Mowery Youell & Galeano, Ltd

What Mowery Youell & Galeano, Ltd does

Mowery Youell & Galeano, Ltd. is a privately held law firm founded in 1983 and headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, serving individuals and small-to-mid-sized businesses throughout the Columbus metropolitan area and central Ohio. The firm operates across five core practice areas: Family Law (divorce, child custody, asset division, and spousal support), Employment Law (discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, and wage and hour disputes for both employees and employers), Labor Law (collective bargaining, union relations, and NLRB representation for private-sector employers), Business Law (entity formation, contracts, and business litigation for small businesses), and Civil Litigation. The team consists of approximately 9 attorneys, including two named partners (Spencer M. Youell and Judith E. Galeano), one Of Counsel (Barbara K. Letcher), and two associates, plus a retired founding partner (James S. Mowery Jr.). The firm is privately held with no external capital investors, no subsidiaries, and no parent company structure.

The firm's business model is professional services billing — primarily hourly and flat-fee engagements for discrete legal matters — with no published fee schedule. Rates are negotiated only via direct client intake by phone (614-467-4923) or through the website's contact form. Critically, the firm does not disclose if it offers initial consultations on a complimentary basis, though the website directs prospective clients to call for intake. Client acquisition is overwhelmingly referral-driven: the firm explicitly states that most clients come through personal recommendations from former clients, friends, and colleagues. Marketing channels are limited to the firm's website (hosted by FindLaw), an active legal blog (2011–2026), attorney profiles on Super Lawyers and Martindale-Hubbell, and a Facebook page. The firm holds an AV Preeminent peer-review rating from Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized in U.S. News & World Report Best Law Firms from 2022 through 2026, and Judith E. Galeano has been on Ohio Super Lawyers continuously since 2009.

The firm's technology footprint is minimal: the website runs on FindLaw (Internet Brands), a standard legal marketing platform. There are no proprietary technology products, no AI/ML capabilities, no mobile applications, no APIs, no patent portfolio, and no disclosed integrations. The firm's core competence — repeatedly emphasized in its own materials — is the trial and negotiation ability of its attorneys, particularly in employment law (high-dollar plaintiff verdicts) and family law (complex, high-net-worth divorce matters). The firm relies on its reputation, credentialing, and referral network rather than technology or scale as its competitive moat.

Name

Mowery Youell & Galeano, Ltd

Legal name

Mowery Youell & Galeano, Ltd.

Website

https://myglaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mowery Youell & Galeano, Ltd. is a privately held, 40-year-old Dublin, Ohio law firm with approximately 9 attorneys serving individuals and small-to-midsize businesses in central Ohio across family law, employment law, labor law, business law, and civil litigation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Offices of Lawyers (54111), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law (BPAHAAAK), Labor Relations & Employment Practice Advisory (BPAHAGAK)

Keywords

• Family law services
• Employment law representation
• Labor law counsel
• Civil litigation services
• Small business law

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin, Ohio

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Attorney Fees: The firm bills clients for legal services across its practice areas including family law, employment law, labor law, business law, and civil litigation. Fee structures likely include hourly rates, flat fees for specific matters (e.g., contract reviews), and contingency or fixed arrangements depending on the practice area. Specific rates are not publicly disclosed.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Mowery Youell & Galeano is a Columbus-area trial law firm that provides legal representation across five core practice areas: Family Law (divorce, child custody, asset division, spousal support), Employment Law (discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation, FMLA, wage-and-hour, noncompete matters for both employees and employers), Labor Law (collective bargaining, NLRB representation, union avoidance for private-sector employers), Business Law (entity formation, contracts, governance, business disputes for small businesses), and Civil Litigation. The firm serves individuals and small-to-midsize businesses throughout Central Ohio from a single Dublin, Ohio office.

