We take fewer matters than we could, so that every one gets the same standard: prepared as if it will be tried, whether it ever is or not.
Eleanor founded the firm after a decade trying commercial cases at a much larger practice, where she watched thin preparation get covered up by courtroom performance one time too many. Marsh & Kellerman is built the opposite way — the outcome is decided long before anyone stands up to speak.
She still takes the first call on every new matter herself, and stays on it through resolution.
Every matter is built as if it's going the distance — depositions, exhibits, and argument prepared early, whether the case settles in month two or reaches a verdict.
Knowing when to press and when to settle is the whole of the craft. We tell clients what we actually think, not what they came in hoping to hear.
Where the strategy actually gets decided
Tell us what is at stake. You will speak with a partner — not an intake desk.
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