Family, property and small-business law
Fixed fees quoted up front
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Tell us the matter in a few lines. We confirm a time within one working day.
We assess your matter
Forty-five minutes with a lawyer: where you stand, your options, the risks.
A clear plan and a fixed fee
What we will do, in what order, and what it costs, in writing before we start.
Ask.Assess.Act.
Practice areas
Fees
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Most first consultations happen within the week.
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Six areas, one small team. If your matter is not here, ask: we will say so quickly and point you to someone who does it.
Separation, parenting arrangements and dividing what you own, with the heat kept out of it where we can.
Typical matters
Fee
from $1,200
Quoted after the consultation
A will that says what you mean, the documents that cover you while you are alive, and probate handled without drama.
Typical matters
Fee
$450 fixed fee
One price, quoted in writing
Buying or selling a home, commercial leases and the disputes that come with neighbours, builders and landlords.
Typical matters
Fee
$950 fixed fee
One price, quoted in writing
Company set-up, the contracts you sign every week, and shareholder agreements written before anyone needs them.
Typical matters
Fee
from $800
Quoted after the consultation
First consultation
Forty-five minutes, in person, by phone or on video. You leave knowing where you stand and what it would cost to act.
Ten minutes to tell it in your own words, with the documents you have to hand.
A straight assessment of your position: what is strong, what is weak, and what we do not know yet.
Every realistic path, including doing nothing, with the likely time and cost of each.
Within two working days: the steps, the order, the fee. You decide at home, not in the room.
Bring, if you have them
The team
Three roles, one file. You always know who is doing what and what it costs.
Runs the matter
Twenty years in family, property and small-business law. Sets the strategy, gives the advice and signs off every letter.
Does the work
Drafts the documents, researches the law and keeps the matter moving between meetings.
Keeps it on track
Files, dates, court lodgements and the first person who answers when you call.
Fees
Three ways to pay, chosen per matter and agreed in writing before any work starts. No surprises on the invoice.
When
Matters with a known shape: wills, conveyancing, a contract review, a company set-up.
You pay
One price for the whole job, quoted after the first consultation. If it takes us longer, that is on us.
Simple will: $450
When
Matters where the other side decides the work: disputes, negotiations, litigation.
You pay
A rate per hour, billed in six-minute units, with a monthly cap you set and an itemised invoice.
Partner $380/h, associate $240/h
When
Businesses that need a lawyer on call: contracts, HR questions, the odd letter.
You pay
A fixed monthly amount for an agreed number of hours. Unused hours roll over for one month.
From $900/month
Sample fees
All figures are samples, before tax and filing fees. Every fee is confirmed in writing after the first consultation.
Client stories
Three recent matters, with the details changed. No names, no identifying facts.
Two neighbours, a fence in the wrong place and ten years of resentment. One survey, one letter and a mediated afternoon later, both had a signed agreement and the fence moved before winter.
Settled at mediation
Two founders who no longer agreed on anything except that it should end. We valued the business with their accountant, drafted the buy-out and had it signed in six weeks.
Buy-out signed in six weeks
A separation with two children and two very different ideas of a week. Four meetings, a parenting plan both could live with, and no court date.
Parenting plan agreed
About fees, how we work or whether we take your kind of matter. We reply within one working day.
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48 Sample Street, Suite 300, Sample City, OR 97000
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