Rachael Wallace is a thoughtful and strategic advisor who excels at delivering cost-effective solutions to her clients’ most complex challenges. Her practice spans business and contract disputes, product liability defense, and aviation law. Clients rely on Rachael to step in early, shape case strategy, and position matters for efficient and successful resolution.
Business & Contract Disputes
Rachael handles breach of contract and complex business litigation, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in pre‑litigation negotiations and in state and federal courts. She is frequently retained at the outset of a dispute to assess risk, develop strategy, and guide clients toward efficient resolutions.
Her business litigation experience includes disputes involving technology service providers, medical record and communications software, staffing and resource agreements, nonprofit entities, and owners involved in LLC dissolution and valuation disagreements. She also represents clients in commission‑related disputes, drawing on extensive experience litigating compensation agreements and commission contracts.
Rachael maintains a robust practice representing individuals and estates in disputes with community care and continuing care retirement centers (CCRCs). These matters often involve recovery of substantial entrance deposits wrongfully withheld after a resident’s move‑out or death. She is a frequent writer on CCRC‑related contract issues and emerging litigation trends in the senior living industry.
Product Liability
Rachael has broad experience defending product manufacturers in litigation involving property damage, personal injury, and breach of warranty claims. She has represented manufacturers of automobiles, electrical equipment, kitchen appliances and grills, lithium batteries, and component parts.
She regularly defends against warranty claims under the Magnuson‑Moss Warranty Act, as well as state and federal consumer protection and unfair business practices statutes.
Aviation
With deep experience in aviation law, Rachael litigates tort and contract disputes involving the Air Carrier Access Act, the Airline Deregulation Act, the Montreal Convention and its predecessors, the General Aviation Revitalization Act, and the Federal Aviation Regulations. She is particularly skilled at securing dismissals on the basis of federal preemption.
Rachael also advises small air carriers, pilots, and aviation professionals on aviation‑specific employment and regulatory issues, including PRIA matters, termination disputes, operational requirements, and the intersection of state employment laws with federal aviation regulations.
Employment‑Related Contract Issues
Rachael’s employment‑related work centers on contract‑driven disputes, including commission agreements, compensation disputes, and separation‑related negotiations. She drafts and reviews severance and separation agreements and counsels clients on the enforceability of non‑compete clauses. She also assists employers and employees in resolving discrimination claims and addressing misclassification issues.
