/* HERO — clean single-sided composition; the room itself balances the copy */
.hero {
  min-height: 900px;
  position: relative;
  color: var(--white);
  background: var(--deep);
  isolation: isolate;
}
.hero__image {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 80px 0 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: calc(100% - 80px);
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: 56% 48%;
  z-index: -3;
}
.hero::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 80px 0 0;
  z-index: -2;
  background:
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(20,18,16,.79) 0%, rgba(20,18,16,.67) 24%, rgba(20,18,16,.31) 55%, rgba(20,18,16,.08) 100%),
    linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(20,18,16,.34) 0%, transparent 38%);
}
.hero-rail {
  position: absolute;
  left: var(--gutter);
  top: 164px;
  bottom: 72px;
  width: 1px;
  background: rgba(255,255,255,.38);
  z-index: 2;
}
.hero-rail::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: -1px;
  width: 3px;
  height: 88px;
  background: rgba(208,170,147,.95);
}
.hero__content {
  min-height: 900px;
  padding: 164px var(--gutter) 66px calc(var(--gutter) + 34px);
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
}
.hero__main {
  width: min(760px, 58%);
  transform: translateY(22px);
}
.hero__eyebrow { color: rgba(255,255,255,.8); }
.hero h1 {
  max-width: 735px;
  font-size: clamp(62px, 5.35vw, 84px);
  margin-bottom: 28px;
}
.hero__intro {
  max-width: 550px;
  margin: 0;
  font-size: clamp(18px, 1.2vw, 21px);
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.9);
}
.hero__actions { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 10px; margin-top: 34px; }


/* Situations — legal categories arrive after the client's actual problem */
.situations {
  padding: var(--section-pad) var(--gutter) 0;
  background: var(--paper-2);
}
.situations__grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(320px, .78fr) minmax(520px, 1.22fr);
  gap: clamp(58px, 8vw, 120px);
  align-items: start;
}
.situations__intro { max-width: 500px; }
.situations__intro .section-title { margin-bottom: 32px; }
.situations__intro p { max-width: 470px; color: var(--ink-soft); }
.situations__list { margin-top: 6px; border-top: 1px solid var(--line-strong); }
.situation-row {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 46px minmax(0, 1fr) 28px;
  gap: 17px;
  padding: 24px 0 22px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  align-items: start;
}
.situation-row__num { font: 500 11px var(--mono); color: var(--accent); padding-top: 7px; }
.situation-row h3 { margin: 0 0 6px; font: 400 clamp(23px, 1.9vw, 31px)/1.08 var(--display); letter-spacing: -.023em; }
.situation-row p { margin: 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: 13px; }
.situation-row__arrow { font-size: 22px; line-height: 1; transition: transform .25s var(--ease), color .25s var(--ease); }
.situation-row:hover .situation-row__arrow { transform: translate(4px,-4px); color: var(--accent-deep); }
.situations__callout {
  margin: 56px calc(var(--gutter) * -1) 0;
  padding: 28px var(--gutter);
  background: var(--stone);
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(260px, .75fr) minmax(360px, 1fr) auto;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 32px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(23,23,20,.12);
}
.situations__callout strong {
  max-width: 330px;
  font: 400 27px/1.05 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.02em;
}
.situations__callout p { margin: 0; max-width: 570px; color: var(--ink-soft); }
.situations__callout a {
  justify-self: end;
  padding-bottom: 6px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid currentColor;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

