When the matter iscontested,preparation matters.
A Minneapolis litigation boutique for contested civil, criminal, business, and U.S.–Mexico matters handled directly by senior counsel.
Consultation requests are screened by counsel for conflicts before any legal advice is provided.
- Base
- Minneapolis
- Docket
- Deliberately limited
- Access
- Direct to counsel
What reaches counsel first.
Before advice, the firm checks conflicts, deadlines, and whether the matter fits a deliberately limited docket.
- 01
Names
People, companies, agencies, and counsel involved.
- 02
Dates
Hearing, charge, demand, deadline, or response window.
- 03
Record
Pleadings, notices, contracts, messages, video, or reports.
- 04
Forum
County, court, agency, language need, or cross-border issue.
How counsel reads the first call.
Lee and Diana review new matters for posture before category: who is involved, what deadline controls, which forum matters, and whether the facts move across language or borders.
What directs the file.
- Lee
- Trial posture for civil, criminal, business, employment, and complex litigation.
- Diana
- Spanish-English and U.S.-Mexico matters where coordination cannot slip.
- Both
- Conflicts, deadlines, forum, and whether the firm can take the file directly.
- Client
- Names, dates, records, and the pressure point that made counsel necessary now.
01A deadline is close
Preserve documents, identify the parties, and write down every date you know. The firm screens urgent matters for timing first, then legal fit.
Request a consultation →02You have been contacted by law enforcement
Do not explain, negotiate, or consent before counsel reviews the situation. Lee evaluates the record, the forum, and the first decision point before formal action hardens.
Criminal defense →03A business or civil dispute is escalating
The first question is leverage. Lee looks at documents, pressure points, available remedies, and whether the matter should be built for trial from the start.
Business litigation →04The matter crosses languages or borders
U.S.–Mexico matters need aligned strategy on both sides. Diana works in English and Spanish so the facts, deadlines, and client priorities stay intact.
Cross-border practice →