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Civil litigation in Stamford, Connecticut

Three lawyers. Every page of your case.

Strandberg Valcourt is a litigation firm for people and businesses in a lawsuit, whether you are the one suing or the one sued. Business, property and insurance disputes, taken from the first letter through trial.

  • Ingeborg Strandberg with short white hair, in a pale yellow blazer over a black top, against a plain light wall
  • Emerson Valcourt with short gray hair, in a navy blazer and red polka-dot tie, holding his lapels against a light backdrop
  • Barnaby Ormsby, smiling, with a short beard, in a navy suit and red tie against a light backdrop

The lawyers

Whoever calls you back has read the file

You will deal with a lawyer from the first conversation. Each of the three of us reads the pleadings, knows where your case stands and can explain it without a glossary.

  • Ingeborg Strandberg with short white hair, in a pale yellow blazer over a black top, against a plain light wall

    Ingeborg Strandberg

    Founding partner, trial lawyer

    Tries the firm's contested cases and is the lawyer responsible for this site.

  • Emerson Valcourt with short gray hair, in a navy blazer and red polka-dot tie, holding his lapels against a light backdrop

    Emerson Valcourt

    Partner, business disputes

    Handles contract fights, owner disagreements and defending companies that have been sued.

  • Barnaby Ormsby, smiling, with a short beard, in a navy suit and red tie against a light backdrop

    Barnaby Ormsby

    Associate, property and insurance

    Takes property disputes and insurance coverage cases, and runs the discovery on most files.

What we take

The lawsuits we take, and the ones we hand on

We act for plaintiffs and defendants in four kinds of civil dispute. If yours is something else, we say so on the first call and point you to a firm that does it.

  • Business disputes

    Unpaid invoices, broken supply agreements, a former employee or partner who took more than they should have.

    Business disputes
  • Real estate disputes

    Boundaries and easements, commercial leases, purchase contracts that fell apart, co-owners who disagree.

    Real estate disputes
  • Insurance coverage

    A property, business-interruption or liability claim that was denied, delayed or paid for less than the loss.

    Coverage disputes
  • Trials

    Cases that cannot settle, and cases that settle better because the other side knows we are ready to try them.

    Trials

The firm

A firm you can count on one hand

  • 3

    Lawyers, each named on your file
  • 4

    Kinds of dispute we take
  • 2

    Sides we act for: suing and sued
  • 30

    Days at most between written updates

Figures describe how the firm works. They are not results.

Sample comments

What clients wrote after their cases

“They asked for my invoices and the emails before they asked for a retainer, and the first call told me what the claim was actually worth.”

Hortense L.Business owner, supply dispute

“I never had to explain the case twice. Every lawyer I spoke to had the file in front of them.”

Tate B.Property owner, boundary dispute

“Our insurer had stopped answering. A letter from the firm got a reply in a week, and the written updates after that were plain.”

Rufus R.Restaurant owner, coverage dispute

Each client's case is different. These sample comments are one client's experience and do not predict the result of any other matter.

First conversation

Show us the papers

Tell us what the dispute is about and send what you have received or signed. A lawyer, not an intake desk, reads it and writes back.

Confidential details can wait for the first call.