Our attorneys are fierce competitors when the courtroom cannot be avoided, but we will continually protect your welfare, safety and financial future by negotiating and drafting settlements to promote your interests, shield you from future litigation, and uphold the best interests of your children. You will fall in love with our support team because they have walked a mile in your shoes and they care about you and your family.  They are helpful.

For most people, working with an attorney is unknown territory. Lawyers screw things up, right? Family law is especially challenging because so many emotions are present – and rightfully so.  At R+E, we don’t ignore your emotions or take lightly the privilege and responsibility of guiding you through the most difficult time of your life. Whether that means helping you protect the best interests of your children or your financial future, the R+E team hustles to put you in the greatest possible legal position to achieve your goals. Sometimes this means a courtroom fight, for which we are always ready, but more often than not you need a reasoned approach to achieving resolution with a 360° analysis of your situation.  We help weigh the costs, both actual and those associated with lost opportunity, and the intangible burdens on you and your children associated with a prolonged family dispute. We know some lawyers are difficult to contact, so we are as accessible to our clients as humanly possible.

All we do is family law all day long every day. We do not close loans, we do not file bankruptcies, we do not chase ambulances, we do not bill insurance companies. It is all we have ever done and all we will ever do. Well-intentioned “general practitioners” have more to know than they could possibly master. We are specialists.  We work in the gray areas of Mississippi family law. We look as hard for what is not there as we do for what is there. Would you have a foot doctor perform a heart transplant?

Family law is open heart surgery.

We eat, drink and sleep family law. We only speak at family law gatherings, all of our continuing education and training is in family law, all of our bar activities are focused on family law – we are lasers, not shotguns.

At the very first meeting, we put your goals and a plan of action in writing – every time. This is something many well-intentioned lawyers miss. How can your attorney help you if they do not know what you are trying to achieve? They can’t.

If you can’t yet articulate your goals, we will explain your legal options and guide you through the process of identifying your destination – creating a roadmap to get there. We like to draw big, easy to understand pictures. Sometimes our advice is that you should not do anything. If our advice puts us out of work, that’s a good thing, right? Unfortunately, we don’t have to go around trying to create disputes in families to stay employed. We don’t unnecessarily add fuel to the fire. We are creative problem solvers who value traditional and blended families.

At R+E, one size does not fit all when it comes to pricing legal services. An attorney who tells you a price without fully knowing your legal situation is selling himself, and more importantly you, short. We charge a fixed fee for our initial consultation which lasts about as long as it takes to find out everything we need to know to completely evaluate what should happen in your case as well as what it will cost. We prefer to do this in person, but we can also have our initial consultation via telephone or webcam. We start with arming you with information while gathering all the necessary facts to quote you a fair and reasonable price. Our fee arrangement is always clearly spelled out and we will go over it with you line by line if you like.

We think you should know what our services are going to cost before we do anything, but we also recognize factors we cannot control will drive our cost. The calendar, your adversary and the judge are just a few things we cannot control which impacts the ultimate price of your case.

We are selective. We turn away as many cases as we take. We do not overextend our resources; we keep our caseloads manageable so that when it’s time to go — IT IS GO TIME.

You can only work in the reshaping of families based on negative circumstances so long before it gets to you. We carry your burdens. We cry with you. We hurt with you. We leave a little bit of ourselves in the courtroom every time we go. It is not only the right thing to do, it is imperative for our own health for us to give something back. Our attorneys and support team are involved in our communities and churches. We believe in volunteerism.

Working statewide gives us broader perspective. We are not part of the “good ole boy” system, but we are proud of our Magnolia State heritage and look forward to opportunities to travel around our great state. You probably will not run into us at the grocery store or the ballgame on Friday night. Our kids don’t ride the bus with your kids. We cherish that Mississippi is made up of so many small towns, but we also know your personal life is nobody’s business but yours. We challenge conventional wisdom, but respect local practices and treat our fellow professionals with dignity – no matter where we are. Our commitment to technology makes taking our show on the road easy, and while we may not live around the corner, you will feel like we do because you will always stay informed of the progress of your case – and you will hear it from us, not from your neighbor.

Getting divorced is a big deal. The lawyers you employ will shape your experience. If you want to work with a “Yes Man” who will tell you what you want to hear, R+E is not for you. If you want honest, thoughtful, reasoned counsel from a proven source of excellence in the law, with a flavor for practicality, call our office or submit an intake form and see if R+E is right for you.  Here is a link about what to expect in our initial consultation with directions to our office.