Francis X. Riley III, Esq.

Partner
Saul Ewing

Francis "Trip" Riley represents clients who are facing complex civil litigation filed by a single plaintiff, as well as class actions, arising from commercial and consumer financing, consumer-facing services and product sales, and business-to-business transactions and competition. He prides himself on understanding his clients' unique businesses and partners with them to help achieve results in line with their goals in the often highly-charged setting of civil litigation. However, when a difficult dispute cannot otherwise be resolved, Trip and his team are prepared to go to trial.

Trip has nearly 30 years of experience representing companies, on both the defense and plaintiffs side, in complex, high exposure commercial litigation. He has represented clients as diverse as financial services companies, real estate brokerage companies, national retailers and a variety of franchisors in actions involving claims of fraud, unfair competition, antitrust, tortious interference, conspiracy, RICO violations, theft of trade secrets, IP infringement, and breach of contract. He has also defended his clients against shareholder and partner derivative actions. He has also represented clients against consumer class actions brought under various federal and state consumer protection laws. Because of the nature of his practice, Trip has also represented clients in numerous emergent applications for temporary and preliminary injunctions of, among others, pending commercial and corporate transactions, copyright and trademark infringement, and the implementation and enforcement of statutes and regulations, and the subsequent litigation and trial focused on permanent injunction. Trip also represents his clients in state and federal appellate matters following judicial and administrative agency adjudications.