/* Method — the only dark act, used as contrast rather than the whole identity */
.method {
  min-height: 790px;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.12fr) minmax(430px, .88fr);
  background: var(--deep);
  color: var(--white);
}
.method__visual { min-height: 790px; position: relative; overflow: hidden; }
.method__visual img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 47% 47%; filter: brightness(.78) saturate(.9); }
.method__visual::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0;
  width: 10px;
  background: var(--accent);
}
.method__visual-note {
  position: absolute;
  left: var(--gutter);
  bottom: 36px;
  max-width: 330px;
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .12em;
  line-height: 1.6;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.8);
}
.method__content {
  align-self: stretch;
  padding: clamp(72px, 6vw, 98px) var(--gutter);
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: center;
}
.method__content .section-title {
  max-width: 520px;
  color: var(--white);
  font-size: clamp(48px, 4.3vw, 68px);
}
.method__lead { max-width: 520px; color: #ded7cf; margin: 34px 0 48px; }
.method__steps { border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.22); }
.method-step {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 38px 112px 1fr;
  gap: 12px;
  align-items: baseline;
  padding: 18px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.18);
}
.method-step__num { font: 500 10px var(--mono); color: #d0aa93; }
.method-step h3 { margin: 0; font: 400 25px/1 var(--display); }
.method-step p { margin: 0; color: #aaa39c; font-size: 13px; }

/* Practice areas — rebuilt as a structured ledger, not another generic row list */
.areas { padding: var(--section-pad) var(--gutter) 88px; background: var(--paper); }
.areas__head {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(320px, .44fr);
  gap: clamp(48px, 8vw, 120px);
  align-items: end;
  padding-bottom: 50px;
}
.areas__head .section-title { max-width: 780px; }
.areas__head > p { margin: 0 0 9px; max-width: 430px; color: var(--ink-soft); }
.areas__layout {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(280px, .42fr) minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: clamp(42px, 6vw, 80px);
  align-items: start;
}
.areas__aside {
  position: sticky;
  top: 104px;
  display: grid;
  gap: 26px;
}
.areas__note {
  padding: 24px 24px 26px;
  background: var(--paper-2);
  border: 1px solid rgba(23,23,20,.08);
}
.areas__note p:last-child { margin: 0; color: var(--ink-soft); font-size: 15px; }
.areas__index { border-top: 1px solid var(--line-strong); }
.area-row {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 42px minmax(220px,.56fr) minmax(280px, .96fr) 28px;
  gap: 18px 28px;
  align-items: start;
  padding: 26px 0 24px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.area-row__num {
  padding-top: 7px;
  font: 500 10px var(--mono);
  color: var(--accent);
}
.area-row__title { display: grid; gap: 6px; }
.area-row h3 { margin: 0; font: 400 clamp(29px,2.2vw,36px)/1 var(--display); }
.area-row__lead {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--ink);
  font-size: 13px;
  letter-spacing: .04em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
.area-row__copy { margin: 4px 0 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.55; }
.area-row__arrow {
  align-self: center;
  font-size: 20px;
  transition: transform .25s var(--ease), color .25s var(--ease);
}
.area-row:hover .area-row__arrow { transform: translateX(5px); color: var(--accent-deep); }
.areas__availability {
  width: 100%;
  padding: 22px 22px 24px;
  background: var(--stone);
  border-top: 3px solid var(--accent);
  display: grid;
  gap: 12px;
}
.areas__availability strong { font: 400 23px/1.1 var(--display); }
.areas__availability a { font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; }


/* Lawyer — calm biography followed by a genuinely separate working-principle section */
.lawyer {
  background: var(--stone);
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, .9fr) minmax(0, 1.1fr);
  min-height: 730px;
}
.lawyer__portrait {
  margin: 0;
  min-height: 730px;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.lawyer__portrait img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 47% 46%; }
.lawyer__bio {
  padding: clamp(72px, 6vw, 102px) var(--gutter);
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: center;
  max-width: 760px;
}
.lawyer__bio .eyebrow { color: var(--accent-deep); }
.lawyer__bio h2 {
  margin: 0 0 30px;
  font: 400 clamp(46px, 4.2vw, 66px)/.98 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.03em;
}
.lawyer__bio p { margin: 0 0 18px; max-width: 610px; color: var(--ink-soft); font-size: 17px; }
.lawyer__signature {
  display: grid;
  gap: 2px;
  width: min(100%, 610px);
  margin: 18px 0 30px;
  padding-top: 18px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(23,23,20,.18);
}
.lawyer__signature strong { font: 400 27px/1 var(--display); }
.lawyer__signature span { font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: .1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--muted); }

