Key Links & Resources:
- View our Attorney Bios
- Read our Introductory Guide to U.S. Litigation (Coming Soon)
- Our U.S. Litigation Practice
- Our U.S. Appellate Practice
- Our Ohio Practice
- Listen to Alex J. Durst’s Appearance on Hablemos Derecho Internacional Podcast
Types of Cross-Border Cases We Handle:

Exceptionally Qualified to Handle U.S. Cross-Border Litigation
Durst Kerridge excels at handling the challenges that commonly arise in cross-border litigation, including:
- International service of process
- Challenges to personal jurisdiction & venue
- Choice of law questions
- Mechanisms for seeking discovery abroad
- Applications for discovery under 28 U.S. Code § 1782
- Parallel proceedings
- Enforcing foreign judgments
- Forum non conveniens
- Effectively utilizing interpreters
- Bench and jury trials representing non English-speaking clients
Meet Your U.S. Litigation Team
Our United States commercial litigation lawyers are well situated to represent foreign clients in any U.S. litigation matter.
Alex J. Durst is completely fluent in Spanish, having lived in Spain and Argentina and previously worked as an interpreter in the legal system. Alex’s fluency in Spanish, combined with his extensive experience handling commercial and complex civil litigation matters throughout the United States, makes him the ideal attorney for Spanish and Latin American companies faced with U.S. litigation.
At both the local and national level, Alex is highly active in the legal community, belonging to multiple bar associations and financial services industry groups and regularly attending conferences around the country. Alex can be reached on his direct line at 1 (513) 653-3086, on his personal cellphone at 1(513) 293-3706 or via email at alex@durst.law.
Paul R. Kerridge Originally from England where he played professional soccer before moving to the U.S., Paul R. Kerridge heads Durst Kerridge’s Appellate Practice, drawing upon a decade of clerkships and high-level appellate training. Paul holds a rare pedigree in being an alumnus clerk of both the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the Supreme Court of Ohio.
Paul has realized appellate victory at the highest levels, including a recent victory in a United States Supreme Court appeal. After beginning to represent clients from Argentina, Paul has begrudgingly admitted that Maradona’s 1986 Goal against England is the greatest Goal in World Cup history (the second Goal–not the first “Goal”).
Our Representative Cross-Border Matters Include:
Represented Hungarian company officer in U.S. lawsuit arising from complex multinational dispute involving parallel Bankruptcy litigation in Hungary and Florida.
Represented medical supply company in legal dispute involving Chinese supplier.
Handled products liability case against German manufacturer of surgical equipment.
Defended Argentinian winemaker in products liability action filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County (Chicago, Illinois).
Selected to represent Argentina’s largest energy drink company in U.S. lawsuit.
Handled products liability case against Argentinian firearm manufacturer.
Represented publicly traded Korean pharmaceutical company in U.S. lawsuit brought by drug development company.
Represented France-based E-Commerce company in U.S. lawsuit.
Successfully litigated numerous challenges to personal jurisdiction and venue.
Our U.S. Cross-Border Litigation Services
At Durst, we handle all aspects of the litigation process, from inception of the case through appeal. Our U.S. litigation services for foreign clients include, but are not limited to:
- Serving as national coordinating counsel
- Liaising with foreign counsel wherever necessary
- Extensively developing big-picture litigation strategy
- Seeking and opposing injunctive relief
- Handling discovery, including increasingly complex E-Discovery
- Dispositive motion practice
- Trying cases to Judges, Juries and Arbitrators
- Representing our clients on appeal
Industries We Serve:
Oil & Gas
Sports & Entertainment
Food & Beverage
Manufacturing
Travel
International Trade
Need legal representation in the United States?
Contact Durst Kerridge
For urgent needs or Spanish-speaking inquiries, call Alex Durst’s direct line at +1 (513) 621-2500 or personal cellphone at +1 (513) 293-3706, or email Alex at alex@durst.law.