Different work…
…but the same habits
An estate plan and a recovered hard drive have little in common, except that each one gets a question from Mulder and a second look from Scully.
Estate planning
Re: Your estate plan
2. Scope of engagement. We will advise you on:
- Wills and trusts
- Powers of attorney
- Health care planning
- A second read of a plan you already have
The paperwork is the easy half
Most of this conversation isn’t legal. It’s whether the person you named as executor has any idea you named them, and whether your daughter knows why. We’ll draft the documents, but first we’ll ask the questions that make sure they are the correct ones.
START A CONVERSATIONReal estate
- Residential purchases and sales
- Contract review
- Commercial property transactions
- Closing coordination
Page nine is usually where it is
Whether it’s a first house or a commercial lease, the transaction itself is rarely where things go wrong. It’s the easement nobody mentioned, or a survey that doesn’t match the fence line. Or something you never anticipated that was buried on page nine. We will find it for you before it becomes an issue.
TALK THROUGH YOUR MOVESmall business
Write it down while everyone agrees
Two people start a business on a handshake and a shared sense of what’s fair. That holds until the first year it doesn’t, and by then the only record is what each of them remembers. We put it in writing while it’s still a quiet conversation.
- Business formation
- Operating and partnership agreements
- Contract drafting and review
- Ongoing business counsel
Whistleblower protection
Before you send the email
From the case files: The Morley matterPeople come to us after they’ve decided something is wrong and before they’ve decided what to do about it. That’s the right time. We’ll go through what you actually have and what it exposes you to. If you should wait, we’ll say so.
- Confidential case assessment
- Retaliation claims
- Evidence preservation
- Internal and regulatory reporting
Cybersecurity & digital investigations
Byers, Frohike & Langly
- Digital forensics
- Incident review
- Secure communications
- Electronic evidence analysis
FILES MARKED DELETED1,207
FILES RECOVERED1,207
Deleted is a strong word
The technical unit works alongside counsel on any matter that left a digital trail, which is most of them now. They recover what a system says is gone, and they document the handling closely enough that it survives a hostile expert.
They bring their own equipment, and they never trust a factory setting.
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