Family · Estate · Small business law — Riverton
Counsel that explains, then acts
Marsh & Calloway practises the law people actually need: wills and estates, family transitions, and the small businesses that hold the valley together. Plain language first, hourly or fixed where it can be fixed.
Wills & estates
Wills, powers of attorney, probate and the family conversations that should have been easier. Fixed fees, published.
Family law
Separation, divorce, parenting plans — negotiated firmly where possible, litigated only where it must be.
Small business
Incorporation, contracts, leases and the purchase or sale of the business you built. Your outside general counsel.
Fees, said out loud
Consultation, 30 min$0
Meet us, lay out the matter, learn the path
Will, single$550
With powers of attorney, properly witnessed
Will, mirrored pair$850
Both partners, one meeting
Incorporationfrom $1,200
Articles, minute book, first resolutions
Contract reviewfrom $380
Two business days turnaround
Hourly, where needed$265/hr
Litigation & negotiation, tracked in 6-min units
Every engagement begins with a written scope and a fee estimate. If the estimate moves, you hear why before we move it.
The process
How an engagement runs
Three lawyers, forty years combined, and a rule older than all of it: no surprises in a bill.
The half hour
Free, and actually free: we hear the matter, sketch the paths, and quote the next step. If the next step isn't a lawyer, we say so.
Scope in writing
What we'll do, what it will cost, what's outside the scope — one page, signed by both of us, before work begins.
The work
Executed with you informed at every decision point — calls returned same day, letters drafted for your approval, and the file organized as if a judge will read it (one day, it might).
Close & debrief
The matter wraps with a plain-language closing letter: what was done, what it cost against the estimate, and what to do next time to make it cheaper.
Dad's estate had a stepsister problem nobody saw coming. They explained the exposure in one meeting, fixed the will language, and the bill matched the estimate to the dollar. Rare and appreciated.
My business partner and I were walking into a lease that would have gutted us. One contract review, three redlines, eight years of avoided pain. Best $380 I ever spent.
Divorce with kids, mediated instead of fought. They never once poured fuel on it, even when the other side brought matches. The parenting plan held because it was built to.
The law is a tool. Explaining it clearly is the job we were actually hired for.
Do you offer free consultations?
Thirty minutes, genuinely free, one per matter. It is enough to tell you whether you need a lawyer, which lawyer, and roughly what it costs — sometimes the answer is "you don't", and we will happily be that answer.
Fixed fees or hourly?
Fixed for anything with a known shape: wills, incorporations, contract reviews, uncontested matters. Hourly for negotiation and litigation, where the other side controls half the clock. Every bill details the units; every estimate is revisited with you, not at you.
Can we do it remotely?
Yes — video, secure document portal, e-signature where the law allows. Wills still need wet signatures and two witnesses; we schedule the signing for the fifteen minutes it actually takes.
How long does probate take?
In this province, typically 9–14 months from filing, longer with a contested or cross-border estate. We map the timeline in the first meeting, handle the filings, and translate the court's silence into plain status updates.