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Firm Values
Advocacy
The Law Offices of Edward Schenkel, LLC zealously represents its clients' interests and strives to achieve the best possible results, whether the firm is handling a litigation matter, real estate transaction, or finding a solution to a unique legal problem. What sets us apart is that we are not only zealous advocates, but creative advocates who think outside of the box and see pathways to favorable outcomes and resolutions that most lawyers do not see.
Integrity, Trust and Ethics
The Law Offices of Edward Schenkel, LLC values honesty and integrity and practices law within the boundaries of the ethical rules and the firm’s moral principles. Establishing, maintaining and protecting client trust is also an essential value of the firm, and is paramount to long-lasting client relationships and helping clients achieve their goals. The firm also always provides honest and ethical legal advice that is in the best interest of its clients, even if that means advising clients not to file a lawsuit or to terminate a real estate deal.
Professionalism
The Law Offices of Edward Schenkel, LLC maintains the highest level of professionalism with its clients, opposing counsels, and courts. A high degree of professionalism is imperative to earn and maintain the respect of the courts and the legal community, which in turn helps the firm achieve the desired outcome for its clients.
Competency and Diligence
Competency and diligence are core values at the center of every client matter. The Law Offices of Edward Schenkel, LLC possesses the skill set required to consistently achieve outstanding results for its clients, including strong communication, advocacy, and negotiation skills, legal strategy, creative problem-solving, adaptability, along with superior legal research and analytical abilities. Ed has over fifteen years of experience of working as an associate and partner at well-respected firms, working on hundreds of cases and closing hundreds of real estate and commercial transactions.
Client-First And Solution-Oriented
Representation
The Law Offices of Edward Schenkel, LLC serves as a client-first law firm that is solution-oriented. What this means is that the firm always acts in the best interest of its clients and does whatever is necessary to advance its clients’ interests and achieve their goals within the boundaries of ethics, the law, and the firm’s moral principles. Moreover, every effort taken by the firm on behalf of a client is to achieve a desired outcome, and the firm will never take any action that does not serve this purpose
Compassion and Empathy
The firm addresses its clients’ needs and concerns with empathy and compassion. The firm is experienced in handling highly sensitive cases, transactions, and dealings that involve personal components. The firm handles all client matters with the upmost degree of care, compassion, and empathy, while being a strong advocate.
Justice
The Law Offices of Edward Schenkel, LLC has a commitment to fairness and justice and ensuring that the legal process is equitable. The firm protects its clients and advocates for fair and just results. The firm will keep working until we believe that the legal process has provided a fair and equitable result.
Cost Effective Legal Solutions
The Law Offices of Edward Schenkel, LLC offers lower fees and rates than most firms while offering superior legal services. Clients of the firm get the benefit of low cost and the highest quality of representation. The firm, by design, keeps its overhead very low to pass on the savings to its clients and therefore can offer cost-effective legal solutions to clients that other firms cannot offer.
Legal services are not as accessible to many small companies and individuals due to the high cost of legal services. The Law Offices of Edward Schenkel, LLC seeks to change this and helps make legal services more accessible to these clients due its lower rates. The firm also understands that the cost is a critical factor in any representation and keeps this in mind with all client relationships.
Philanthropy, Pro Bono and a Commitment to Human Rights
Philanthropy and pro bono (volunteer) work are also important values of the firm. Ed has a strong commitment to human rights on a global scale and is committed to causes such as access to education, reducing inequalities, reducing world poverty, helping people with disabilities, and supporting social entrepreneurialism.
To this end, Ed has volunteered both as a lawyer and non-lawyer at various organizations which advance such causes. Ed has volunteered and taught English at an orphanage in South America, helped represent military veterans in need of a pro bono lawyer, and also has represented churches and other non-profits in various legal matters. Ed also completed a summer internship with the ACLU while in law school representing prisoners who required pro bono lawyers. Ed has served as a volunteer lawyer at an organization whose mission is to bankrupt terrorists around the globe. Ed has also volunteered at the Habitat for Humanity which serves to help low-income families achieve the dream of home ownership. Ed keeps these values in mind every day while practicing law.
