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Garrick & Hale LLP Chicago /// 2026

Built forthe fight

[ Founded 2011 /// Chicago ///
six partners, one posture ]

The story[ 2011 to now ]

We left thesettlementfactory

Garrick & Hale was founded by two trial lawyers who kept watching strong cases get settled weak, priced by firms that had not tried a case in years and were not planning to start.

The thesis was simple and it has not changed: a firm that genuinely prepares for verdict negotiates from a different altitude. So the firm stays small, takes fewer matters than it is offered, and staffs every one of them with the partner who will stand up in court.

Fifteen years in, that discipline is the brand. Counterparties who have seen us across the table plan for the possibility that we mean it. Most of the time, that is the settlement lever.

Our standards[ Non-negotiable ]

How we behaveunder fire

Trial posture from day one

Every matter is staffed, papered, and budgeted as if a jury will hear it. Settlements improve when the other side believes you.[ 01 ]

Pressure is a strategy

Motions, discovery sequence, and timing are chosen to create decision points for the counterparty, not paperwork for the file.[ 02 ]

One partner owns the file

You get a named partner who tries the case, not a relationship layer above the people doing the work.[ 03 ]

Numbers before adjectives

Exposure models, budget ranges, and probability calls in writing at every stage. Adjectives are free; we deal in figures.[ 04 ]

The partners[ No stock faces. Monograms only. ]

MGPartner Mara Garrick Managing Partner Trial strategy, fiduciary and governance disputes. Fictional Illinois admission.

THPartner Thomas Hale Senior Trial Partner First-chair jury and bench trials, fraud and contract wars. Fictional Illinois admission.

PAPartner Priya Anand Chair, Arbitration & Disputes Institutional and cross-border arbitration, award enforcement. Fictional Illinois and New York admissions.

DVPartner Dominic Vasquez Trial Partner Trade secrets, emergency injunctive practice, expedited discovery. Fictional Illinois admission.

ROPartner Ruth Okafor Partner, Investigations Internal investigations and the disputes they detonate. Fictional Illinois admission.

STPartner Samuel Trent Of Counsel Appellate framing, dispositive motion architecture. Fictional Illinois admission.

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The desk[ Editorial ]

Calm is acompetitiveadvantage

Litigation is loud. The firm that keeps its footing, its budget, and its theory while the other side improvises tends to write the ending.

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Case evaluation[ Confidential /// simulated demo ]

Bring usthe disputeearly

The best litigation outcomes are engineered before the complaint is filed. A partner reviews every evaluation request within two business days.

Request a case evaluation

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