For more than 50 years, McDowall Cotter's chief objective has been to deliver exemplary legal services that are personalized, effective and efficient. Legal matters can be confusing and intimidating; we make it our business to provide clients with the assistance they need to understand the law and the services they need to make it work for them. At McDowall Cotter, we make such conversations part of our standard operating procedure. McDowall Cotter has served clients in the greater San Francisco Bay Area for more than half a century. In that time, we have established a reputation, in the courts and in the community, for ingenuity, integrity and a common-sense approach to the practice of law. Our expertise ranges widely, from business counsel to estate planning to dispute resolution and litigation. All of our services are rooted in a thorough understanding of the law, extensive experience with trials and appeals, and a longstanding commitment to protecting not only our clients' interests but also their peace of mind. It has been said that in some ways we are an old-fashioned law firm. We believe in civility, value long-term relationships, cultivate a healthy work environment, and provide the highest quality legal representation in matters large and small. And we agree — we are old-fashioned, but then again we've been old-fashioned for more than fifty years and still somehow we remain ahead of our time.