KCR serves as counsel for businesses, individuals and as "lawyers' litigators." It frequently handles matters referred by larger firms with conflicts of interest, by smaller firms without the litigation expertise to handle a particular matter, and by bankruptcy trustees seeking to pursue claims on behalf of a bankruptcy estate. KCR represents public companies, family businesses, public employee unions, and individual entrepreneurs, as both plaintiffs and defendants, in negotiation, litigation and alternative dispute resolution.

KCR attorneys strive to be responsive, efficient, and hands on. They are guided by the following principles:

• Determine at the outset what the client wants and needs. Use litigation constructively to obtain the objectives;
• Do not tell a client only what he or she wants to hear. Call it as you see it and objectively evaluate a case;
• Make sure the client understands the economics of the litigation with careful consideration of the cost/benefit analysis. The objective and likely result must warrant the expense;
• Consider using alternative dispute resolution when it can expedite and minimize the cost of resolving the conflict through mediation, arbitration or a customized ADR process;
• Develop a strategy and theme at the beginning; decide what has to be proven how to prove it efficiently;
• Be effective -- aggressive when necessary and conciliatory when appropriate;
• In arguing a point, less is often more; and,
• Clarity and simplicity make for excellence in written and oral advocacy.

The successful implementation of these principles has led to significant recent results in 2005 and 2006 involving:

• A $24 million judgment in a lender liability action against a large national bank;
• An eight figure judgment in a breach of contract action against a broadcasting company;
• A $12 million settlement on behalf of a bankruptcy trustee;
• A $6 million judgment in a business valuation/minority shareholder rights action in Delaware Chancery Court;
• A $5 million recovery in a personal injury action; and
• A $2 million settlement on behalf of a corporate plaintiff defrauded into making a tax advantaged investment.

An article surveying Pennsylvania awards in 2005 reported KCR as the only firm with two of the ten largest verdicts. PA Law 2005, Annual Report of the Legal Profession, p. 9 (ALM Media, Inc.). In 2005, four of KCR's cases resulted in eight figure verdicts or settlements totaling more than $70 million.