Pfeiffer Thigpen
FitzGibbon & Ziontz LLP

Firm Philosophy

The Firm’s philosophy is based upon the belief that the legal process should be used to improve the lives and businesses of the Firm's clients. The legal process is not an end in itself; rather, it is a tool to be used as one part of an overall strategy directed towards accomplishing the personal and business objectives of the Firm's clients. For those matters in which resort to the legal process is the best approach, the members of the Firm believe that aggressive and strategic preparation coupled with prompt and decisive execution ensures that the objectives of the Firm's clients will be timely and cost-effectively accomplished.

Strategic preparation directs the use of resources to fight only those battles deemed significant or necessary to the long-term interests of the Firm's clients, and minimizes expenditures on tangential matters. For litigation matters, conducting a thorough analysis of the legal and factual issues at the outset of a case assures that a course of action is formulated based upon supportable legal theories and attainable goals and permits the client to make informed strategic decisions as early in the process as possible. Similarly, conducting prompt and detailed discovery at the outset of a case enhances proper trial preparation and often results in a tactical advantage. This aggressive and insightful approach to litigation enables lawyers at the Firm to develop persuasive case themes supported by the most compelling facts, which gives the judge or jury the tools necessary to understand the issues upon which trials turn. As lawyers who prepare and try cases, using such an approach enhances the client's strategic options at every phase of litigation.

With litigation experience totaling more than seventy arbitrations and trials and transactional experience over two decades, the lawyers at Pfeiffer Thigpen FitzGibbon & Ziontz have the knowledge and experience to implement decisive strategies and maximize the client's likelihood of success in litigation and in its business.