ANNE ARUNDEL, CALVERT, CHARLES, ST. MARY’S & PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTIES.
Business & Partnership Disputes | Haskell & Dyer
A Partnership Dispute Costs More Every Week It Drags On.
Partnerships sour, deals unravel, and partners disagree about money and direction. We protect your stake and push for a resolution that lets the business move on, or lets you exit cleanly.
The Business Keeps Bleeding While You Fight
A partnership dispute has a running cost.
Every week a business dispute drags on, the company loses focus, customers, and value. The longer partners fight, the less there is to fight over. That is why we move toward resolution quickly, whether that means repairing the business or getting you out of it whole. Delay is the most expensive option.
What Is at Stake
Your Money, Your Work, Your Exit
A business dispute is rarely just legal. It is your investment, your reputation, and your livelihood, all tangled together.
The Conflict
Money and Direction
Partners fall out over money, control, and where the business should go. One feels shut out, another feels carried, a third wants to sell. These disputes get personal because the stakes are personal. We keep the focus on your legal and financial position.
The Outcome
Repair or a Clean Exit
Sometimes the right result is fixing the partnership and moving forward. Sometimes it is a buyout or a clean break. We pursue whichever protects your stake, and we structure it so you are not chained to a business or partners you no longer trust.
By the Numbers
How Business Disputes Really Resolve
Business litigation is built on contracts, and the data says preparation and settlement, not trials, decide most outcomes.
~97%
of civil cases settle or resolve before trial
U.S. DOJ, BJS
53%
the plaintiff win rate at civil trial, so outcomes are never certain
U.S. DOJ, BJS
3 years
Maryland's general deadline to sue on many business claims
Maryland law
What We Handle
The Business Disputes We Take
If the conflict threatens your stake in a business, we can likely help.
Partnership disputes
Buyouts
Joint ventures
Owner and shareholder conflicts
Breach of fiduciary duty
Business divorce and exits
We resolve business and partnership disputes across Calvert, St. Mary's, Prince George's, Charles, and Anne Arundel counties.
Attorney Insight
By the time partners call me, the trust is usually gone and the money is tangled. My job is to protect your stake and find the cleanest exit, whether that means saving the business or getting you out of it whole.
Matthew J. Dyer, Esq.
The Law Offices of Haskell & Dyer
A Closer Look
Why Business Disputes Reward Moving Early
A business dispute is a race against the value of the business itself. While partners fight, customers drift, employees worry, and decisions stall. The company that was worth fighting over can shrink month by month. The partners who move early, with a clear legal strategy, protect far more than the ones who let the conflict simmer.
The path to resolution almost never runs through a courtroom. About 97% of civil cases settle or resolve before trial, and business disputes are no exception. But settling well takes a credible threat behind it. When the other side knows you are prepared to litigate, and that plaintiffs win at trial often enough to make the risk real, they negotiate seriously. Preparation is what gives a settlement its teeth.
Maryland's deadlines apply here too, generally 3 years to sue on many claims, and business records can disappear or get cleaned up while you wait. We move to secure the documents, value the stake, and open a resolution that protects your position. Where the answer is a clean exit, we structure the buyout or break so you walk away whole and free of the entanglement. The aim is your money and your freedom, not a war of attrition.
Why It Matters
What a Partnership Fight Puts at Risk
When a business dispute goes sideways, it reaches past the company into your own finances and name.
Your Stake
The value of what you built
Your Income
The livelihood the business provides
Your Name
Reputation tied to the company
Your Exit
A clean break versus a lasting tie
How We Handle a Business Dispute
We secure your position fast, value the stake, and drive toward repair or a clean exit, whichever serves you.
We Secure the Record
We move quickly to preserve the contracts, books, and communications that prove your stake and the other side's conduct.
We Value the Stake
We get a clear read on what your interest is worth, which anchors every negotiation and buyout discussion.
We Open Resolution
We pursue settlement, buyout, or break from a position of strength, prepared to litigate if the other side will not deal.
We Structure the Exit
If you are leaving, we structure the terms so you are paid fairly and freed from future liability and entanglement.
Common Questions
Business & Partnership Disputes, Answered
My business partner and I cannot agree. Do we have to dissolve?
Not necessarily. Many partnership disputes resolve through a buyout, a restructured agreement, or a negotiated split that keeps the business alive. Dissolution is one option, not the only one. We look at your partnership or operating agreement and your goals, then pursue the path that best protects your stake, whether that is staying in, buying out, or getting out.
How do most business disputes end?
In settlement, not trial. About 97% of civil cases resolve before a trial, and business disputes follow that pattern. The ones that settle well are backed by real preparation, because the other side negotiates seriously only when they believe you are ready to litigate. We prepare your case fully, which is what gives a settlement its weight.
Can I be personally on the hook for the business's problems?
Sometimes, depending on the structure, any guarantees you signed, and how the business was run. That is exactly why getting clear legal advice early matters. We assess your personal exposure up front so you are making decisions with the full picture, not discovering a liability after the fact.
Is there a deadline to bring a business claim in Maryland?
Yes. Maryland generally sets a 3-year window to sue on many claims, with some claims running differently. Business records also have a way of disappearing while a dispute drags on. Acting early protects both your legal deadline and the evidence your case depends on.
What should I bring to the first meeting?
Your partnership, operating, or shareholder agreement, recent financials, and any emails or records tied to the dispute. If you do not have everything, bring what you can. The agreement and the money trail tell us most of what we need to map your position and your options.
Protect Your Stake Before It Shrinks.
Every week a business dispute drags on, there is less to fight over. Bring us the agreement and the numbers, and we will protect your position and pursue repair or a clean exit. The first conversation is free.
Available 24/7 for urgent matters: 240-687-0179