The parties · Kate Moreau
Kate Moreau
Kate acts for people whose jobs ended badly and for neighbours who cannot agree. She reads severance packages the way other people read menus.
Associate · Called 2019
1. What Kate actually does
Kate acts for people whose jobs ended badly. A severance package arrives, the employer wants it signed by Friday, and Kate reads it the way other people read a menu: quickly, and knowing where the bad parts hide. You leave with a written opinion on what you are actually owed.
She also takes civil disputes, the neighbour-and-fence variety, the contract that soured, the claim that belongs in small claims court. She is direct about whether a fight is worth having, which sometimes means telling a client it is not.
She is the newest call at the firm and the fastest reader of fine print, and she would rather settle a thing on Tuesday than win it in a year.
2. The rate
$295
per hour, associate
Next opening Ask us for the diary
See Kate's diaryKate’s time is billed in six-minute increments and itemized on a monthly statement, so you can see exactly what was done, when, and for how long. Many matters Kate handles are quoted as a flat fee instead, agreed in writing before the work begins.
3. Clauses Kate keeps
Three commitments Kate makes to every client, written the way they would sit in an agreement, with the plain meaning in the margin.
A severance opinion states the range the client could expect and what sits at each end of it.
I tell you the low number, the high number, and what would push you either way.
The client is told, before any letter is sent, what the other side is likely to do in return.
Before we fire the first shot, I tell you what is likely to come back.
Where a dispute can be ended for less than it would cost to win it, the client hears that first.
If settling is cheaper than winning, you hear that from me before anything else.
Sealed with the KM mark, the engraving Kate presses into every agreement that leaves this desk.
4. Where Kate works
- 3.5EmploymentSeverance reviews, wrongful dismissal, and workplace agreements, for employees and employers both.
- 3.6Civil DisputesNeighbour disputes, contract claims, and small claims court, resolved as early and as cheaply as honesty allows.
Begin with a conversation
Fifteen minutes on the phone, no charge. Ask for Kate when you call (250) 555-0184.