Brandon Krajewski

National litigation counsel for the disputes that disrupt manufacturers and suppliers

Brandon Krajewski represents manufacturers and suppliers in high-stakes pricing and supply disputes across the United States. When a counterparty demands a price increase mid-contract, rejects conforming goods, cancels committed orders or threatens to stop shipping, Brandon triages the situation, wins the dispute and positions the client to prevent the next one.

Brandon serves as go-to litigation counsel for manufacturers and suppliers across the industrial economy — from closely held suppliers to the operating companies of global, diversified conglomerates — handling pricing, warranty and supply disputes in sectors such as:

• Transportation equipment
• Packaging and consumer products
• Engineered plastics
• Rail, automotive and heavy trucking
• Medical devices

His broader practice spans state and federal courts, arbitration, and mediation, with wins at trial and on appeal. Brandon also represents clients in commercial disputes beyond the supply chain, including healthcare, technology, real estate and closely held business disputes.

Brandon's approach is ruthlessly pragmatic. Every dispute strategy starts with the client's business objectives — the supply relationship worth preserving, the margin worth protecting, the production line that can't stop — and builds backward from there. That discipline produces what litigation can't: a restructured agreement, a negotiated exit, a commercial solution that costs less than a courtroom win. When litigation is the answer, Brandon is a relentless tactician — efficient, prepared and focused on ending the dispute on the client's terms. He never litigates for litigation's sake, and clients show what they think of that approach the only way that matters: they come back time and again.

Brandon co-chairs the firm's Government and Commercial Contracts subgroup and helps lead the firm's artificial intelligence (AI) strategy and adoption initiatives, including attorney training, governance and the responsible integration of AI into client service.

Brandon guides clients throughout every phase of a dispute. In particular, they seek his counsel at these key moments:

• Before the dispute exists. Brandon counsels manufacturers and suppliers on contract terms, documentation and sales processes that prevent litigation — and win it when prevention fails.
• A supplier or customer breaches — or signals it's about to do so. He leads manufacturers through breach of contract, anticipatory repudiation, force majeure and cancelled-order disputes under the UCC.
• A pricing fight threatens the relationship or the margin. Brandon resolves price-increase demands and pricing disputes while protecting commercial relationships worth preserving.
• The dispute crosses borders or goes to arbitration. He has defended international arbitrations exceeding $200 million and resolved cross-border disputes without payment by his clients.
• The crisis is bigger than the contract. Brandon counsels clients through disputes involving regulatory exposure, product recalls, trade secrets and intellectual property (IP).

Pricing and Supply Disputes

• Defended a manufacturer of electrical generators against a $12 million claim arising from cancelled orders for electronic components, resolving the dispute with no out-of-pocket payment.
• Secured a favorable defense resolution in a $50 million-plus contract manufacturing dispute involving alleged regulatory violations and a worldwide product recall.
• Defended a European medical device manufacturer in a $200 million-plus, four-week international arbitration involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and trade secret claims arising from distribution contracts in multiple countries.
• Defended an automotive accessory supplier in a cross-border sales commission dispute and negotiated a no-cost resolution.
• Won full dismissal on summary judgment of claims exceeding $2 million against a client in the Class 8 commercial trucking industry, then defended the decision on appeal.
• Won summary judgment dismissing breach of contract, misrepresentation and design defect claims against a leading provider of heavy-duty semi-trucks.

Commercial and Corporate Disputes

• Won summary judgment for a global semiconductor manufacturer in an $80 million-plus dispute arising from a failed acquisition, defeating the buyer's attempt to convert a non-binding term sheet into an enforceable deal — affirmed by the Seventh Circuit.
• Secured a seven-figure settlement in an enterprise software installation dispute before discovery began.

IP and Trade Secrets

• Obtained two multi-million-dollar jury verdicts in patent cases in the Western District of Wisconsin.
• Negotiated a favorable settlement in a software patent and trade secret case in the Western District of Wisconsin for a software development company.
• Defended a manufacturer of industrial storage equipment against trade secret misappropriation allegations.