What this practice holds

We act for closely held companies, partners, and the people who guarantee their obligations. The matters share one shape: something was promised in writing, something else happened, and the difference now has a number on it.

Some matters end in a letter. Some end in mediation. A few end at trial. The strategy memo you receive at stage two names which ending we are building toward and what each fork will cost, so the decision to settle or proceed is always yours and always priced.1

Matters we handle here

Scope If yours is close, ask
  • 01Breach of contract: supply, distribution, services, and settlement agreements that did not settle anything.
  • 02Partnership and shareholder separations, including deadlock, buyout valuation, and fiduciary claims.
  • 03Recovery of debts and guaranteed obligations, from demand letter through enforcement.
  • 04Defense of claims against your company, with an early honest read on exposure.
  • 05Pre-dispute counsel: the quiet review that keeps a matter from ever getting a docket number.
Approach The same three stages, applied

How a dispute moves here

  1. Stage 01

    Consult

    We read the contract before the call, if you can share it. The first conversation ends with a position, not a pitch.

    You receive: a written read of your position.

  2. Stage 02

    Strategy

    Demand, negotiation, mediation, or filing: the memo prices each route and names the one we recommend.

    You receive: the strategy memo and fee structure.

  3. Stage 03

    Resolution

    We pursue the chosen route and report at every decision point. No surprises reaches its full meaning here.

    You receive: a resolution memo and your complete file.

Counsel

Who leads this work

Two of the three attorneys on the home page carry this practice. Both bios are fiction shipped with this demonstration, admissions included.2

Studio portrait of a silver-haired attorney in a charcoal suit, seated in low window light

Edmund Hale

Managing partner, commercial disputes Bar admissions: [set yours]
Studio portrait of an attorney with wire-frame glasses in a charcoal suit, lit from the left

Daniel Okafor

Senior associate Bar admissions: [set yours]

The fine print, numbered

  1. Pricing a fork means naming the fee for each route before you choose one, in the strategy memo, in writing. Ranges that move are re-confirmed before they move. [Set your fee structure.] ↩
  2. Edmund Hale and Daniel Okafor are inventions. Replace the portraits, the bios, and every bar admission bracket with credentials you can evidence; publishing a credential you cannot is a bar problem, not a design one. ↩
Next step

Put the matter in front of an attorney.

A conflicts check, a twenty-minute call, and a clear yes, no, or referral. Nothing more is asked of you.

Request counsel