Complex Family & Civil Litigation.
Some legal problems can’t be solved with a phone call, a letter, or just by hoping the other side will start to become reasonable. When the facts matter, the stakes are personal, and the next step may involve a courtroom, it helps to have someone who knows how to prepare a case to be heard.
Civil cases often start with a simple problem: someone was hurt, someone lost money, someone’s reputation was damaged, or someone was treated unfairly — and the person left dealing with the fallout needs help making it right. Family-law cases aren’t always as simple. They typically involve the private parts of life that matter the most: your home, children, safety, money, and routines. But they still move through the civil court system, with civil rules, deadlines, evidence, hearings, orders, and procedures that can shape the outcome long before anyone reaches a final resolution.
We can help you understand what happened in the context of the law, explore what was lost, find who may be responsible, and decide what can be done next. Most of this work is for people bringing claims, but we can also help someone that needs guidance and representation responding to an unfair or overreaching claim. In family law matters, we focus on cases where court involvement may be necessary, like contested dissolutions, parenting plans, contempt, and cases that are not a good fit for mediation because of safety concerns, power imbalances, urgency, or one party’s refusal to be reasonable. And these cases can implicate professional licenses, investment accounts, businesses, inherited property, substantial assets, complicated financial records, allegations of concealment, and the use of expert witnesses—these are disputes that require litigation, not just paperwork.
Civil litigation, including family law, is about telling the full story clearly: what happened, why it mattered, what was lost, and what a fair result should look like. This is where a seasoned attorney can help.
Insurance Disputes & Car Accidents.
A crash, a fall, unsafe property, a damaged home, a denied claim, or a low offer from an insurance company can quickly become more than paperwork. On top of being hurt—you might have to deal with an insurance company that wants to settle for as little as possible and as quickly as they can. We can help you slow the process down, understand what your claim may be worth, and push back on early pressure. Most importantly, we can help you you
Kids that get hurt.
When a child gets hurt, everything feels different. We know that parents and families want to know more than just what happened: they want to know who was supposed to be paying attention and whether someone could have stopped it. We help parents, families, and caregivers sort through injuries at schools, preschools, daycares, sports programs, playgrounds, camps, and other places where children should have been safe. That can include poor supervision, unsafe property, bullying, physical and sexual abuse, or warning signs that were ignored.
Products that didn’t work.
it can be hard to know whether a failing product was bad luck or something more. Recreational and sports equipment is supposed to help people enjoy their lives, not make those activities more dangerous. We know what it’s like to rely on products in high-impact athletics and the outdoors, and when those products fail, the consequences can last forever. We help people sort through injuries involving outdoor gear and sports equipment that may have been poorly designed, poorly made, badly maintained, or sold without proper warnings.
Construction losses.
When construction work goes wrong, homeowners are often left with more than an unfinished project. They may be dealing with delays, poor workmanship, surprise costs, damage to the home, abandoned work, unpaid subcontractors, or a contractor who stops communicating once the problems become obvious. We help homeowners sort through disputes involving remodels, repairs, additions, defective work, missed deadlines, payment disagreements, and projects that were never completed the way they were promised.
Family law.
When family life becomes a legal problem, it can feel personal in a way few other disputes do. You may be dealing with separation, parenting, child support, a protection order, safety concerns, a guardianship, or a conflict that affects where your children sleep and how your daily life works. We help people understand what matters, what the court may need to decide, and how to move through the process with care. The goal is to protect your family, your stability, and your future without making an already hard situation harder than it needs to be.
When you have to go to court.
Going to court is really, really tough. Maybe you were sued, need to sue someone else, received legal papers, or are stuck in a dispute that letters and phone calls did not fix. We help people sort through civil cases involving contracts, financial disputes, property issues, protection orders, business conflicts, defamation, appeals, and other problems that may need a judge to decide them.
When court doesn’t go your way.
Judges are human. Sometimes they miss something, apply the wrong rule, or make a decision the law does not allow. An appeal is not a do-over. It is a careful look at what happened in court, what the record shows, and whether a legal mistake changed the outcome. We help clients understand whether an appeal makes sense, identify the issues that matter, and explain them clearly to the court that can correct the error.
LGBTQ+ Litigation.
When your identity, relationship, family, safety, or dignity becomes part of a legal problem, the stakes are deeply personal. We help LGBTQ+ people, families, and community members sort through disputes involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, public accommodations, schools, employment, housing, family conflicts, protective orders, defamation, and government misconduct. That can mean helping someone respond when they have been treated unfairly, targeted for who they are, denied equal access, or pulled into a dispute because of who they are.