PRACTICE AREA · LITIGATION
Motions & Briefs
File the brief you’d write if you had the time.
I write motions, oppositions, replies, emergency briefing, and appeals, so your trial team stays on the case and the filing that decides it gets the hours it needs. You review it, sign it, and file it under your name.
From $1,190
Contested cases handled
Flat fees from
1 business day
To a written scope and fee
Missed filing deadlines
WHAT CHANGES
What it looks like when nobody has time to write it.
A motion to dismiss comes in the week you’re preparing for trial. Your associate stays on trial prep. I write the motion.
The other side moves for summary judgment on a 900-page record. I read the whole record.
A client wants to appeal. You keep the appeal instead of sending it to another firm.
WHAT I DRAFT
Filings I handle, and what each one costs.
Every filing has its own standard and its own way of going wrong.
Complex pleadings
Custom complaints for multi-party or high-stakes matters, plus answers with affirmative defenses, cross-claims, and third-party complaints. Researched and built from scratch.
$1,190–$3,400
ABOUT 7–20 HOURS
TROs and preliminary injunctions
Emergency briefing on the four factors under Winter, with irreparable harm tied to actual evidence. Orders to show cause included.
$255/hr priority
QUOTED ON SCOPE
Motions to dismiss
Rule 12(b)(6), 12(b)(1), 12(c), and state demurrers. I test the complaint element by element against Twombly and Iqbal and build around the allegation that fails.
$1,700–$3,400
ABOUT 10–20 HOURS
Discovery and evidentiary motions
Motions to compel, protective orders, motions to quash, and spoliation, with the meet-and-confer record and Rule 26(b)(1) proportionality analysis.
$1,700–$3,400
ABOUT 10–20 HOURS
Summary judgment
Rule 56 moving and opposition briefs with the statement of undisputed facts. Every fact pinpoint-cited and checked against the exhibit itself.
$3,400–$5,100 · Reply: $2,210–$3,400
ABOUT 13–30 HOURS
Oppositions and replies
I answer the other side’s strongest point first. Replies stay inside the page limit and don’t repeat the opening brief.
Opposition: $1,700–$3,400 · Reply: $1,360–$2,550
ABOUT 8–20 HOURS
Pretrial, trial, and post-trial
Motions in limine, trial briefs, jury instructions, findings of fact, reconsideration, new trial, and fee petitions.
Quoted on scope
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Appellate briefs
Opening, answering, and reply briefs, rehearing petitions, and interlocutory appeals, with preservation and standard of review worked out issue by issue.
$3,400–$8,500 · Reply: $2,550–$5,100
ABOUT 15–50 HOURS
HOW I WORK
Three things I won’t shortcut.
01
The judge’s own rules
I check individual practices, page limits, and formatting before I write, not after.
02
The record before the argument
I build the argument from what the record actually shows, and check every factual claim against the transcript or exhibit.
03
The adverse case
If there’s authority against you, I find it and deal with it. You hear about it from me, not opposing counsel.
SENDING ME A BRIEF
What I need from you, and what you get back.
What you send me
The pleadings and relevant orders
The record, or the excerpts that matter
The court, the judge, and the deadline
Your house style and any templates
Your strategy, in as much or as little detail as you have
What you get back
A filing-ready draft formatted to the court’s local rules
Tables of contents and authorities where required
Every citation and factual claim verified
Revisions within the agreed scope
Delivery in time for your team to review and file
Standard turnaround is 6–10 business days. Emergency filings in 48 hours, subject to availability.
PRICING
Know the fee before I write a word.
I bill $170 an hour and quote every matter as a binding flat fee before I start. Not an estimate that grows. If the work runs long, that’s on me.
Standard
$170/hr
Priority (24–48 hours)
$255/hr
Deposit
50% upfront
Standard turnaround
6–10 business days
Complex pleadings
$1,190–$3,400
TROs and preliminary injunctions
$255/hr priority
Motions to dismiss
$1,700–$3,400
Discovery and evidentiary motions
$1,700–$3,400
Summary judgment
$3,400–$5,100 · Reply: $2,210–$3,400
Oppositions and replies
Opposition: $1,700–$3,400 · Reply: $1,360–$2,550
Pretrial, trial, and post-trial
Quoted on scope
Appellate briefs
$3,400–$8,500 · Reply: $2,550–$5,100
No charges for research platforms, calls, or emails. Revisions within scope included. Under ABA Formal Opinion 08-451, you may bill this work to your client, including a reasonable surcharge, if the total fee is reasonable.
WHY ME
I check every fact against the record and read every case I cite myself. That’s the part no one sees, and the part I never skip.
RESULTS
In their words.
RESULT
$3,000 bond
No government appeal. Houston.
“Bond granted, $3,000, government did not appeal. Those last two points are miracles these days. Nobody’s giving bonds under $15,000 in Houston, and the government is always appealing. Thanks for your part.”
Wendler Law Group, Texas.
Jack drafted the motion supporting the bond request.
“We highly recommend! They do quality work. Our experience was that they deliver on their word and will work out the right plan that works with your law firm.”
Kristy Wendler, Wendler Law Group, Texas.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
QUESTIONS
Litigation questions.
Do you handle filings outside Arkansas?
Yes. I’m admitted in Arkansas and support firms nationwide. Your firm remains counsel of record, supervises the work, and signs and files under its own name. I draft to the forum’s local rules and the judge’s individual practices.
Can you take an emergency TRO or a short-notice response?
How do you handle summary judgment when the record cites are contested?
What do you need from us to start?
What if my motion isn’t listed here?
Have a motion due in the next 30 days?
Tell me the matter, the court, and the deadline. You’ll have a written scope and a binding flat fee within one business day.