• We’re a small firm which specializes in Family Law.  Unlike many of the larger firms, Family Law isn’t just another department in our firm along with Commercial Real Estate, Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, Bankruptcy and the rest.  We practice Family Law.
   

• Because we’re a small firm, you’ll never call us and end up talking to the paralegal who works for the third level associate attorney working on your file.  When you call us, you’ll talk to your lawyer.  The one who's representing you.
   

• We use a team approach representing people in family law matters.  Sometimes, for example, issues will come up regarding children, perhaps how the divorce affects them, or questions concerning custody or the parenting plan.  We’re lawyers, not psychologists, and we’re not experts in child psychology.  We know that.  So we have established relationships with several locally and nationally recognized child psychologists, well known and respected in the field of child custody.  Sometimes we’ll retain these people to help us prepare your case, or as experts to testify at your trial.  Other times, we’ll have you talk to them for guidance as you navigate your way through complex and difficult issues. The same applies in other fields of specialization, too, such as tax planning, where we work with Certified Public Accountants who understand divorce and the special tax considerations which apply, or valuing family businesses, where we work with the top experts in the country.
   

• We charge differently, too.  You’ll be able to tell right from the very start.  We don’t charge for initial consultations.  We don’t believe in it.  After all, you can test drive a car before putting any money down, why shouldn’t you be able to talk to us to see if we’re the right people for you to work with during this time of transition and upheaval in your life before you put any money down?
   

• And we don’t charge for every little thing.  Take copies.  Other law firms charge for copies, 10¢, 25¢, we’ve even heard of law firms charging as much as 50¢ per page.  We don’t view our copy machine as a profit center, it’s part of our overhead in running our office.  We’re a law firm, not a copy shop.  We don’t charge for postage for the same reason.  We just don’t believe in it.  We earn our money from our professional fees, not from nickel and diming you for the postage to send you your monthly bill.
   

• The large, downtown Boston firms in the beautiful skyscrapers have significantly higher overhead, -- take rent for example.  Someone has to pay for that rent.  And that someone is you, the client.  In order to meet that overhead, they have to maintain large numbers of clients paying pretty high hourly rates.  We don’t.  We're in the suburbs, where the rent is much lower. And we’re selective about our clients.  We don’t have to take on new cases just to keep our roster full and pay the overhead.  We want to be sure that we’re going to be effective for you and that you’re going to be comfortable with us before we start working together.  Since we don’t have scores of cases which are active at any one time, we can give you the individual attention you expect.

In short, our practice is focused on you, our client, what’s best for you, and how we can best help you navigate though a process which can be both difficult and complex.