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CO-CHAIR, BUSINESS&nbsp;LITIGATION PRACTICE GROUPJayme Butcher has built her practice helping clients in a wide variety of litigation matters, including:<ul>	<li>Intellectual property issues, including misappropriation of trade secrets and&nbsp;non-competes</li>	<li>Employment issues, including discrimination and wrongful termination</li>	<li>Complex&nbsp;business issues, including breach of contract, fraud, and other business torts</li>	<li>FINRA arbitrations</li></ul>Jayme has first chair experience in courts across the country and has also led commercial arbitrations at the American Arbitration Association and at FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.Recognized by numerous Pittsburgh organizations for her professional excellence, Jayme helps clients reach their goals by developing clearly defined litigation strategies that complement clients’ broader business objectives. Consistent with that, Jayme routinely uses and proposes value billing arrangements tailored to fit&nbsp;each engagement, demonstrating that she is always mindful of the stated objective and achieving it in the most cost-effective manner.Jayme was inducted into the Fellows Class of 2019 of the Allegheny County Bar Foundation. In 1996, the Foundation established the Fellows program as a formal means of recognizing and honoring attorneys who have demonstrated a commitment to excellence in charitable, community, professional, and public service activities.

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<li>Successfully obtained a mandatory injunction enjoining defendants from improperly passing-off inferior and dangerous counterfeit Chinese building materials manufactured below industry standards (containing a known carcinogen).</li>
<li>Successfully obtained a summary judgment on behalf of a public utility after a gas explosion occurred in a residential neighborhood, resulting in claims brought by six different plaintiffs for, among other things, wrongful death, permanent disabilities, and property damage.</li>
<li>Successfully defended a former financial adviser who was sued for allegedly misappropriating confidential business information after the former employee joined a competing investment firm.</li>
<li>Assisted in obtaining injunctions against former employees who were in violation of clients’ non-compete agreements.</li>
<li>Defended financial services providers (broker-dealers and investment advisers) in various customer account-related litigation, both in court and before FINRA, involving inter alia, claims of churning, unsuitability, breach of fiduciary duty, and failure to supervise with respect to a wide variety of investment vehicles, including equity and debt investments, mutual funds, commodities, and insurance products. Also provided such clients with account garnishment/writs of execution, financial adviser expungement, and interpleaders.</li>
<li>Prevailed in a number of cases for media clients, which have included gaining access to documents, protecting confidential sources, and defending libel claims.</li>
<li>Assisted in developing and implementing a successful litigation strategy to protect a software technology agreement that was essential to the client’s business.</li>
<li>Lead counsel in a&nbsp;“lift-out” case involving the client’s loss of multiple offices involving claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and trade secret theft.</li>
<li>Lead counsel in successfully obtaining a preliminary injunction against a former employee and new employer in a case involving theft of trade secrets and breach of duty of loyalty claims.</li>
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