New York 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 2800 attorneys in New York on over 4500 cases. We list some of these attorneys below, along with what they have said about our services.
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 all New York appellate departments and to the New York Court of Appeals. 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. Ssome work at our headquarters building just west of Charlottesville, Virginia; others work remotely. We list below our attorneys who most regularly work on New York cases. You can also view full biographies of our entire attorney staff. We specialize by area of law, and many 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.
New York Legal Research Attorney Spotlight
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
Senior Attorney Charlene Hicks
B.A., Brigham Young University, 1989. J.D., Marshall Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary, 1994, where she was a member of the Law Review and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. Member, Virginia Bar. Charlene joined NLRG in 1994. She focuses on commercial law matters. Read full bio
Senior Attorney Robert Westendorf
B.A., Rutgers University. J.D., Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University. Member, New Jersey bar. When not working, Robert enjoys taking walks, watching movies and sports (especially football and golf), and reading books from a variety of different genres, including fiction, sports, politics, and theology. Full bio here.
Research Attorney Heidi Waugh
B.A. Cum Laude, Smith College. J.D. Summa Cum Laude, Western New England University School of Law. After graduation, Heidi served as an Appellate Court Attorney at the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department. She then provided freelance research and writing services to civil litigation attorneys and represented children and indigent parents in care and protection proceedings as a private attorney on the Massachusetts Children and Family Law Trial Panel. Heidi continues to serve as a court investigator for the Massachusetts Juvenile Court. She is a member of the Massachusetts and New York bars. Full bio here.
Testimonials
"[T]he excellent research assistance provided to me by Anne Hemenway of your firm enabled me to write a strong and convincing Memorandum of Law in support of the motion to dismiss on behalf of my defendant client. . . . I came out a hero to my client."
—Robert Sommerfield, Scarsdale, NY
"I was very pleased with the quality of the work product, the responsiveness of the attorney and her professionalism."
—Rita Merino Hager, Niagara Falls, NY
"I could not be happier with the end product [petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc]. I again want to thank you for a job well done and your professionalism."
—Wayne P. Smith, Schenectady, NY
"Service was prompt, efficient, and exactly what I needed."
—Frederic S. Newman, New York, NY
"[NLRG] supplied an outstanding brief done well in advance of deadline!"
—Philip A. Thielman, Buffalo, NY
"Your service was not only exceptionally fast, but, more importantly, was exceptionally good. Thank you."
—David S. Desmond, Amityville, NY
