Cardelli, Lanfear & Buikema, P.C., continues to be successful because its attorneys are trial lawyers-excellent advocates and excellent counselors regarding the choices our clients and attorneys jointly make given the facts and controlling law.

About Our Firm

Our firm is perhaps best known for its trial attorneys, who have a proven record of success. But our clients can attest that a successful trial is not merely a product of excellent oral advocacy during the trial. Instead, our trial successes are very much a product of pre-trial legal analysis—often beginning before a dispute crystallizes into litigation and not ending until appellate review is exhausted:

We are proud to share that our clients frequently consult us before a dispute occurs. We advise clients regarding their handling of a potential dispute so that they can prevent the dispute or enter into litigation from a position of strength.

Our attorneys have a passion for the law that is unparalleled. Our clients’ problems immediately become “our” problems. Our clients continue to be amazed at how quickly we learn and absorb the subject matter of their dispute.

Once a matter is presented to our firm, we first analyze the unique legal issues presented. By maximizing our analysis of the controlling law during the initial stages of litigation, our clients are presented with a reliable analysis of the likely outcome. This analysis also serves as a guide during discovery and pretrial litigation to promote our clients’ desire for efficient and effective litigation as well as reasonable alternatives for discovery and resolution.

Importantly, we are willing to take our clients’ cases to trial. Our clients select us because they deserve a certain result. We take great pride in having the confidence to present our meritorious basis for obtaining that result to a jury and the competence to, much more often than not, obtain that successful result.

Before trial, our trial attorneys narrow the issues in dispute through comprehensive dispositive motions and appropriate motions in limine. During trial, our trial attorneys present a written brief in support of a directed verdict motion. Our motions are reviewed by our appellate team to confirm that our presentation at the trial court level will withstand appellate scrutiny.

Following a trial, our research and writing team works with our trial attorneys to ensure that our successful result is not disturbed. And, on the occasion where there is an adverse result to consider appealing, we first consult with our clients to make a sound decision regarding whether and what to appeal. We are proud to report that our appellate successes are as impressive as our record of success at the trial court level.



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