FAQ’s

What to expect on the first call?

We’ll spend a few minutes connecting, learning about you, your business, and the reason that prompted you to reach out to us. I’ll address any questions you have about me, or my business, or the issue that is causing to want to seek the advice of counsel. After we’ve spend some time in conversation we will both decide if we’re a good fit and if we’d like to work together, that is if you’ve come to us about an issue I can help you address. Then we go to work. 

If you need immediate support, please text me at 734-746-5006: Immediate support includes either you have been served with a complaint, the other party is threatening to sue you tomorrow, you have been served with a subpoena, the law enforcement has searched your business and took materials with them. 

If it is not an urgent matter, as listed above, the best next step is to schedule a consult call.

It depends on the nature of the matter and the services required. It could be as little as 3 days or it could be as long as 3 months or it could be ongoing support for you. 

Yes, when asked we serve General Counsel. This gives business owners the benefit of having access to counsel either for a day or five days a month. If you want to know more schedule a consult call. 

The best way to get your questions answered is by scheduling a complimentary consultation.  You can schedule your time here. Please keep in mind that these free consults are designed to answer your questions about our services and if the issues you are facing is one we can offer legal services.

I will not provide specific legal advice on the call. If you’d like this option, please book a 30-minute call here.

The short answer is a lot and it depends. The long answer is: we are priced competitively, in accordance with the experience, market, area of practice, and the complexities of the issue(s) before us. 

We ask for the retainer upfront. One word of caution: you know legal services require an investment to be obtained, it is rarely a small investment, while pricing varies depending on the project, be gracious to acknowledge that:

-1. We don’t work for free;

- 2. The pricing is set after a lot of research and consideration to the value provided to the client;

- 3. The people  we work with recognize the value we bring to the table and are willing to invest to obtain our services. 

I don’t know. There are several reasons for this, although here are three: 1. I know who my competition is. They are esteemed colleagues whom I respect some have been practicing longer than I have. They have traveled their own journey as I have and I am traveling mine; 2. I’m not competing with my colleagues, because we all serve various clients and different industries and the settings from where we operate is different, I’m a solo - practitioner they may be a team of three, two, or one in a large law-firm; 3. I’m in the category of one, because how I approach a situation, how I connect with clients, how I serve, advice, counsel, and what I bring to the table is unique to me. I’m being me and not someone else. 

I suppose the real question is “why are you not with a large law firm?” Let me address the first question: I’ve chosen to build my own business. As to the why, we all have various reasons why we begin a business. I wonder often if Steve Jobs was asked this question when he started Apple Computers: “Hey, Steve, why aren’t you with Microsoft?” I often am left perplexed when people ask me these questions. They propel me to ask “what would it change if I were at a big law firm?” Many of us have worked in various companies, and there we have brought with us all our knowledge, skillset, and experience. At the center of all we do is you and I, regardless of where we work, and as with everything there are drawbacks and benefits to each place of employment. I have chosen to be by this company that I founded, that carries my name, and that I have build with my own blood, sweat, and long hours of sisyphean efforts, and I’m proud of it. I work with people who are not looking for a large law firm, and I assist law firms that have no Export counsel.

I know. When people meet me they say “You’re nice and honest”, “Attorney’s are bull dogs”. The only similar trait I have with a bull dog is perseverance. Unlike some I find it more effective not to scream while I’m standing. As one court rightfully put it: “An advocate can present the cause, protect the record for subsequent review, and preserve professional integrity by patient firmness no less effectively than by belligerence or theatrics.” I rest my case.