.founder-intro { position: relative; }
.firm-stage { position: relative; isolation: isolate; min-height: 100svh; background: #13271e; color: #f6f7f2; }
.canopy-film { position: absolute; inset: 0; overflow: hidden; z-index: -1; }
.canopy-film img, .canopy-video { display: block; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; }
.canopy-film::after { content: ''; position: absolute; inset: 0; background: linear-gradient(90deg, #071b15b8 0%, #071b159c 40%, #071b15d1 100%); }
.firm-stage .intro-line { border-color: #ffffff36; color: #e7eee7; }
.firm-stage .eyebrow, .firm-stage .section-number { color: #d9c69d; }
.firm-stage h2, .firm-stage .firm-content p { color: #f6f7f2; }
.firm-stage h2 em, .firm-stage .firm-note strong { color: #e2c997; }
.firm-stage .small-rule { background: #e2c997; }
.canopy-video { position: absolute; inset: 0; opacity: 0; }
.motion-ready .canopy-film.video-ready .canopy-video { opacity: 1; }
.founder-portrait-frame {
  width: min(100%, 21rem);
  margin: 2rem 0;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.founder-portrait {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
}
.motion-ready .founder-portrait-frame {
  opacity: var(--portrait-opacity, 1);
  clip-path: inset(0 0 var(--portrait-inset, 0%) 0);
  transform: translateY(var(--portrait-rise, 0px));
}
.motion-ready .founder-portrait {
  transform: scale(var(--portrait-scale, 1));
  transform-origin: 50% 40%;
}
.cinema-hero {
  --sky: #eaf1f1;
  position: relative;
  background: var(--sky);
  color: var(--navy);
}
.cinema-stage {
  position: relative;
  isolation: isolate;
  min-height: max(100svh, 52rem);
  padding-top: clamp(10rem, 19vh, 13rem);
  padding-bottom: clamp(27rem, 51vh, 36rem);
  overflow: hidden;
}
.cinema-media {
  position: absolute;
  inset: auto 0 0;
  height: 52%;
  z-index: -1;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.cinema-poster {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: 52% top;
}
.cinema-video {
  display: none;
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  opacity: 0;
}
.cinema-media::after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, var(--sky), transparent 4.5rem),
    linear-gradient(to top, #0b253b80, transparent 35%);
}
.cinema-hero .site-header {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
  height: 6.875rem;
  border-color: #142d3d2b;
  color: var(--navy);
}
.cinema-hero .wordmark i { color: #8d713e; }
.cinema-hero .nav-contact { border-color: #142d3d66; }
.cinema-hero .site-header nav>a:hover { color: #896c38; }
.cinema-content {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.8fr) minmax(14rem, .7fr);
  align-items: end;
  gap: 4%;
}
.cinema-content .eyebrow {
  color: #405565;
  font-size: .75rem;
  letter-spacing: .11rem;
  margin-bottom: 1.6rem;
}
.cinema-content h1 {
  color: var(--navy);
  font-size: clamp(3.5rem, 5.4vw, 5.6rem);
  line-height: 1.06;
  letter-spacing: -.11rem;
  margin: 0;
}
.cinema-content h1 em { color: #876b39; }
.sky-summary { padding-bottom: .3rem; }
.cinema-description {
  font-size: 1.0625rem;
  color: #405565;
  line-height: 1.65;
  margin: 0 0 1.3rem;
}
.cinema-button { padding: .875rem 1.4rem; gap: 2rem; }
.cinema-bottom {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 1.75rem;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: flex-end;
  color: white;
  gap: 1.5rem;
}
.cinema-scroll { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 1.3rem; font-size: .875rem; }
.cinema-scroll:hover { text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: .3rem; }
.cinema-place { margin: 0; text-align: right; font-size: .75rem; line-height: 1.8; }
.cinema-place>span { display: block; font-size: .75rem; letter-spacing: .07rem; color: #f2e5c9; }
@media(min-width:1001px) and (prefers-reduced-motion:no-preference) {
  .flight-ready .cinema-hero { height: 280svh; }
  .flight-ready .cinema-stage { position: sticky; top: 0; height: 100svh; }
  .flight-ready .cinema-video {
    display: block;
    object-position: 52% calc(12% - var(--photo-extension) * .12);
  }
  .flight-ready .video-ready .cinema-video { opacity: 1; }
  .flight-ready .cinema-stage::after {
    content: '';
    position: absolute;
    inset: 0;
    background: var(--paper);
    opacity: var(--flight-white, 0);
    pointer-events: none;
    z-index: 2;
  }
