Adam Sanders

Represented a large, privately owned water utility company in Montana in an eleven day "right-to-take" condemnation trial, and subsequent six day "valuation" trial. Obtained judgment of $88.6 million plus attorney's fees, nearly double the condemnor's proof at trial of a $45 million value.

Obtained verdict of $7.25 million plus $1.1 million interest on behalf of a privately owned wastewater utility company in a two-week jury trial in Lexington, South Carolina. The condemnor, a municipality, urged the jury to award the company less than $1 million in compensation.

Obtained a $20.3 million verdict on behalf of a privately owned water utility company in a five-day jury trial in Indiana, in which a municipality sought to take the water utility through eminent domain. This verdict was over 200 percent of the $9.5 million valuation advocated by the municipality at trial.

Obtained complete victory in three-week bench trial in South Carolina federal court in contractor dispute over interstate interchange construction. Court awarded the full sought damages of $3.2 million, and fully denied counterclaims of over $4 million.

Obtained summary judgment on res judicata grounds in a $4 million contract dispute.

Won a successful trial verdict on behalf of a landowner in a dispute with a land trust over the terms of a conservation easement. The court adopted the landowner's interpretation of the easement, which allowed the development of a $26 million assisted living facility to move forward, against the objections of the land trust.

Testified before the Illinois Legislature (House Public Utilities Committee) against proposed legislation that would require a referendum before a municipal utility system could be sold to an investor-owned public utility.

Successfully obtained summary judgment against an agency of the City of Nashville for breach of a contractual first right of refusal, and successfully defended against the Agency's $200,000 counterclaim.

Represented a large, privately owned water utility company in a two-week jury trial in Illinois, in which the client's claim for damages was more than $180 million. On day seven of the trial, the case settled with the government (condemnor) agreeing to abandon the takeover attempt.