Budgeting and Staffing

We Understand Client Objectives and Budgeting

When it comes to legal bills, the adage of “the best surprise is no surprise” holds true.   No one likes unexpectedly high bills. The days of presenting clients with a large bill with the simple description “For Services Rendered” are long gone.

We think you deserve more.

We Staff And Manage Client Matters Like It Is Our Own Money Being Spent

Client matters should never be pursued or managed based on what is the most convenient or profitable to the law firm.  Staffing of a legal team should always be in accordance with the client’s wishes and best interests.  Multiple layers of staffing and inter-office conferences, a staple of “big firm” practice in the past, should be eliminated or minimized to the extent possible.

When we manage client matters, we understand the trust that is placed in our hands, not only in terms of achieving the objectives desired by the client, but also in taking great care to do so in the most efficient manner possible. Our clients’ overall success depends upon our stewardship of their resources if only in the discrete matters entrusted to us.

Reduction in Multiple Attorneys to Cover Different Areas of Expertise

Our senior partners have a broad depth of experience in multiple practices, and alone carry out  several roles typically handled by multiple attorneys at larger law firms (who may concentrate their work on only one specific area of practice).  This breadth of experience serves our clients well, as the number of attorneys working on a matter can be reduced and staffing streamlined.

Our experienced litigators have worked on and tried just about every type of commercial dispute that can arise, and our experienced transactional team has done just about every kind of deal that can be done.  The partners in our intellectual property group, for example, have all served as general counsel for companies.  These same attorneys can handle the intricacies of intellectual property development and licensing, and also complex venture capital transactions and private capital financing. Minimizing the number of attorneys involved in a matter  significantly reduces legal fees, because an additional layer of inter-office conferences and time required to bring other attorneys “up to speed” is eliminated.

Our goal is to eliminate inefficiencies at all levels that do not result in value to clients.

Our goal is to have every dollar billed result in at least one dollar of value to our clients.

When firms handle a matter as though they are spending their own money, it changes everything.

For more information about how we serve clients, please call and of our attorneys who stand ready, willing and able to work with you.