Grit And Gavel
Legal research and drafting for attorneys.
Send me the question and the jurisdiction. Get back work you can use.
Research
Through legal research focused on the question, jurisdiction, and authority you need.
Drafting
Clear, precise legal drafting designed to provide useful work product under your direction.
Litigation Support
Reliable research, drafting, and project support to help keep matters moving.
Experience That Reads the Details
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Y E A R S
Twenty-three years in mortgage banking and charitable estate planning before law school means title chains, closing files, and commercial agreements read first
That experience brings a practical understanding of documents, transactions, and the details that matter to attorneys and law firms.
Why Grit And Gavel
You hung your shingle for a reason. You wanted your name on the door, your judgment on the file, your standards on everything that leaves the office. And the work is there.
What’s also there is everything the big firms never told you about: the brief that needs writing the same week as the deposition, the title chain that needs running while the phone keeps ringing, the motion that deserves eight hours of research when you have two.
You have three options, and you already know what’s wrong with each.
Do it all yourself,
and the nights get longer while the work gets thinner.
Hire an employee,
and now you’re carrying salary, payroll taxes, benefits, training, and a desk, whether the work is there that month or not.
Send work out to someone you’ve never met
and hope the product comes back usable.
There’s a fourth option. That’s where we come in.
Grit and Gavel gives you the sophistication and precision of dedicated support.
The Fourth Option.
Research memos built to your specifications
Drafting that matches your standards
Litigation documents organized the way you’d organize them
Research memos built to your specifications
You pay precisely for the work.
Not the overhead.
Not the down weeks.
Not the desk.
Your name stays on the door. Your judgment stays on the file.
The work just gets done.
Straightforward Support. Clearly Defined.
Flat Fee by Project
Know the cost before the work begins.
Scope in Writing
The project and deliverables are clearly defined from the start.
Under Your Supervision
Work is performed as support for the attorney or law firm.
Confidentiality & Conflicts Checked
Professional boundaries and conflicts are addressed before work begins.
Have a Project That Needs Legal Research or Drafting?
Send the question, jurisdiction, and scope of the project.
Grit and Gavel provides practical research, drafting,
and project support for attorneys and law firms.