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Fredrickson, Mazeika & Grant, LLP was founded in 1991. In the beginning,
the firm was a civil litigation boutique, initially focusing on professional
liability, construction law, products liability, personal injury, and
general business litigation. Since its inception, the practice has evolved
into a full-scale business litigation firm.
As a result of careful planning and efficient attention
to detail, the firm is able to provide cost-effective and well-planned
representation by keeping the size of our firm modest and organizing support
staff in a manner which ensures effective management of complex litigation.
At FMG, we understand that clients do not wish to
be held financially responsible for bringing a succession
of attorneys "up
to speed" on a file. Nor do they wish to pay for duplicative work,
which may occur when responsibility for a case is
shared among attorneys. We assign most cases to a
single attorney who has complete supervision
of the matter. That attorney is assisted by a team,
consisting of a paralegal and other support staff.
The exception to this protocol is unusually
large or complex cases. In such cases, the supervising
attorney maintains responsibility for the case, but
is assisted by other lawyers and support
staff on an as-needed basis.
Many of our clients have sophisticated in-house legal
staff with whom we are always happy to consult. We prefer to use in-house
resources to the maximum extent practical, in order to minimize the client's
litigation costs.
Although we have available a full complement of seasoned
forensic experts in each of our practice areas, we screen the acceptability
of those experts with our clients. We believe the litigation process to
be a collaborative effort and are ever mindful that, while we are directed
to provide the legal support, it is the client's case.
In addition to offering our clients quality representation,
our efficiency and focus on litigation goals enables our clients to control
their costs. The question of who is responsible for specific litigation
is never hard to answer. The division of responsibility within the firm
enables and requires supervising attorneys to be intimately familiar with
each of the files under their control. Moreover, unlike many firms, we
do not offer our attorneys financial incentives based upon their billable
hours. We believe such incentives would conflict with our goal of providing
quality work at a reasonable cost.
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