How Implement Legal Charges
Legal fees have two structures here, and the distinction is straightforward: flat fee for outgoing work, hourly for incoming work.
Flat Fee: Outgoing Projects
When we originate the work—drafting a contract, filing a trademark application, structuring a business formation—we charge a flat fee. We control the scope, the timeline, and the process. We have done each of these projects enough times to know exactly what they require.
Every flat-fee project is assigned to one of three delivery tiers:
Week — One attorney meeting, unlimited calls and emails, client portal access. Typical projects: service contract review, preliminary trademark clearance search.
Month — Three attorney meetings, unlimited calls and emails, client portal access. Typical projects: full trademark clearance search and application, complete business sale documentation.
Quarter — Five attorney meetings, unlimited calls and emails, client portal access. Typical projects: business formation, intellectual property audit.
Timelines are guaranteed unless the client needs to delay. The full breakdown is in our [2025 Fee Schedule].
Hourly: Incoming Projects
When we work on someone else’s document—a contract sent to you, proposed changes from the other side, an NDA from a prospective partner, a draft you built in ChatGPT—we charge hourly. The scope is outside our control; the fee reflects that. A minimum retainer applies to all hourly projects.
Full details on our Fees page: Fees
Consultations
Loops & Leaps™ is our signature consultation. If you have open legal, business, tax, or financial questions and no clear picture of how they connect, this is where to start. We review the full landscape, develop an integrated strategy, and onboard you into three months of Continuous Counsel. This is the entry point for most new clients.
Attorney Q&A is a single session for the question that doesn’t fit anywhere else. Useful when you need to think something through before committing to a project.
More on both: Legal Consultations: What to Expect
Continuous Counsel
Continuous Counsel is a monthly membership for clients who expect consistent legal needs and want priority access when those needs arise.
Members receive:
Priority scheduling on all projects (non-members join the waitlist)
Quick questions answered by email at no additional charge (non-members schedule an Attorney Q&A)
Complimentary review of inbound RFPs and NDAs (non-members pay an hourly retainer)
Automatic updates to contract templates
Reduced hourly rate of $350 (non-members pay $400)
Extended payment plans available (non-members pay in full)
Three-month minimum. Learn more: Continuous Counsel
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