  .flight-ready .cinema-content,
  .flight-ready .cinema-bottom,
  .flight-ready .cinema-hero .site-header { opacity: var(--flight-copy, 1); }
  .flight-ready .cinema-content { position: relative; z-index: 4; }
  .flight-ready .cinema-bottom,
  .flight-ready .cinema-hero .site-header { z-index: 4; }
  .flight-ready .firm-arrival {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 3;
    margin-top: -100svh;
    background: var(--paper);
    opacity: var(--arrival-opacity, 0);
    min-height: calc(var(--firm-stage-height, 100svh) + clamp(650px, 130svh, 1500px));
  }
  .flight-ready .firm-stage {
    position: sticky;
    top: min(0px, calc(100svh - var(--firm-stage-height, 100svh)));
    min-height: 100svh;
    background: #13271e;
  }
}
@media(min-width:1001px) {
  .cinema-stage {
    --composition-height: clamp(48rem, 92svh, 60rem);
    --photo-extension: calc(max(100svh, 48rem) - var(--composition-height));
    min-height: max(100svh, 48rem);
    padding-top: clamp(9rem, 13vh, 11rem);
    padding-bottom: 0;
  }
  .cinema-media {
    top: calc(var(--composition-height) * .4);
    right: -10%;
    height: auto;
  }
  /* Extend the photo downward while preserving its crop beside the headline. */
  .cinema-poster { object-position: 52% calc(12% - var(--photo-extension) * .12); }
  .cinema-hero .wrap,
  .cinema-hero .site-header { max-width: 100rem; }
}
@media(max-width:1000px) {
  .cinema-content { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.6fr) minmax(12.5rem, .7fr); gap: 4%; }
  .cinema-content h1 { font-size: 3.75rem; }
  .cinema-description { font-size: 1rem; }
}
@media(max-width:680px) {
  .cinema-stage { min-height: max(100svh, 53rem); padding-top: 10.7rem; padding-bottom: 23rem; }
  .cinema-hero .site-header { height: auto; min-height: 8.2rem; padding-block: 1.4rem; gap: 1.4rem; }
  .cinema-content { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 1.6rem; }
  .cinema-content h1 { font-size: clamp(2.35rem, 10.5vw, 3.6rem); letter-spacing: -.055rem; line-height: 1.09; }
  .cinema-content .eyebrow { font-size: .75rem; letter-spacing: .035rem; margin-bottom: 1.35rem; }
  .cinema-description { font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.55; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; }
  .cinema-description br:nth-of-type(2) { display: none; }
  .cinema-media { height: 42%; }
  .cinema-media::after { background: linear-gradient(to bottom, var(--sky), transparent 3rem),linear-gradient(to top,#0b253ba6,transparent 40%); }
  .cinema-bottom { bottom: 1.4rem; gap: 1rem; }
  .cinema-place { max-width: 11rem; }
  .cinema-place>span { letter-spacing: .025rem; }
  .cinema-scroll { gap: .7rem; font-size: .8125rem; }
}
/* Match the cinematic desktop experience with a shorter, touch-friendly journey. */
@media(max-width:1000px) and (prefers-reduced-motion:no-preference) {
  .flight-ready .cinema-hero { height: calc(max(100svh, 53rem) + 100svh); }
  .flight-ready .cinema-stage { position: sticky; top: min(0px, calc(100svh - 53rem)); height: max(100svh, 53rem); }
  .flight-ready .cinema-video { display: block; object-position: 52% top; }
  .flight-ready .video-ready .cinema-video { opacity: 1; }
  .flight-ready .cinema-content,
  .flight-ready .cinema-bottom,
  .flight-ready .site-header { opacity: var(--flight-copy, 1); }
}
@media(max-width:680px) {
  .wrap, .site-header { width: calc(100% - 40px); }
  .cinema-hero .site-header { gap: .8rem; padding-block: 1.15rem; }
  .site-header nav { gap: 4px; }
  .site-header nav a { min-height: 44px; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; }
  .cinema-stage { padding-top: 10rem; }
  .cinema-content { gap: 1.15rem; }
  .cinema-content .eyebrow { margin-bottom: 1rem; }
  .cinema-content h1 { font-size: clamp(2.2rem, 10.4vw, 3.6rem); }
  .cinema-description { margin-bottom: .9rem; }
  .cinema-media { height: 40%; }
  .cinema-button { min-height: 48px; }
  .cinema-scroll { min-height: 44px; }
  .canopy-film img, .canopy-video { object-position: 50% center; }
  .canopy-film::after { background: linear-gradient(180deg,#071b15b8,#071b15ba 65%,#071b15d9); }
  .firm-section { padding-block: 48px 56px; gap: 30px; }
  .firm-stage .intro-line { gap: 12px 18px; padding-block: 18px; }
  .intro-line>a { min-height: 44px; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; }
