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Est. 2014. Eleven attorneys.

Business litigation, employment, real estate, estates and family law. Charlotte, North Carolina.

Plain counsel for serious matters.

A firm of eleven lawyers who explain the law in plain English, quote fees in writing and return calls the same day. Most matters resolve without a courtroom. The ones that need one, we try.

Book a consultationHow a matter runs with us
Recent results
  • $4.2MContract dispute, verdict
  • $1.1MWrongful termination, settled
  • DismissedPartnership claim, motion
  • $860KBoundary dispute, settled
All results
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Mecklenburg County Courthouse, Tryon Street. Six minutes from our office on foot.
Practice areas

Five practices

Five practices. One way of working.

  1. Business litigationContracts, partnerships, trade secrets, collections.
  2. EmploymentExecutives, non-competes, wrongful termination.
  3. Real estateCommercial leases, closings, boundary and title disputes.
  4. Estate planningWills, trusts, probate and business succession.
  5. Family lawSeparation, custody, agreements that hold.
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Business litigation

Led by Dana Marlow. Contracts, partnerships, trade secrets, collections. Fees from $350 an hour, partners, or fixed for defined phases.

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Why the numbers matter

Prior results do not guarantee an outcome. They do show what a matter looks like when the plan is written down on day one and the fee is agreed before the work.

Attorneys

The people

The people who will actually pick up the phone.

All eleven attorneys
How it runs
  1. Step 1

    A 20-minute call, free.

    You tell us what happened. We tell you whether it is a matter worth pursuing, and roughly what it would cost. No retainer to have the conversation.

  2. Step 2

    A plan and a fee, in writing.

    Two pages: what we will do first, what we will not do, and what each phase costs. Hourly or fixed, your choice for most matters.

  3. Step 3

    The work, reported weekly.

    One email every Friday with what moved, what is next and what it has cost so far. You never learn the bill from the bill.

They told us on the first call that we would probably lose the injunction and win the contract claim. That is exactly what happened, and the bill was within two hundred dollars of the estimate.

R. Adeyemi, owner, a Charlotte distributorBusiness litigation, 2025. Used with permission.
Notes

Short notes

Short notes on the law, in plain English.

All notes

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Tell us what happened.

Twenty minutes with an attorney, free, usually within two business days. If we are not the right firm, we will say so and tell you who is.

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