Quality
To us, high-quality legal services means impeccable work product, whether it be a trial brief, motion for summary judgment, credit agreement, commercial contract, or written legal guidance and analysis. Quality means understanding our clients’ business objectives and unique industry and regulatory challenges so that our advice is practical and well-informed. It means expert knowledge and staying on top of case law, statutory developments and industry trends in the fields we practice. Above all, quality is finding the most cost-effective solution to even the most complex challenges. To ensure the highest quality of our legal services, we provide intensive training to our associates—on our dime. Each time a litigation associate takes a deposition, a partner walks her through the transcript—what was done well or could be done better—without charge to the client. Every motion gets an extra read-through by another lawyer, without charge. Litigation associates are regularly coached on trial skills because knowing how to try a case well makes for superior lawyering in the day-to-day work that wins most cases. Our transactions associates are steeped in a firm culture that emphasizes precision in drafting, attention to detail, and the importance of understanding the purpose of every clause in a contract. With close partner supervision and guidance on each deal, our transactions associates quickly develop the skills to handle skillfully and efficiently our client’s finance and technology transactions and are valued members of the deal team.
Integrity
Sanchez & Amador is AV ® Peer-Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell—the highest rating for ethics and legal ability. Our reputation for integrity is our most valued asset. While important to us personally, it also serves our clients’ interests because judges, arbitrators and opposing counsel all know they can take us at our word. Perhaps this is why referrals are our primary source of new business.
Client Service
Most of our lawyers have in-house experience, so we understand that communication and reliability are just as important as results. We keep our clients up to date on what is happening and why, so you are never surprised and never have to inquire about the status of a matter or question a bill. When you ask our advice, you get a real answer, not a lot of caveats and hedging. We’ll never send you a memo unless you ask for one. We turn away work we are not equipped to do well so we can focus on delivering superior results in our core practice areas.
Client Service standards are critically important to every attorney and staff member at Sanchez & Amador. Each understands the importance of keeping clients timely apprised of developments in their matters. Every employee upon hiring has an individual meeting with one of the partners to discuss the Client Service Standards by which we govern ourselves.