District of Columbia
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 430 attorneys in the District of Columbia on over 900 research projects. 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 the D.C. Circuit and to the District of Columbia 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 a more affordable price. We cannot work for non-attorneys.
We have over 25 research attorneys. Each attorney works on cases in one or more areas of law; we do not assign attorneys to specific states. In other words, we find it better to have a group of attorneys covering criminal law cases from all 50 states, rather than to have a group of attorneys covering all cases from one specific state, regardless of area of law. Many of our attorneys have years of experience working in their areas.
While all of our attorneys are fully capable of working on District of Columbia cases within their areas of practice, we list below some of the attorneys who work most often on cases in the greater District of Columbia area. You can also view full biographies of our entire attorney staff. All of our research projects are assigned to human attorneys; we use AI only as one among many available 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.
District of Columbia Legal Research Attorney Spotlight
Senior Attorney Amy Gore
After working in private practice in North Carolina, Amy joined the NLRG staff in 1988. Amy specializes in insurance, attorney-client and ethics, and defamation and invasion of privacy matters. She has prepared many appellate briefs in the areas of causation on legal malpractice claims, defamation, and insurance coverage. She also has extensive work in civil procedure and evidence. During her time with NLRG Amy has also worked in the Special Projects Division authoring numerous state and federal jurisprudence articles, but now focuses her efforts exclusively in the Research Division. 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 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. Read Full Bio
Testimonials
"The research and writing was performed in a professional and timely manner."
—Joel W. Anders, Washington, DC
"The brief that [Brett Turner] prepared saved my client more than $100,000 so we are VERY pleased with the services and I feel that it was a great value."
—Claire Shamblin, Alexandria, VA
"I have reviewed the report I was provided and it is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for the effort and quality of your work."
—Ken Labowitz, Alexandria, VA
"Thank you for your magnificent work on the brief writing that was brilliant and persuasive in the Court of Special Appeals and the timely and elegant response to the Petition for Cert. Your support on this case was critical to bringing this litigation to a successful conclusion. Again, many thanks!"
—David L Moore, Odenton, MD
