Menkveld Law & Mediation
When it's not all fun and games.
Serious matters deserve personal attention.
When the stakes are high, experience matters. Trial attorney and mediator Marc Menkveld brings strategic thinking, disciplined preparation, and direct personal involvement to complex legal matters. No unnecessary bureaucracy. No layers of associates. Just experienced counsel focused on achieving the right outcome.
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Small by design. Exceptional by experience.
Marc founded MLM as a direct leap into a truly modern law firm, crafted around just a few practice areas. Our systems are lean, streamlined, technologically modern, and devoid of unnecessary redundancy. This structure provides a more efficient, cost-effective, and user-friendly client experience.
- Direct attorney involvement
- Personal attention
- Strategic efficiency
- Modern technology
- Reduced bureaucracy
- Experienced legal judgment
We don't try to be everything to everyone. We focus on what we do well.
All practice areas- 01MediationA different approach. A warmer atmosphere.
- 02Environmental ServicesMLM's environmental practice focuses on obtaining funding for remediation, cost recovery/contribution litigation, contaminated property transactions, and defense of administrative (IDEM and EPA) actions.
- 03Business LitigationBusinesses of all types and sizes need help staying on course when disputes arise.
Mediation
A different approach. A warmer atmosphere.
Marc is a registered mediator who helps clients and adversaries resolve disputes without the expense and delay of engaging in punishing legal conflicts. Because the vast majority of cases settle before trial, Marc is committed to the idea that the mediation process deserves to be treated with the energy and vigor often reserved for litigation.
The MLM mediation method
When you hire Menkveld, you get Menkveld.
The experience you need. The attorney you actually hired.
At Menkveld Law & Mediation, sophisticated legal representation comes with something increasingly uncommon: direct access to the attorney responsible for your matter.
Marc Menkveld combines extensive litigation and mediation experience with the strategic discipline developed during his service as a U.S. Army Ranger.
The result is a focused, highly personal approach to complex legal challenges—without the unnecessary layers and overhead of a traditional large firm.
- Background
- Former equity partner, large regional law firm
- Recognition
- Super Lawyers®, Best Lawyers in America®
Ranger discipline
Prepared for complexity. Composed under pressure.
Prior to practicing law, Marc served as an Army Ranger in the U.S. Army Special Operations Command. That experience informs how he approaches every matter.
- Discipline and preparation
- Strategic thinking
- Leadership under pressure
- Composure in difficult situations
- Accountability and personal responsibility
Approach
“In mediation, people decide the outcome that is best for them. That’s control.”
There’s a place for mediation and litigation (and a combination of both). Often, though, you get to choose your path. Which do you prefer?
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