  .firm-content p { line-height: 1.75; }
  .founder-portrait-frame { width: min(100%, 25rem); margin-block: 1.75rem; }
  .service summary, .biography summary, .back-top, .text-link { min-height: 44px; }
  .contact-grid dd { overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
}
@media(max-width:380px) {
  .wrap, .site-header { width: calc(100% - 32px); }
  .site-header nav { font-size: 12px; }
  .cinema-place { max-width: 9rem; font-size: 11px; }
  .cinema-place>span { font-size: 11px; }
  .cinema-scroll { font-size: 12px; gap: 8px; }
}
@media(max-height:600px) and (max-width:1000px) {
  .perspective { height: auto; min-height: 0; }
  .perspective-sticky { position: relative; height: auto; min-height: 0; }
}
.site-loader { display: none; }
.site-loading { overflow: hidden; scroll-behavior: auto; }
.loader-enabled .site-loader {
  position: fixed; inset: 0; z-index: 100; display: flex;
  flex-direction: column; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
  background: #142d3d; color: #f8f8f4; text-align: center; padding: 24px;
  opacity: 0; visibility: hidden; pointer-events: none; transition: opacity .45s ease, visibility .45s;
}
.site-loading .site-loader { opacity: 1; visibility: visible; pointer-events: auto; }
.loader-brand>span { font-family: var(--serif); font-size: clamp(32px, 7vw, 48px); line-height: 1.2; }
.loader-brand i { color: #c4ad80; }
.loader-brand small { display: block; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1.5px; margin-top: 15px; }
.loader-line { width: 140px; height: 1px; margin-top: 36px; background: #49606d; overflow: hidden; }
.loader-line::after { content: ''; display: block; width: 55%; height: 100%; background: #c4ad80; animation: loading-glide 1.4s ease-in-out infinite; }
.site-loader p { font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 2px; margin-top: 20px; color: #c4ad80; }
@keyframes loading-glide { from { transform: translateX(-110%); } to { transform: translateX(290%); } }

/* A little more presence and readability in Our firm. */
.firm-content > p { font-size: 18px; }
.firm-content > .lead { font-size: 25px; }
.firm-note p { font-size: 32px; }
.firm-section h2 { font-size: clamp(50px, 4.4vw, 70px); }
@media(max-width:680px) {
  .firm-content > p { font-size: 18px; }
  .firm-content > .lead { font-size: 23px; }
  .firm-section h2 { font-size: 49px; }
}

.service-content p + p { margin-top: 17px; }
/* Centered Our firm composition. */
.firm-section { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr); gap: 36px; text-align: center; }
.firm-section .section-heading, .firm-content { width: 100%; max-width: 780px; margin-inline: auto; }
.firm-section .firm-note { justify-content: center; }
.firm-section .small-rule { display: none; }
.firm-stage .intro-line { justify-content: center; text-align: center; }
@media(max-width:680px) {
  .firm-section { gap: 30px; }
  .firm-stage .intro-line>a { justify-content: center; }
}
/* Balance the founder biography with the portrait column. */
@media(min-width:681px) {
  .founder-story p { font-size: clamp(19px, 1.45vw, 23px); line-height: 1.75; margin-bottom: 30px; }
  .founder-story .lead { font-size: clamp(27px, 2vw, 32px); line-height: 1.45; margin-bottom: 36px; }
}
@media(max-width:680px) {
  .founder-story p { font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.75; }
  .founder-story .lead { font-size: 25px; line-height: 1.45; }
}
@media(min-width:681px) {
  .founder-intro, .founder-story { display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
  .founder-story { justify-content: space-between; gap: 24px; }
  .founder-story p { font-size: clamp(18px, 1.3vw, 21px); line-height: 1.6; margin: 0; }
  .founder-story .lead { font-size: clamp(26px, 1.9vw, 30px); line-height: 1.45; margin: 0; }
  .founder-intro .languages { margin-top: auto; margin-bottom: 0; padding-top: 24px; }
  .founder-story > p:last-child { margin-bottom: -3px; }
}
/* Group the opening message above the expertise copy on the left. */
@media(min-width:681px) {
  .cinema-content { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.25fr) minmax(0, 1fr); align-items: start; row-gap: 24px; }
  .cinema-content .sky-title, .cinema-content .sky-summary { grid-column: 1; }
  .cinema-content .sky-summary { grid-row: 2; }
  .cinema-content h1 { font-size: clamp(42px, 4.4vw, 72px); }
}