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OUR APPROACH

Excellence in Everything We Do

At Capitol Partners and Associates, we believe professional service should be defined by more than knowledge. It should be defined by how we serve our clients, how we solve problems, and the results we help achieve.

Our approach is built around five principles:

Excellence:

We pursue the highest professional standards in every assignment.

Integrity:

We conduct our work with honesty, professionalism, confidentiality, and ethical responsibility.

Strategic Thinking:

We look beyond the immediate problem to understand the bigger picture and develop practical strategies.

Client Commitment:

Our clients’ interests remain at the center of our work.

Results:

We focus on practical solutions and meaningful outcomes.

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WHY CHOOSE US?

Experience That Goes Beyond the Courtroom

Capitol Partners and Associates offers something different. Our professionals bring experience from legal practice, courtroom advocacy, government, public administration, policy development, regulation, nonprofit work, and the private sector. This multidisciplinary experience allows us to look at problems from multiple perspectives.

What Sets Us Apart

Experienced Professionals
Our team possesses extensive experience across legal, policy, governance, and consulting environments.

Multidisciplinary Expertise
We bring lawyers, consultants, and policy professionals together to address complex challenges.

Government & Policy Experience
Our understanding of public institutions and policy processes gives clients valuable strategic insight.

Client-Focused Service
We take time to understand our clients’ objectives, challenges, and priorities.

Practical Solutions
Our advice is designed to be understandable, actionable, and relevant to real-world situations.

Excellence & Integrity
Professional excellence and ethical conduct are at the heart of our practice.

The Liberian Judiciary System – An Overview

It is important to state that the Liberian system of government is republican with three equal coordinate branches, namely the Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary. The legislature is the rule making body and it is bicameral with the senate and the House of Representatives; the executive is headed by an elected President who is limited to two terms of six years and it is the enforcement or administrative branch of government; and the judiciary is the adjudicative and interpretive branch of government making the Liberian government a three-branch system.

The Liberian Judiciary is headed by the Supreme Court which is comprised of five judges who are called Justices; it both a constitutional court and the apex court of Liberia. The justices are nominated by the President, confirm by the Senate and appointed President before taking their seat.

As per the dictate of the Constitution of Liberia of 1986, the Chief Justice heads the Supreme Court and the Judiciary Branch of the Liberian Government. The Chief Justice administers the oath of office to the elected President and to all who succeeds to the presidency of Liberia. The Chief Justice and all  Justices of the Supreme Court and all judges of subordinate courts are retired at the age of seventy as per the Constitution of Liberia.

Below the Supreme Court of are Circuit Courts and Specialized Courts of record which includes, Probate Courts, Labor Courts, Criminal Courts, Commercial Courts etc; these are the tier directly below the Supreme Court and decisions from there are appealed directly to the Supreme Court. The Liberian government is divided into counties for administrative purposes and accordingly every county has a circuit court and wherever there are circuit court there are specialized court as well.

The court of first instant is the magistrate; they are appointed for a term of four years which is renewable based on good performance and behavior.  Magisterial courts are found all over the country as the first level of interventions for dispute resolution.

Matters from all circuit courts and all specialized court of circuit level go straight to the Supreme Court as the Constitution of Liberia did not create intermediate level courts or appellate high court below the Supreme Court and higher than the circuit.

All the circuit courts and specialized courts of circuit level have single judges, however, in response to the increasing level of commercial activities in Liberia, the Legislature created the Commercial Court with a three judges panel, the first and only such court in Liberia besides the Supreme Court with a panel of judges. And at the moment there is only one Commercial court based in Monrovia.

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