How we became one of the region's most trusted law firms
Lawtide was founded in 1995 by Jonathan Hayes, a young trial attorney who had just secured a landmark $3 million verdict for a family devastated by medical malpractice.
Jonathan envisioned a different kind of law firm — one where clients weren't just case numbers, where phone calls were returned promptly, and where attorneys fought as fiercely for working families as they did for Fortune 500 companies. With that vision, Lawtide was born.
By 2005, we had grown to a team of eight attorneys and had recovered over $20 million for our clients. Our reputation attracted top legal talent, including Sarah Chen, who joined as our Family Law Department Chair, and Robert Martinez, who brought his big-firm litigation experience to serve our business clients.
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