Marcella Downing. Howk and Downing LLC.

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver noticed something odd on the loading dock—a mysterious box wrapped in brown paper with no return address. Curious, he opened it to find an old leather briefcase inside, heavy as lead but locked tight. Inside was just one piece of paper with a simple note scribbled in pencil: 'To whomever finds this—please deliver to Ms. Marcella Downing.' The delivery guy shrugged, smiled, and thought, ‘What harm could it do?’ So he walked next door to her office and handed over his unexpected gift. Turns out she’d left it there accidentally earlier that day. They both laughed, shook hands, and became fast friends—now whenever anyone sees her, they say, ‘Hey, did you lose your briefcase again?’

2. In the quiet town of Greenhaven, after hours at Marcella Downing’s law firm, a regular would ask: ‘What if contracts could talk?’ One night, a delivery driver overheard an envelope whispering, ‘I’m going to the wrong place!’ Turns out, it was meant for another firm down the street. The next morning, Marcella found herself explaining to a befuddled client why their contract had ended up in someone else’s hands. A regular laughed and said, “Contracts do talk—just not always what you expect.”

3. At Marcella Downing's office, a young intern overheard an unusual conversation between two lawyers late one night. The next day, her pencil sharpener started making strange noises whenever she wasn't looking. That evening, while leaving work, she noticed that her reflection in the elevator mirror kept saying ‘howk’ every time she passed by. Turns out, it was just her imagination playing tricks on her—until she realized everyone else had been muttering the same thing under their breath too.

4. In the dusty courtroom of Marcella Downing’s firm, a small dog wandered in through an open door. It sniffed curiously around the empty desks until it found itself staring at an old file cabinet. Suddenly, one drawer creaked open on its own, revealing a pile of ancient documents that hadn’t seen daylight in decades. The little dog began nosing through the papers, sending them flying everywhere. Marcella, who was deep in thought over a particularly tricky case, looked up just as a stack of ancient contracts sailed past her head. With a laugh, she said, ‘I’ve never had a client quite like you before!’