{"id":749,"date":"2022-06-29T16:26:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T20:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dunhamlegalgroup.com\/?page_id=749"},"modified":"2024-01-22T10:21:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T15:21:26","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dunhamlegalgroup.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-lg-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:800\">The road to the courtroom is never straight. <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-red-base-color\">Let us guide you through it.<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My name is Mike Dunham and I&#8217;ve been a lawyer for a long time. I became a lawyer because I like helping people. I started Dunham Legal because I like helping people. Every business should have a web page to help itself, but I want this web page to help everybody else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>If you want to learn about who we are, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/dunhamlegalgroup.com\/team\/\">meet us here<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you want to learn why we do what we do, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/dunhamlegalgroup.com\/philosophy\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"81\">read more about our philosophy<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you want to learn more about our pricing, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/dunhamlegalgroup.com\/pricing\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"866\">read about that here<\/a>, including <a href=\"https:\/\/dunhamlegalgroup.com\/pricing\/#flatfees\" data-type=\"page\">certain cases we take on a flat-fee basis<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you need directions or to reach out to us, <a href=\"https:\/\/dunhamlegalgroup.com\/contact\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"122\">check out our contact page<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you&#8217;re here because you want to learn how YOU can help people, <a href=\"https:\/\/dunhamlegalgroup.com\/dlgcares\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"740\">please visit our &#8220;DLG Cares&#8221; page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The rest of this page is all about resources that can hopefully help you. Obviously, if you&#8217;re not a client, nothing I have to say should be taken as legal advice; and if you are a client, your legal advice should come from me directly, not my web site. Still, I hope this information can help you in some way, and if you have questions, <a href=\"https:\/\/dunhamlegalgroup.com\/contact\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"122\">please drop us a line any time<\/a>. 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