/* Principle — editorial composition built from statement, image and one continuous paper band */
.principle {
  position: relative;
  padding: 0 0 88px;
  background: #292824;
  color: var(--white);
  overflow: hidden;
}
.principle__statement {
  min-height: 360px;
  padding: clamp(72px, 6.2vw, 98px) var(--gutter) 62px;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(300px, .42fr);
  gap: clamp(54px, 8vw, 118px);
  align-items: end;
}
.principle__statement-copy { max-width: 820px; }
.principle__statement .eyebrow { color: #d7b7a1; }
.principle__statement h2 {
  margin: 0;
  max-width: 760px;
  font: 400 clamp(54px, 4.7vw, 76px)/.96 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.035em;
}
.principle__statement-note {
  margin: 0 0 8px;
  max-width: 430px;
  color: rgba(255,250,242,.72);
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.58;
}
.principle__image {
  margin: 0;
  height: clamp(300px, 31vw, 470px);
  overflow: hidden;
  position: relative;
}
.principle__image::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(25,23,21,.08), rgba(25,23,21,.32));
  pointer-events: none;
}
.principle__image img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: 50% 54%;
  filter: saturate(.82) contrast(.98) brightness(.86);
}
.principle__band {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  width: calc(100% - (var(--gutter) * 2));
  margin: -76px auto 0;
  padding: 34px 38px 32px;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0,1fr));
  gap: 0;
  background: #f5efe6;
  color: var(--ink);
  box-shadow: 0 18px 46px rgba(0,0,0,.14);
}
.principle__band article {
  min-width: 0;
  padding: 0 32px;
  border-left: 1px solid rgba(23,23,20,.14);
}
.principle__band article:first-child { padding-left: 0; border-left: 0; }
.principle__band article:last-child { padding-right: 0; }
.principle__band span {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 24px;
  font: 500 10px/1 var(--mono);
  color: var(--accent);
}
.principle__band h3 {
  margin: 0 0 12px;
  max-width: 330px;
  font: 400 clamp(27px, 1.9vw, 34px)/1.04 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.02em;
}
.principle__band p {
  margin: 0;
  max-width: 350px;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 14px;
  line-height: 1.5;
}


/* Before consultation — rebuilt as an editorial preparation route plus a compact FAQ */
.before {
  background: #eee7dd;
  padding: clamp(82px, 6.6vw, 110px) var(--gutter) clamp(86px, 7vw, 116px);
}
.before__head {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(320px, .45fr);
  gap: clamp(52px, 8vw, 118px);
  align-items: end;
  padding-bottom: 54px;
}
.before__head .section-title { max-width: 820px; }
.before__head > p { margin: 0 0 6px; max-width: 430px; color: var(--ink-soft); font-size: 16px; }
.before__body {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(300px,.72fr) minmax(0,1.28fr);
  gap: clamp(54px, 7vw, 104px);
  align-items: start;
}
.before__route { border-top: 1px solid var(--line-strong); }
.before__route article {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 42px 1fr;
  gap: 15px;
  padding: 22px 0 24px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.before__route-num { padding-top: 5px; font: 500 10px var(--mono); color: var(--accent); }
.before__route h3 { margin: 0 0 7px; font: 400 27px/1.06 var(--display); }
.before__route p { margin: 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: 14px; }
.before__faq {
  padding: 30px 34px 18px;
  background: rgba(255,255,255,.38);
  border: 1px solid rgba(23,23,20,.08);
}
.before__faq-head {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 24px;
  align-items: baseline;
  padding-bottom: 20px;
}
.before__faq-head .eyebrow { margin: 0; }
.before__faq-head > p { margin: 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: 13px; }
.before__questions { border-top: 1px solid var(--line-strong); }
.question { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
.question__button {
  width: 100%;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 38px 1fr 24px;
  gap: 14px;
  align-items: center;
  padding: 20px 0;
  border: 0;
  background: transparent;
  text-align: left;
  cursor: pointer;
}
.question__num { font: 500 10px var(--mono); color: var(--accent); }
.question__button strong { font: 400 clamp(22px,1.65vw,27px)/1.12 var(--display); }
.question__icon { font-size: 21px; transition: transform .25s var(--ease); }
.question.is-open .question__icon { transform: rotate(45deg); }
.question__answer { max-height: 0; overflow: hidden; transition: max-height .38s var(--ease); }
.question__answer p { margin: 0 44px 22px 52px; color: var(--muted); max-width: 690px; }


