Counsel that protects what you built.
Partner-led advice for founders, family businesses and the people behind them - from the day you form your company to the day you need someone in your corner.
Six things we do, and do properly.
No general practice sprawl. Every matter is led by a partner who has handled hundreds like it.
Business formation
LLCs, corporations and partnerships set up with operating agreements that survive a disagreement.
Contracts & commercial
Vendor, customer and partnership agreements drafted to be read - and enforced.
Business litigation
Breach of contract, partner disputes and collections, argued by people who settle when it serves you and try cases when it doesn't.
Employment
Handbooks, contractor agreements, non-competes and the hard conversations that come with growth.
Intellectual property
Trademarks, licensing and protecting the name customers already know you by.
Estate & succession
Wills, trusts and succession plans so the business you built outlasts you, on your terms.
Clear fees. Straight answers. One partner, start to finish.
A real conversation first
Thirty minutes with a partner, no charge, to understand what is actually at stake.
A written plan and price
Fixed fees for formation, contracts and estate work. Honest budgets for litigation.
Updates before you ask
A weekly note on every open matter, and a direct line to the partner who owns it.
The partners you will actually work with.
Daniel Ashford
Founding partner · Litigation
Claire Vale
Founding partner · Corporate
Marcus Hale
Partner · Employment
Elena Brooks
Partner · Estate & IP
What the people we represent say.
"They set up our company in a week and the operating agreement saved us two years later when a partner left."
Owner, regional logistics company"Claire told us what it would cost before we started, and it cost exactly that."
Founder, software studio"Daniel settled a dispute we had been fighting for a year in six weeks - on our terms."
Managing member, family restaurant groupThirty minutes with a partner. No charge, no pressure.
- Response within one business day
- Fixed-fee quotes in writing
- Every conversation is confidential