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Guiding you through the law with clarity and resolve.

Seasoned Trial Counsel Standing For Your Rights

Serving clients with counsel they can trust.

Every client deserves honest work from lawyers who genuinely care.

Trusted advisors who listen and act with care.

A dedicated team protecting your rights at every turn.

For three decades our lawyers have stood beside people facing the hardest days of their lives, and we have never once treated a case like a number on a docket.

The law is complicated on purpose. Our job is to make it plain, tell you honestly what your options are and then fight for the one that serves you best. You will always know where your case stands and what happens next.

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settled in a corporate dispute

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awarded in a medical negligence case

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won across appellate matters

What we practice

Focused counsel across the matters that shape your life.

Corporate Law

Counsel for founders and boards through formation, financing and the disputes that decide a company's next chapter.

ContractsMergersCompliance

Work Injury

Straight advocacy for people hurt on the job, from first filing to the settlement that lets you move forward.

ClaimsAppeals

Criminal Defense

A calm, prepared defense when your freedom is on the line, built on evidence and plain, honest counsel.

TrialsHearingsAppeals

Whatever the matter, you get the same senior team, the same candor and the same relentless preparation from the first call to the final ruling.

Our Practice Areas

A word from our founder

We measure our work by the outcomes we win for you.

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I started this firm on a simple idea: that a good lawyer owes you the truth before they owe you an invoice. Everything we do still runs on that principle.

We keep the bench small enough that a partner knows your name and deep enough to cover any matter that walks through the door. When we take your case, we take it personally.

That is why so many of our clients come back, and why their referrals still bring us most of our work.

Edward J. Pemberton
Founding Partner
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Years of trusted advocacy
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Our clients deserve true legal work from lawyers who care about the person behind the file.

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Family Law
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Work Injury

Expert advice

Senior counsel on every matter, so the person who scopes your case is the person in the room.

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Calculated urgency

We move quickly where it counts and slowly where it pays, never for the sake of the clock.

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Collaborative team

One team owns your file end to end, so nothing falls between the desks along the way.

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Free consultation

Start with a candid conversation about your options before a single dollar changes hands.

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Accountability

We agree on the outcome up front and measure our work against it, not against billable hours.

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Equal access

Everyone deserves a real advocate, whatever the size of the matter or the depth of the pocket.

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Caring guidance through every claim.

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How we work

We translate dense legal questions into plain, usable advice.

Complex matters get simpler when one team owns the strategy, the paperwork and the courtroom together.

You should never leave a meeting more confused than you arrived. We put the jargon down, tell you what actually matters and hand you a plan you can act on.

Strategic solutions for the most intricate legal matters.

Questions answered

The answers our clients ask us for most.

We talk fees openly in the first meeting and put every arrangement in writing. Depending on the matter that may be a flat fee, an hourly rate or a contingency, and we will always tell you which fits your case before any work begins.
Most founders come to us for contracts, employment questions, intellectual property and the occasional dispute. We handle the routine filings so you can focus on the business, and we flag the exposures early before they become expensive.
Sooner than most people think. A short call early on often changes the shape of a case, protects evidence and keeps you from signing something you will later regret. The first consultation is always free.
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We make decisions grounded in truth and hard evidence.

We are held together by an honest pursuit of justice.

Why it matters: the outcome of a case often turns on the quiet, careful work done long before anyone sets foot in a courtroom.

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Case studies

Recent results we are proud to share.

Every result here is illustrative, but the way we work to reach them is exactly how we would handle yours.

The advocates on your side

A small, senior bench that stays close to every case from the first meeting to the last.

Meet The Attorneys
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Edward J. Pemberton
Founding Partner
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Sienna Vance
Managing Partner
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Marcus Ainsley
Senior Associate
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Adele Rourke
Trial Attorney
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Grayson Poole
Of Counsel
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Nadia Okoye
Senior Paralegal

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