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Our storyA firm built on trust, clarity and results
For over two decades, Hartwell & Grey has stood beside businesses and individuals across New York — listening first, advising honestly, and advocating relentlessly.
Counsel you can understand. Advocacy you can rely on.
We founded Hartwell & Grey on a simple conviction: great legal outcomes start with genuine communication. Every engagement begins with listening — to your goals, your risks, and your constraints — before a single document is drafted.
Today our attorneys advise startups and Fortune-track companies, families planning estates, and individuals facing the hardest disputes of their lives — always with the same responsive, plain-spoken approach.
- Direct access to a senior attorney on every matter — never handed off to a call center.
- Fixed-fee options and transparent billing, agreed in writing before work begins.
- Same-day responses as standard — because timing is often the whole case.
From first call to final outcome
Listen
A free consultation where we learn your situation, your goals, and what success looks like.
Assess
We review your documents and position honestly — including when you don't need a lawyer.
Act
A clear strategy and fee agreement, then decisive negotiation, drafting, or litigation.
Stand by you
We stay reachable through resolution and beyond, as your long-term counsel.
What every client can expect
- Honesty over billables. If a matter isn't worth pursuing, we'll tell you — and suggest what is.
- Plain language. No jargon walls. You will always understand your options and risks.
- Relentless preparation. Opponents settle when they see we're ready for trial.
Let's talk about your matter
Tell us what's going on. A senior attorney — not a salesperson — will respond within one business day.