A small firm for the legal side of ordinary life
Hartwell Rowe Law (sample) has advised people and families in Springfield since 2011 (sample).
Two lawyers, one shared office, and a rule about letters
Claire Hartwell and Samuel Rowe opened the firm above a print shop on Elm Street, with one rule: every client gets a letter before any work starts, saying what will be done, by whom, and for what fee (sample).
Today five people handle around 400 matters a year (sample), most of them wills, separations, severance offers and leases.
How we work
The time and the fee in writing
Before any work starts, you sign an engagement letter with the work, the lawyer, the typical time and the fee.
Plain English
Letters and advice you can read without a dictionary. If we use a legal term, we explain it.
Your time record on request
Ask at any point and we send the entries on your matter, in six-minute units.
We say when you do not need us
If a form, a letter or a mediator would serve you better, we tell you in the consultation.
The people at the firm
Two partners, two associates and a paralegal. Your matter has one named lawyer, and you can reach them directly.
Claire Hartwell
Partner, family law (sample)
Samuel Rowe
Partner, employment (sample)
Nadia Okafor
Associate, wills and estates (sample)
Luis Ferreira
Associate, property and leases (sample)
Jenna Marsh
Paralegal, court filings and documents (sample)
Opening hours
220 Elm Street, Springfield (sample)
Second floor, lift from the courtyard entrance
Monday to Friday
8:30–17:30
Tuesday evenings, by appointment
until 19:30
Saturday
Closed
Opening hours (sample). Two minutes’ walk from the county courthouse; visitor parking on Mill Lane.
Start with a consultation
Thirty minutes with a lawyer, at the office or by video, at no charge.