Carlisle Law Firm opens Watertown office

WATERTOWN — The Carlisle Law Firm, P.C. has opened a 900-square-foot office at 215 Washington St. in Watertown to give it a home base for the cases it handles in the area.

Carlisle is headquartered at 602 State St. in Ogdensburg in St. Lawrence County.

The firm chose its Watertown office because of its location, says Lloyd Grandy, II, a partner in the firm who joined it in January 2014. 

“It’s only two blocks down the street from where the workers’-compensation hearings are [held],” he says. Those hearings are held at the Dulles State Office Building in downtown Watertown. 

The Carlisle Law Firm has a “heavy” focus on workers’-compensation cases, and Watertown and Saranac Lake are the two sites closest to St. Lawrence County for hearings in those cases, says Grandy. Carlisle attorneys have to travel to Watertown for those hearings.

“We felt that [factor], combined with our desire to get into that market a little more heavily and have a storefront presence … [Those factors] really spurred us on,” he says. The firm had been looking for office space in Watertown “for some time.”

Grandy also notes that Daniel Dickinson, III, an attorney who handled workers’-compensation cases, recently retired, so the Carlisle Law Firm sees its new Watertown office as filling a “need in the market” for an attorney to handle that type of work.

Besides workers’ compensation, the firm also focuses on practice areas that include social security disability, personal injury, real estate, estate law, and criminal law.

Carlisle Law Firm contacted the building’s owner, Washington Street Properties, LLC, as it sought office space in Watertown and liked the office’s proximity to the Dulles State Office Building. “Just worked out very well for us,” he says.

Carlisle Law Firm held a soft opening at the beginning of August. The firm has hired one support-staff employee for the Watertown office to oversee its operations. 

“As attorneys, we rotate through [in handling work in Watertown],” says Grandy.

The support staffer in Watertown has been trained in all areas that the firm practices, he adds.

Grandy anticipates that the Carlisle Law Firm will hire a new lawyer for the Watertown office, but not for “at least a year-and-a-half or so.”

“I’m happy to report that we are certainly busy enough that it would not hurt to have an extra set of hands or two around,” quips Grandy.

He declined to disclose any revenue information, but did indicate that as of Sept. 25, the firm is running more than 20 percent ahead of the revenue figure it generated during the same period in 2016.

Besides Grandy, the firm’s partners include Preston Carlisle, William Carlisle, and Edward Betz. The firm has 12 employees altogether, including the four partner attorneys, says Grandy.

Preston Carlisle founded the firm in 1961 in Ogdensburg’s Preston King Building. The structure was built in 1800 and named after the U.S. Senator Preston King, who lived there during his senate term. Preston King is a relative of Preston Carlisle, according to the firm’s website. 

Carlisle in 1967 became the first assistant district attorney of St. Lawrence County, while continuing to practice law at his own firm. Later, in 1975, Carlisle left his work with the district attorney’s office to concentrate on building his own practice, the website says.         

WATERTOWN — The Carlisle Law Firm, P.C. has opened a 900-square-foot office at 215 Washington St. in Watertown to give it a home base for the cases it handles in the area.

Carlisle is headquartered at 602 State St. in Ogdensburg in St. Lawrence County.

The firm chose its Watertown office because of its location, says Lloyd Grandy, II, a partner in the firm who joined it in January 2014. 

“It’s only two blocks down the street from where the workers’-compensation hearings are [held],” he says. Those hearings are held at the Dulles State Office Building in downtown Watertown. 

The Carlisle Law Firm has a “heavy” focus on workers’-compensation cases, and Watertown and Saranac Lake are the two sites closest to St. Lawrence County for hearings in those cases, says Grandy. Carlisle attorneys have to travel to Watertown for those hearings.

“We felt that [factor], combined with our desire to get into that market a little more heavily and have a storefront presence … [Those factors] really spurred us on,” he says. The firm had been looking for office space in Watertown “for some time.”

Grandy also notes that Daniel Dickinson, III, an attorney who handled workers’-compensation cases, recently retired, so the Carlisle Law Firm sees its new Watertown office as filling a “need in the market” for an attorney to handle that type of work.

Besides workers’ compensation, the firm also focuses on practice areas that include social security disability, personal injury, real estate, estate law, and criminal law.

Carlisle Law Firm contacted the building’s owner, Washington Street Properties, LLC, as it sought office space in Watertown and liked the office’s proximity to the Dulles State Office Building. “Just worked out very well for us,” he says.

Carlisle Law Firm held a soft opening at the beginning of August. The firm has hired one support-staff employee for the Watertown office to oversee its operations. 

“As attorneys, we rotate through [in handling work in Watertown],” says Grandy.

The support staffer in Watertown has been trained in all areas that the firm practices, he adds.

Grandy anticipates that the Carlisle Law Firm will hire a new lawyer for the Watertown office, but not for “at least a year-and-a-half or so.”

“I’m happy to report that we are certainly busy enough that it would not hurt to have an extra set of hands or two around,” quips Grandy.

He declined to disclose any revenue information, but did indicate that as of Sept. 25, the firm is running more than 20 percent ahead of the revenue figure it generated during the same period in 2016.

Besides Grandy, the firm’s partners include Preston Carlisle, William Carlisle, and Edward Betz. The firm has 12 employees altogether, including the four partner attorneys, says Grandy.

Preston Carlisle founded the firm in 1961 in Ogdensburg’s Preston King Building. The structure was built in 1800 and named after the U.S. Senator Preston King, who lived there during his senate term. Preston King is a relative of Preston Carlisle, according to the firm’s website. 

Carlisle in 1967 became the first assistant district attorney of St. Lawrence County, while continuing to practice law at his own firm. Later, in 1975, Carlisle left his work with the district attorney’s office to concentrate on building his own practice, the website says.