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Established practice

Counsel for the decisions that cannot wait.

We advise closely held businesses and the people who run them — on the transaction in front of you, and on the exposure behind it.

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Practice areas
I

Business & corporate

Formation, governance, shareholder arrangements, and the agreements that decide what happens when circumstances change.

II

Real estate

Acquisitions, leasing, land use, and closings — including the diligence that keeps a closing from slipping.

III

Estates & succession

Wills, trusts, and the orderly transfer of a business to the next set of hands.

IV

Employment

Handbooks, classification, restrictive covenants, and the difficult conversation before it becomes a claim.

V

Disputes

Negotiation, mediation, and litigation when it is warranted — with a candid read on what each is likely to cost.

VI

Contracts

Drafting and review for the agreements a business signs often enough that the terms deserve to be right.

How we work

Scoped in writing

You receive the scope, the fee basis, and who will do the work before the engagement begins. No open meters.

Answered the same week

Matters move when questions get answered. Calls and messages are returned within one business day.

Told plainly

You will hear the weak parts of your position from us first. Advice you cannot act on is not advice.

Most of what we do is keeping a problem from becoming a matter.
The firm's own position, not a client statement

Tell us what you are facing.

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