OUR APPROACH

Regardless of a firm’s size, success in litigation ultimately depends on one or two dedicated, savvy lawyers mastering the facts of a client’s situation and the governing law. AWFA is a litigation boutique affording clients cost-effective, leanly-staffed access to the same quality representation provided by larger top-tier law firms, from lawyers who have practiced at the pinnacle of the legal profession in government service and private practice, with the depth to handle larger cases demanding greater resources. We know our way around the federal and state courts (many of us having held federal or state court clerkships), command respect from judges and prosecutors, and have a reputation among our peers for doing quality work that enables us vigorously to protect our clients’ interests. We work efficiently using technology to keep costs down, and use our resources intelligently and strategically to achieve our clients’ objectives. We remain accessible, available, and attentive to each of our clients, and we practice law with integrity, intensity, imagination, enthusiasm, energy, and a commitment to hard work.

Our firm’s lawyers have served as lead or co-lead counsel in hundreds of criminal and civil jury and non-jury trials in both state and federal courts, as well as in numerous arbitrations.

In criminal matters, our reputation as top-rated trial attorneys, ready and able to put the government to its burden of proving allegations beyond a reasonable doubt, often enables us to persuade investigating authorities not to prosecute. In addition, favorable results are frequently obtained for clients who have been formally charged. The firm’s lawyers have successfully litigated cases pretrial resulting in either dismissal by motion or non-custodial diversionary programs. The firm is routinely assisted by top-notch investigators and experts to provide clients a forceful defense against the enormous resources of prosecuting agencies.

In civil cases, while many matters are resolved by settlement, our trial-oriented approach confers on our clients the advantage of efficient and result-oriented pre-trial litigation concentrated on what it would take to win at trial. As in criminal matters, our civil clients benefit from our trial-ready reputation: their opponents know that we will not settle “on the courthouse steps” if achieving our client’s goals requires entering the courtroom and proceeding to trial.