Product overview

Mowery Youell & Galeano, Ltd. is a full-service law firm offering legal representation across five core practice areas: Family Law (divorce, custody, property division, spousal support), Employment Law (discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation), Labor Law (union relations, collective bargaining), Business Law (small business formation, contracts, disputes), and Civil Litigation. The firm serves individuals and small-to-midsize businesses throughout Central Ohio from its Dublin office. The practice areas operate as interconnected service lines, with family law handling high-asset divorce matters involving business valuation and property division, while employment and labor law serve both employers and employees. Business law services often intersect with family law when protecting family businesses during divorce proceedings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Family Law Services Comprehensive family law representation including divorce, marriage dissolution, child custody, child support, property division, spousal support, and post-divorce modifications. Serves individuals including high net worth clients with complex asset division needs.
• Employment Law Services Legal representation for both employers and employees in employment disputes, including discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation, FMLA violations, wage and hour issues, noncompete agreements, severance negotiations, and whistleblower matters.
• Labor Law Services Represents private-sector employers in collective bargaining, union relations, labor contract negotiations, NLRB proceedings, grievance arbitration, union prevention, and labor aspects of corporate transactions.
• Business Law Services Transactional and litigation services for small businesses including business entity formation (LLC, S Corp, C Corp), corporate governance, employment contracts, buy-sell agreements, vendor and real estate contracts, and business disputes.
• Civil Litigation Services Trial and litigation services for civil disputes including divorce, personal injury, employment law cases, discrimination claims, contract disputes, and construction disputes before state and federal courts.
• Support Enforcement

Named customers1 record

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• FindLaw (Internet Brands)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerMowery Youell & Galeano's website is hosted and powered by FindLaw, an Internet Brands business. FindLaw provides the firm's website hosting, business development solutions, and client review platform integration. The firm's attorney profiles also link to Super Lawyers profiles (also Internet Brands). This is a marketing/technology hosting partnership rather than a product integration.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Bricker & Eckler LLP: Large Ohio-based full-service law firm with significant employment and labor, family law, business, and litigation practices. Competes with Mowery Youell & Galeano for higher-end Columbus matters but at a much larger scale.
• Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP: Major Ohio-headquartered full-service firm with deep employment, labor, family law, and litigation benches. Larger and broader competitor serving the same Columbus market for midsize and enterprise clients.
• Dinsmore & Shohl LLP: Large Ohio-rooted full-service firm with extensive employment and labor, business, and litigation capabilities. Overlaps with Mowery Youell & Galeano on Columbus matters but serves a broader geographic and client footprint.
• Frost Brown Todd LLP: Large multi-state law firm headquartered in Ohio with significant employment, labor, and litigation practices. Competes with Mowery Youell & Galeano for higher-value Columbus matters and broader corporate clients.
• Baker & Hostetler LLP: National law firm with substantial Ohio presence and broad employment, labor, family, and litigation practices. Larger incumbent competing for the same Columbus-area midsize and enterprise clients.

Direct peers

• Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP: Columbus-based mid-sized firm offering employment, family law, business law, and civil litigation. Similar size, geography, and practice area overlap with Mowery Youell & Galeano in the Central Ohio market.
• Kegler Brown Hill + Ritter: Columbus-based mid-sized firm with employment, business, and litigation practices. Comparable scale and similar client mix of small-to-midsize Ohio businesses and individuals.
• Zeiger, Tigges & Little LLP: Columbus, Ohio-based law firm of comparable size with strong labor and employment law practice representing both management and labor. Direct competitive overlap with Mowery Youell & Galeano in Central Ohio employment and labor matters.
• Schwartz Turner & Associates: Ohio-based employment law firm concentrating on plaintiff-side employment matters. Comparable employment-law focus and trial-ready positioning as Mowery Youell & Galeano's employment practice.
• Isaac Wiles Burkhardt & Teetor LLP: Mid-sized Columbus-based full-service firm with employment law, family law, business law, and litigation practices. Comparable size and similar hybrid practice mix serving individuals and SMBs in Central Ohio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/MYGLAW
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mowery-youell-&-galeano-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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