/* Contact — one centered consultation scene, not a left/right split */
.contact {
  padding: clamp(88px, 7vw, 118px) var(--gutter) clamp(92px, 7.3vw, 124px);
  background: #c8b29d;
  color: var(--ink);
}
.contact__intro {
  max-width: 920px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  text-align: left;
}
.contact__intro .eyebrow { color: #694b39; }
.contact__intro .section-title {
  max-width: 880px;
  font-size: clamp(50px, 4.45vw, 72px);
}
.contact__lead {
  max-width: 650px;
  margin: 28px 0 0;
  color: #4e443b;
  font-size: 17px;
  line-height: 1.6;
}
.contact__quick {
  width: min(100%, 1040px);
  margin: 48px auto 0;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1.05fr 1.15fr 1.25fr 1fr;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(23,23,20,.24);
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(23,23,20,.18);
}
.contact__quick > div {
  min-width: 0;
  padding: 18px 22px 18px 0;
}
.contact__quick > div + div {
  padding-left: 22px;
  border-left: 1px solid rgba(23,23,20,.14);
}
.contact__quick span {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 6px;
  font-size: 9px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .14em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: #755642;
}
.contact__quick a,
.contact__quick p {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--ink);
  font-size: 14px;
  line-height: 1.45;
}
.contact-form--document {
  width: min(100%, 1040px);
  margin: 48px auto 0;
  padding: 36px 42px 32px;
  background: #f7f1e9;
  color: var(--ink);
  border-top: 4px solid #7e5740;
  box-shadow: 0 24px 58px rgba(59,43,31,.12);
}
.contact-form__head {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0,.85fr) minmax(300px,.65fr);
  gap: 50px;
  align-items: end;
  padding-bottom: 28px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(23,23,20,.14);
}
.contact-form__head .eyebrow { margin-bottom: 9px; color: var(--accent-deep); }
.contact-form__head h3 {
  margin: 0;
  font: 400 clamp(34px, 2.7vw, 43px)/1 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.025em;
}
.contact-form__head > p {
  margin: 0 0 2px;
  max-width: 400px;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 13px;
  line-height: 1.55;
}
.contact-form__fields {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 0 28px;
  padding-top: 28px;
}
.contact-form--document .field {
  position: relative;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0 0 3px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #bbae9e;
  background: transparent;
}
.contact-form--document .field--message {
  grid-column: 1 / -1;
  margin-top: 22px;
}
.contact-form--document .field label {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 2px;
  font-size: 9px;
  letter-spacing: .14em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--muted);
}
.contact-form--document .field input,
.contact-form--document .field textarea {
  width: 100%;
  border: 0;
  background: transparent;
  color: var(--ink);
  padding: 9px 0 11px;
  outline: none;
  resize: vertical;
}
.contact-form--document .field textarea { min-height: 88px; }
.contact-form--document .field:focus-within { border-bottom-color: var(--accent-deep); }
.contact-form--document .field .error { color: #9d3b2b; font-size: 11px; min-height: 0; display: block; }
.contact-form--document .field .error:not(:empty) { min-height: 14px; margin-top: 2px; }
.contact-form__footer {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
  gap: 30px;
  align-items: end;
  padding-top: 24px;
}
.contact-form--document .form-privacy {
  max-width: 500px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-start;
  gap: 9px;
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 11px;
  color: var(--muted);
}
.contact-form--document .form-privacy input { width: 15px; height: 15px; accent-color: var(--accent); margin-top: 2px; }
.contact-form__submit {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 22px;
}
.contact-form__submit > span {
  font-size: 9px;
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--muted);
  white-space: nowrap;
}
.contact-form__submit b { font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; }
.form-status { min-height: 20px; margin: 10px 0 0; color: #50684e; font-size: 12px; }