Our success is the direct result of our approach to all representations.
We take the time to understand our clients and their long-term vision. We work with our clients to identify measurable long-term goals and short-term objectives towards that vision. We develop actionable strategies to meet those objectives.
Then we go to work.
RECENT RESULTS
By applying our approach and championing our values, we are pleased to regularly celebrate victories, big and small, for our clients. Our recent highlights include:
Certifications and Licensing:
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A successful appeal to the USDOT Departmental Office of Civil Rights of the removal of our client’s DBE status by a state certifying program. USDOT found that the state agency engaged in misconduct, intimidation, and coercion, and substantially compromised our client’s due process rights, and reinstated DBE certification.
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Prevailing at an informal hearing after the issuance of an intent to deny DBE certification to our client. The Hearing Committee reversed the decision to deny and admitted our client, a safety and construction supply business, into the state’s DBE program.
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Obtaining first-time DBE, MBE, 8(a), and WBE certifications for multiple clients, implementing necessary corporate changes pre-application and responding to numerous requests for information, enabling our clients to access lucrative public contract opportunities.
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Assisting a $40 million/year business in vastly expanding its service codes for a state MBE program, allowing it to become fully certified for commercial and institutional building contracting and enabling it to retain a valuable pipeline of work.
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Successfully prevailing at a request for reconsideration after the SBA denied an applicant’s 8(a) program application. The SBA reversed its decision that the owner of the business had not demonstrated their non-presumed social disadvantage.
Disputes:
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Prevailing in arbitration, resulting in an award of all fees plus additional costs in a six-figure fee dispute.
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Assisting multiple small, woman-owned businesses in successfully resolving nonpayment disputes with their clients, including disputes against numerous high-profile candidates for public office.
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Supporting a billion-dollar general contractor in a hotly contested arbitration over supposed construction defects in a multi-million dollar University project.
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Successful resolution of multiple multimillion dollar claims for a trucking client against local procurement authorities and utility commissions.
Compliance:
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Assisting an international billion-dollar construction engineering company in navigating federal acquisition regulation (FAR) provisions as they expanded their business footprint in the United States.
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Assisting 15+ small government contractors in ongoing compliance with FAR and/or USDOT regulations.
Business Transactions:
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Supporting a number of our valued clients in a wide array of business transactions. We drafted, negotiated, and finalized teaming agreements and subcontracts, synthetic equity agreements, vendor agreements, credit and loan agreements, NDAs, terms of use, terms of service, and other key transactional documents with favorable terms to our clients.
PRICING
Many of our clients are small businesses without large legal budgets. With that in mind, our pricing is highly competitive, with hourly rates falling consistently below those offered by our competitors. We generally staff matters at principal attorney rates between $375-$425/hour, well below competitors, although the rate may be higher or lower due to the specific individuals staffed on a matter or the particular needs of a case.
We employ four key pricing principles that that allow us to offer favorable, customer-friendly pricing:
(1) Eliminating Wasteful Actions. Our approach allows for our work to be highly tailored to the vision, goals, and objectives of our clients. The linear connection between our strategies and client vision avoids counterproductive and conflicting product that increases client burden. It allows us to act more efficiently.
(2) Reducing Overhead. We operate primarily virtually and without the cost-intensive overhead demands of a large law firm. Most of our clients come from referrals from our existing clients, not from cost-intensive marketing. We don’t cut corners, but we don’t pass heavy operational costs along to our clients.
(3) Integrating Technology and Past Learning to Reduce Billed Time. In many instances, our past learning is well documented and can be called on as a resource to defray research and analysis costs. Where appropriate, we incorporate vetted and legally specialized practice management platforms and AI-powered attorney tools to allow us to focus our time more effectively on client matters.
(4) Built-in Flexibility. We work with our clients to realistically assess and manage the costs and effort involved in any matter. We work with clients to set up payment plans to minimize disruption to operating budgets. We don’t have a billable-hours requirement.
In keeping with our values, our pricing is honest and transparent. Our bills will clearly document our time and specific efforts spent on a matter.