationwide eDiscovery counsel for multi-billion dollar corporation.

Listed skills include Construction Law, Litigation, Legal Writing, Legal Research, and 47 others.