New York · Est. 2011
Westbrook & Hayes is a twenty-two-lawyer litigation boutique. We take fewer matters, staff them with the partners you actually hired, and prepare every one of them to be tried — because that is what moves the number on the other side of the table.
WH / 01 · The premise
Most firms manage disputes. We try them — and the difference is visible in every settlement we sign.
Opposing counsel price a case by asking one question: will these lawyers really walk into the courtroom? Our answer is a matter of record — forty-one matters taken to verdict, award, or judgment, staffed at a one-to-one partner ratio, on both sides of the v.
WH / 02 · Practice
WH / 03 · The record
WH-2024-081 · 2024
For a fuel-cell developer against its former manufacturing partner: misappropriation of trade secrets relating to membrane fabrication. Three-week trial; verdict on all counts, exemplary damages, and a permanent injunction.
WH-2026-014 · 2026
Defended a specialty-chemicals company against fraud and breach-of-contract claims seeking $1.2 billion arising from a terminated supply agreement. The jury deliberated less than four hours before returning a verdict rejecting every claim.
WH-2026-033 · 2026
For holders of $800M in senior notes: prevailed in a contested valuation and confirmation fight against the equity sponsor. The group's plan was confirmed and the noteholders took control of the reorganized company.
Fictional results shown on a sample site. As on any real firm's site: past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future matter.
WH / 04 · The choice
Partner attention
Our 1:1 staffing means the partner you hire takes the depositions, argues the motions, and examines the witnesses. Structurally — not aspirationally.
Conflicts
No transactional client base to protect. We sue banks, sponsors, and market leaders — the adversaries that conflict full-service firms out of the room.
Fee models
Senior rates without the pyramid beneath them — and success fees, caps, and contingencies that put our capital at risk beside yours.
WH / 05 · The lawyers
WH / 06 · On the record
Westbrook & Hayes wins complete defense verdict in $1.2B fraud trial
Priya Raghavan named co-chair of Securities Litigation & Enforcement
WH / Consultation
Tell us the dispute, the exposure, and the deadline. A partner — not an intake coordinator — will tell you honestly whether we are the right firm for it, and what we would do first.
Or call (555) 014-7700 — conflicts checked within one business day.