Delaware Legal Research Services for Attorneys
The National Legal Research Group was founded in 1969 to provide quality research and writing services to law firms of all shapes and sizes. More than 50 years, 50,000 clients and 185,000 research projects later, we still have the same goal.
We have served over 100 attorneys in Delaware on over 260 cases.
NLRG offers a broad range of work products, both objective and advocacy. Our objective products can help you evaluate a case or give you sources to cite in a work product of your own. Our most common advocacy product is a motion brief or trial brief. Earlier in the case, we can draft complaints, answers, and motions, including discovery motions. We also draft signature-ready appellate briefs to the Third Circuit and the Delaware Supreme Court. Here is a broader discussion of the types of products we prepare.
Many of our clients are solo practitioners and small firms. We take great pride in allowing these clients access to the same legal research firepower enjoyed by larger firms, at an affordable price. We cannot work for non-attorneys.
We have over 25 research attorneys. Some work at our headquarters building just west of Charlottesville, Virginia; others work remotely. We list below our attorneys who most regularly work on Delaware cases. You can also view full biographies of our entire attorney staff. We specialize by area of law, and most of our attorneys have years of experience working in their areas. All of our research projects are done by human attorneys; we use AI only as one among many research tools.
Our normal turnaround time is 2-3 weeks, but we can sometimes do quick email or telephone reports in as little as 1-2 days, though at a higher billing rate. Here is a full list of our billing rates.
Delaware Legal Research Attorney Spotlight
Senior Attorney Lee Dunham
B.A., Washington & Lee University. J.D, University of Virginia School of Law. Member, Virginia Bar. Lee served as a clerk in Virginia Beach, then spent a number of years in private practice at firms in Charlottesville, Virginia and Denver, Colorado, before joining NLRG. She resides at the beach in Lewes, Delaware. Full bio here
Senior Attorney Jason Holder
B.A. (Philosophy), University of Virginia; J.D. University of Richmond School of Law. After law school Jason served as a magistrate in Virginia’s 15th Judicial District. As a magistrate, Jason would provide an independent review of complaints of criminal conduct brought by law enforcement and the general public. He would issue various types of processes including arrest warrants, bonds, and search warrants as well as conduct bail hearings for individuals arrested on warrants charging them with a criminal offense. Jason served as a magistrate primarily in the Stafford County and Fredericksburg City Magistrates’ Offices before joining NLRG in June 2016. In 2025, he became a member of NLRG's Management Committee. Read Full Bio
Co-President Suzanne L. Bailey
B.A., University of Virginia, 1980. J.D., University of Detroit School of Law, 1983. Member, Michigan, New York, & Virginia Bars. Prior to joining our firm, Suzanne served as a Law Clerk to The Honorable Stewart A. Newblatt, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, from 1983 to 1985. She left Michigan for New York, and from 1985 to 1990 she was an Assistant Corporation Counsel, promoted to a Deputy Chief Assistant Corporation Counsel, with the New York City Law Department, General Litigation Division, litigating in the state & federal trial courts of New York City. Read Full Bio
Testimonials
"I have worked with Lee Dunham on several Bankruptcy matters over the last few years. She is a delight to work with! Terrific writing, research, analysis and knowledge. Lee has been like having a working partner with an office next to me. Lee's last research project for me in August, on short notice, allowed me to settle an administrative claim on very favorable terms for my Client."
—Ron Miller, Columbia, MD
"Responsive, professional. I needed research urgently in a complex matter that was not straight-forward. When we spoke, [the] attorney had thoroughly read the materials I had sent over and had a complete grasp of the talking points. Work was done on budget & on time. I would not hesitate to use NLRG again."
—Kenneth Bartlett, Madison, CT
"[Suzanne] Bailey is a great writer, and she understood the employment law issues in the case. She was also easy to work with and delivered my brief on time, as promised. I had a positive experience with [Suzanne] and would use NLRG in the future."
—Janice Williams-Jones, Ellicott City, MD
"Exceptionally helpful brief because it helped me to prepare for the hearing and gave me some confidence. Quality work done on short notice."
—H. Charles Benner, Leola, PA
