WE GET PAID FOR RESULTS, NOT FOR ACTIVITY.

Our business model seeks to align your interests with ours. Because we believe the best way to accomplish teamwork is by basing some, or all, of the fee on the results obtained, we offer several alternatives to standard, by the hour, billing fee arrangements.

WE DON’T WASTE MOTION (OR YOUR RESOURCES).

The key question is not what hourly rates are charged, but what value the client will receive. Another crucial issue is predictability and the ability of both lawyer and client to manage the case within a budget. A law firm can quote a low set of rates for a given case, but then overrun the client’s budget by overstaffing it, or by not assigning the right mix of lawyers and professionals to it, or by doing work, including research as well as discovery and other tasks, that is not warranted by the nature of the case. We believe in efficiency and staff our cases in a manner that ensures there are no repeated steps. In addition, we offer innovative solutions that may better meet a given client’s needs than simply cutting rates. Almost all of them require some form of careful, advance planning and budgeting, something with which we have considerable expertise.

WE DON’T MANAGE LITIGATION. WE HANDLE IT.

The lawyers you hire are the lawyers you get day-to-day. Staffing a case with a lot of lawyers, paralegals and project assistants does not translate into results or a strategic advantage. Our lawyers handle your case day-to-day, and our results reflect this personal attention.

WE CAN AND WILL HANDLE YOUR MOST IMPORTANT CASES REGARDLESS OF VENUE.

We handle large complex cases on behalf of the largest corporations in the world. Recent matters include defending a Fortune 50 company in a major class action with potential liability approaching $1 billion, trying (and winning) the largest pending case in the state of Mississippi, trying over half a billion dollars worth of claims in arbitrations around the world, and handling significant business disputes across the country. With offices in Houston and Seattle, our lawyers have a national reach. Individuals also have entrusted us with their important matters. For example, we have represented individuals in cases involving corporate and trustee malfeasance, securities fraud claims against major corporations, and in claims against securities brokers as a result of broker misconduct (FINRA arbitrations).

WE WILL TRY YOUR CASE.

Our lawyers not only command broad subject matter expertise, but have an unparalleled record of courtroom success. In an era of trial lawyers with little to no actual trial experience, our lawyers consistently go to the courtroom and win. Our trial experience includes trying and winning the then-largest pending case in Mississippi, trying a substantial construction case in which our client received a $34.5 million verdict (the National Law Journal’s Verdict of the Week), and trying a class action with potential liability approaching $1 billion. We are not afraid of the courtroom. If your case needs to be tried, we will try it. And our opponents know that.