The $10,000 an Hour Unbilled Client Meeting
For 50 years, the entire firm tests our cases - including yours
The $10,000 an Hour Unbilled Client Meeting
For 50 years, the entire firm tests our cases - including yours
When you hire one Minyard Morris attorney, the whole firm works for you.
Clients sometimes wonder whether to hire a solo divorce attorney or a lawyer at a large firm.
At Minyard Morris, our specialized model provides the benefits of both at no additional cost to you. In fact, leveraging the background and experience of our lawyers often reduces billable time and fees. When one of our skilled lead attorneys takes your case, they actively collaborate with our entire firm in weekly client strategy and analysis meetings.
These unique gatherings guarantee that every client benefits from the wisdom of our senior leadership — minds that have set the gold standard for family law in Orange County over decades.
The cumulative hourly value of the attorneys participating in these weekly meetings exceeds $10,000 per session, yet clients are never billed for this time.
Our internal peer review process, honed over almost five decades, delivers strategic clarity that drives your case to a definitive resolution without unnecessary expense or conflict.
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Scott Savage and Minyard Morris are the team that you want on your side when navigating a less than amicable divorce. I started with Samantha Sheehan who did a fantastic job but unfortunately moved out of state a few months before my trial. Needless to say, I was a bit stressed. Scott had a call […]
I retained Mark Minyard to represent me in my divorce. If there were 10 stars vs. 5 stars , I would give him a 10 star rating. He totally knocked it out of the park and owned the courtroom. He was a brilliant strategist that I soon learned was incredibly important in the divorce process. […]
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does Minyard Morris hold weekly unbilled client meetings?
We believe each case should have the firm’s full strength and expertise behind it. At our mandatory meetings, every attorney’s strategy is reviewed and “stress-tested” to ensure clients receive the best possible protection.
How does the $10,000 an Hour Unbilled Client Meeting improve the results of my divorce or family law case?
Periodically, these meetings include mock-trial exercises that test our clients’ case strategies. Attorneys present arguments similar to closing statements for each party, and all 19 attorneys vote by secret ballot on the outcome and discuss their conclusions.
This process reveals case strengths and weaknesses, providing the client’s attorney with insights to explain litigation risks and perspectives from experienced family law practitioners. They also provide our clients with a cross-section of the perspectives of many professionals.
These weekly conferences also address the full spectrum of issues affecting clients’ cases, including:
- Newly enacted statutes and published appellate decisions
- Strategic analysis of active matters
- Negotiation strategies
- Judicial tendencies and past rulings
- Prior firm experience in comparable cases
- Conduct and tactics of opposing counsel
- Litigation risk analysis
- Cost-effective alternatives to trial
- Realistic and creative settlement options
How is it possible to provide $10,000 per hour of collective wisdom without increasing client billing?
We view these sessions as an institutional investment in the integrity of your resolution. Our goal is a streamlined, cost-effective process, and this quality control functions as the engine that ensures your case moves toward finality without unnecessary expense and a sense of urgency.
Does this collaborative approach impact the personal attention my case receives?
On the contrary, our collaborative approach empowers your lead attorney with the structural support and creativity of an entire team of experts.
While your lawyer is always the primary architect of your case plan and your direct point of contact, Minyard Morris attorneys never work in isolation. Our client meetings ensure that their work is reviewed and discussed by a group of skilled Orange County attorneys with more than 350 years of collective legal experience. Before you reach the courtroom or mediator, your strategy has been peer-reviewed and refined by insights from countless courtroom experiences.
What happens if the group’s “secret ballot” identifies a vulnerability in my case strategy?
It is far better to identify a strategic risk in our conference room on a Monday night than to have it exposed by a judge a few days or weeks later. When our peers identify a weakness, we pivot immediately to a more defensible position. This rigorous internal scrutiny ensures you never walk into an Orange County courtroom with a strategy that hasn’t been thoroughly tested, examined and analyzed.
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