The Firm

A small-docket, high-value trial firm. Every case is prepared from the beginning as if a jury will see it.

We built this firm to try cases.

We built this firm to try cases. We accept fewer matters than a volume firm and invest the time on each one that a serious case deserves: early investigation, complete discovery, retained experts, and motion practice that frames the case for trial. A small docket is not a marketing claim; it is an operational constraint we enforce.

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How We Work a Case

Once We Sign a Case, We File

Once we sign a case, we file. We do not write extended demand letters in the hope of a pre-suit number. We open the file in court, serve the pleadings we intend to pursue, and develop the record we will need in front of a jury.

Discovery Is the Case

Discovery is the case. Our partners take the depositions in our matters—corporate representatives, treating physicians, defense experts, decision-makers—rather than delegate them to associates or contract attorneys. By the time the case is ready for trial, the record has been built deliberately, with every transcript and every produced document chosen for the use it will see at trial.

Experts and Trial Preparation

We retain experts based on substantive fit, not budget. Witness preparation happens in person and begins months before trial, not days. Where the matter justifies it, we use focus groups and mock juries to test the case before twelve people who matter do.

Resolution Posture

We resolve cases. We resolve them when the number reflects what a jury would do with the same facts, and not before. Mediations occur after discovery is complete and experts have been designated; pre-suit invitations to a discount are declined. Cases that cannot be resolved at trial value will be tried.

Court-Appointed Leadership

Federal courts and state clients have appointed our attorneys to leadership and special outside counsel roles in national multidistrict litigations and coordinated state engagements.

Plaintiff’s Executive Committee, In re Cook IVC Filters Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2570
Plaintiff’s Steering Committee, In re Bard IVC Filters Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2641
Plaintiff’s Steering Committee, In re Cordis IVC Filters Products Litigation (California)
Plaintiff’s Steering Committee, In re Bard Hernia Mesh Litigation (Rhode Island)
Fee Committee, Texas Opioid MDL
Special outside counsel, State of New Mexico (talc and IVC filter litigation)
Special outside counsel, State of Utah and approximately 100 public entities (national opioid litigation)