Beyond tactical victory, deep client understanding delivers confidence and peace of mind.
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In the above video: Phillips Murrah Directors Dawn Rahme, Clay Ketter, Mark Hornbeek, Tom Wolfe, Michele Spillman, Kayla Kuri, and Nikki Edwards discuss what it means to be a strategic partner to their legal clients.
Providing world-class legal services goes beyond attorneys operating as legal vendors reacting strictly to immediate issues. To become a true strategic partner with our clients, attorneys at Phillips Murrah often act as an integral part of the client’s team to help navigate their long-term business landscapes. This client-centric philosophy is captured by the Firm’s defining tagline: “The Power of a Strategic Partner.”
A true strategic partnership requires a fundamental shift in what constitutes a professional relationship.
“It’s about providing a different perspective, anticipating issues, and helping clients make more thoughtful business decisions,” said Dawn M. Rahme, Phillips Murrah’s President and Managing Partner.
Achieving this level of collaboration requires developing a deep understanding of the client’s industry, business model, and even philosophical motivations. This knowledge can be applied through advice and counsel to help achieve goals more broadly.
“It’s helping guide clients strategically through the process and figuring out ways we can resolve the matter that may not just be, ‘Let’s show up to the courthouse and argue about it,’” said Director Clay D. Ketter, whose practice focus is on commercial litigation and financial restructuring.
“And you can’t force it,” said veteran litigator Thomas G. Wolfe, Phillips Murrah Director and Past-President. “You can’t say, ‘I need you to tell me all about your business,’ if this is the first or second time you’ve worked with the client. But over time, clients appreciate attorneys interested in how we can make their work environment – their work life – better.”
Ultimately, this collaborative, full-service approach turns routine legal work into lasting alliances. Director Kayla M. Kuri, who represents clients in a wide range of commercial and business matters, explained that “the best compliment I can receive from a client is that I’m a part of their team. That’s how they see it, and that’s how I see myself, too.”
When that baseline of trust is established, a genuine strategic partnership yields a higher level of confidence and focus for business leaders. Whether they are involved in a make-or-break legal dispute or achieving and maintaining a competitive edge in the marketplace, having a deep professional relationship is as practical as it is empowering.
“We give them peace of mind,” said Michele C. Spillman, a Director in Phillips Murrah’s Dallas office whose practice is focused on employment law. “They don’t have to think about everything. They can run their business, and they can know that they have a highly competent legal team who has their back.”
Backed by broad expertise in both Oklahoma City and Dallas, Phillips Murrah is equipped to guide clients through every stage of their business life cycle in virtually every area of practice. As a result, true strategic partnerships strengthen over time.
“That has been a huge benefit to my clients,” said Director Nicholle Jones Edwards, who leads the Firm’s family law practice, “because they feel comfortable coming to their strategic partner, Phillips Murrah, that started with a one-off litigation matter, that can be a multi-generational relationship with a law firm, because it’s all based in trust.”
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