What Do Commercial Litigators Do?
The term commercial litigator was not in use during the founding years of the United States and did not appear in the 1791 Treatise of 1791. But during the Civil War, as a result of the Southern Jurors' pro-Confederate views, a few southern lawyers started calling themselves commercial litigators. These were the same lawyers who would later draft the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. During the 1870s these attorneys became prominent opponents of the Thirteenth Amendment.
In today's context the question "what do commercial litigators do?" can be answered by answering the following. A commercial litigator, like a civil lawyer, represents parties whose rights have been violated, but unlike a civil lawyer, they do not file lawsuits. Instead, they seek damages from those responsible for t...