The Company Counsel
Mind Your Business.
Every business deserves effective legal counsel — an attorney who understands your company, your market, and its nuances, and who can guide the enterprise as it grows. The Company Counsel gives creative businesses that relationship at a manageable, predictable cost.
Why it exists
The counsel a growing company needs — without the in-house price tag.
Some businesses employ in-house legal counsel to navigate the steady stream of law-related issues a company faces — available for guidance and for putting best practices in place proactively, before small problems become expensive ones.
In-house counsel can be costly. But waiting to hire litigation or outside counsel once a problem is already out of control is often far more expensive. Having worked with successful companies, we developed a cost-effective alternative that delivers business legal counsel at manageable rates. We call it the Mind Your Business plan.
Wait-and-see
Call a lawyer only once something has gone wrong — when options are narrow and costs are highest.
Mind Your Business
A steady legal partner who knows your company and heads off problems before they start.
How the plan works
A two-hour assessment, then steady counsel at a flat monthly fee.
Assess
We begin with an initial two-hour consultation to understand your operation and goals and assess your business's legal status.
Frame
Together we identify concerns from a legal perspective and build a practical framework for managing and growing the business.
Counsel
From there, ongoing legal counsel for a manageable monthly fee tailored to your needs — a general counsel on call as your company grows.
Start minding your business
The questions you should be asking.
You've built a plan and moved your business forward. These are the areas that quietly decide how sound — and how manageable — that business really is.
Ownership & partnership structure
So far the partner relationship has been informal — but like every successful enterprise, this needs your attention. Getting it in writing protects everyone before it's ever tested.
Books & records
Whether you're a corporation, LLC, or partnership, complete and current records are critical — especially with more than one owner. If you're ever audited, or a buyer runs due diligence, disorganized records cost you.
Intellectual property ownership
That logo designed for your business cards? The catch-phrase in your marketing? Trademarks, tag lines, illustrations, and logos are all intellectual property — they belong to someone. In most cases that someone should be you, but it depends on the agreements you have in place.
Employees & contractors
A payroll company handles wages well — but there's more to the relationship than services and pay. Sound employment practices protect the company on every side. We can guide you on general practices and help you coordinate specialty counsel when necessary.
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Ready to mind your business?
Start with the two-hour assessment. We'll map your legal landscape and show you exactly where the firm can help — no obligation to go further.