Business · Litigation · Estates
Careful counsel for decisions that don't get a second draft.
Ashford Marsh advises businesses, founders, and families through the moments that matter most — from the first contract to a contested courtroom to what happens after you're gone.
27
Years advising founders, operators & families
1,200+
Matters closed across four practice groups
1
Point of contact from intake to resolution
Practice areas
Five ways clients put us on retainer.
- Corporate & Business LawFormation, governance, financing, and the fine print that protects what you've built.
- Litigation & Dispute ResolutionCommercial disputes handled with a trial-ready posture, whether or not a case sees a courtroom.
- Real EstateAcquisitions, leasing, and development counsel for owners, lenders, and developers.
- Estate Planning & ProbateWills, trusts, and succession plans built around your family, not a template.
- Employment LawPolicy, compliance, and workplace disputes for employers navigating a changing landscape.
Our approach
We work like the outcome is the only thing that matters. Because it is.
A lot of firms sell responsiveness and call it a strategy. We think the harder, more useful work happens before that: understanding what you're actually trying to protect, what you can afford to lose, and what a good outcome looks like to you specifically — not to a standard playbook.
That means fewer people touching your file, plain answers to direct questions, and a partner who can tell you honestly when a fight isn't worth having.
Meet the people you'd actually work with →How we work
One path, four stages, no surprises.
- 01
Consultation
We start by listening. Most cases are won or lost in a detail nobody thought to mention.
- 02
Strategy
A plan built around your actual goals and risk tolerance, not a standard playbook.
- 03
Action
We move when it's time to move, and keep you informed at every turn.
- 04
Resolution
We close the matter and stay reachable long after the file is closed.
People
A small team, on purpose.
Eleanor Ashford
Founding Partner — Corporate & Business Law
Twenty years advising founders from first contract to first sale.
Daniel Marsh
Founding Partner — Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Trial lawyer by training, negotiator by preference.
Priya Nandakumar
Partner — Real Estate
Closes deals other counsel walk away from.
Thomas Whitfield
Senior Counsel — Estate Planning & Probate
Plans built to survive family, not just paperwork.
“They didn't just win the case — they explained, at every step, why it mattered and what our options actually were.”
Founder & CEO, manufacturing company