Okemos, MichiganBusiness counsel

Litigation, contracts, and compliance work for Michigan companies.

We take matters that turn on the record: the depositions, the prior rulings, the agreement nobody has read since it was signed. Before we recommend anything, we read all of it and tell you where you stand.

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Practice areas

Matters handled statewide.

Services

What we handle.

Six areas. If your matter sits outside them, say so in a note and we will tell you plainly whether we are the right firm for it.

Litigation strategy

Predictive case analysis

Before you commit to litigation, you should know the likely range of outcomes and what getting there costs.

  • Outcome forecasting drawn from prior rulings in the venue, the assigned judge's record, and how opposing counsel has litigated similar claims.
  • Judicial tendencies on the motions that matter in your case, used to shape which arguments we lead with.
  • A written range on your exposure before the first filing, with the assumptions behind it stated.
Research

Legal research and discovery

Large document sets get read rather than sampled.

  • Plain-language search across the full production to surface precedent a keyword list would miss.
  • Every authority checked for negative treatment or reversal before it goes into a brief.
  • Cross-jurisdictional review to settle which framework governs when the answer is genuinely contested.
Contracts

Drafting and review

Most of the risk in an agreement sits in clauses no one negotiated.

  • Unfavorable terms and buried liabilities flagged during due diligence, with the language quoted back to you.
  • Document triage that isolates the material facts in the first week, not the third month.
  • Fewer review hours than the same work would take by hand, which shows up on the invoice.
Resolution

Settlement, arbitration, negotiation

A settlement number only means something next to what comparable matters actually settled for.

  • Settlement values compared across matters with similar facts, venue, and procedural posture.
  • Offers timed against the patterns visible in how the other side has moved in past cases.
  • A read on opposing counsel before the first conference, so their approach is not a surprise.
Compliance

Risk mitigation

Compliance work is mostly a matter of noticing things early.

  • Regulatory change in your industry monitored, with the gaps it opens written up as they appear.
  • Periodic review of internal records, board minutes, and governance documents.
  • Advice on complicated matters with fewer blind spots, because the underlying file has been read end to end.
Planning

Advanced legal planning

Planning work for owners and executives whose business and personal interests are not cleanly separable.

  • Estate planning: wills, trusts, and the documents that keep an estate out of probate litigation.
  • Asset protection structured while there is still no claim to defend against.
  • Business succession: buy-sell agreements, valuation terms, and a timeline the family can follow.
Approach

How the work gets done.

Software does the reading. It works through the record, the production, the prior rulings, and every citation, and it covers more of that material than a team of associates would, faster.

A lawyer makes every judgment call. What the theory of the case is. What to concede. What number to accept. What goes in the brief. Every filing is reviewed and signed by an attorney licensed in Michigan who has read it.

The tooling changes how much material we can cover and what it costs you to have it covered. It does not change who is accountable for the advice. When we are not confident in a position, we say so, including when the answer is that you should settle or that you do not need us.

Contact

Send a note.

Tell us what the matter is and when you need an answer. We reply within one business day. There is no intake questionnaire.

info@synthesislegalgroup.com

Synthesis Legal Group PLLC
222 West Grand River Ave, Suite A
Okemos, MI 48864

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