Before the firm files, sends, or argues anything in your name, you get my genuine professional judgment of your position — including when that judgment is don't spend your money on this.
It's in writing in the engagement letters, not just on this page: in a tax appeal, if the evidence doesn't support the fight, I tell you before filing and refund the fee less a small review charge. In litigation, I tell you when the math stops making sense — because some lawyers see a client's anger as a billing opportunity, and I see it as a thing to be honest with.
A lawyer who will talk you out of hiring her is a lawyer you can believe when she says your case is strong.
Every prospective matter is weighed against the same four questions, in the same order — and the order is the point:
Turning down work costs the firm money and earns your trust. That trade is taken deliberately, every week.
Every engagement ends the same way: a one-page memo, in plain English, telling you exactly where you stand — what happened, what it means, what deadlines or decisions lie ahead, and what I'd watch for next.
Not a bill with a paragraph attached. Not a "call if you have questions." A document you can read in three minutes, keep in a drawer, and hand to your spouse — because the firm's whole premise is an attorney who tells you honestly where you stand, and a premise you can't hold in your hand is just a slogan.
This firm uses modern AI tools — openly. The free scanners on this site, the research that assembles your evidence, the first drafts that make flat fees possible at these prices: software does the gathering, and it does it fast.
But nothing is filed, sent, or signed in your name until a licensed attorney — me, specifically; there is no one else here to hide behind — has read every word and made the judgment calls. Every automated draft in my system is titled for attorney review before it's titled anything else.
I hold a Master's in Computer Science from Georgia Tech alongside the law degree and the MBA. I'm not using these tools because they're trendy; I'm using them because I understand exactly what they can do — and exactly where they must stop.
Your documents deserve both: the thoroughness of software and the judgment of a human being whose license is on the line. Here, you get both, and you're told plainly which is which.
These promises are the firm. If an engagement ever falls short of this page, say so — to me, directly.
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