Strategic legal counsel
focused on your long-term goals
We make sure you control your business, so your business doesn't control you.
Business Strategy
As a strategic partner in your business, our purpose is to make sure you have the legal framework to support your vision and goals. We will integrate with your leadership team to learn your culture, mission, and priorities. Together we will create a plan with your broader objectives in mind and secure a steady path to success.
Details
- Company diagnostics
- Prioritized roadmap
- Risk mitigation
- Regular review of business plans
- Recurring strategy meetings
- Assess and maintain internal policies and procedures
- Supply chain ethics and integrity
- Coordinate and manage outsourced legal work and other necessary third-party services
Asset & Brand Protection
We can manage your entire portfolio, from your first creative spark to the launch of your products and content. We assess the risk and value of brands before you invest in them; help secure registrations and licenses, create policies around use, and enforce your rights.
Trademark
- Portfolio management
- Risk analysis and brand assessment
- Federal and international registration
- Risk mitigation
- Licenses and assignments
- Policing against infringement
- Due diligence for portfolio valuations and acquisitions
- Dispute resolution
Copyright
- Licenses and assignments
- Risk mitigation
- Federal registrations
- Negotiate disputes
Creative Product & Other IP
- Right of publicity releases
- Speaker agreements
- Subject releases
- Non-disclosure agreements
- Negotiate disputes
Sustainable Growth
The decisions you make for your business must serve it well, both today and into the future. We work with you to create scalable growth plans with practical legal budgets. As your business grows, we will adapt our legal strategies to meet your evolving needs and continue to give you the best advantage.
Specifics
- Legal strategy focused on longevity
- Road-mapping for large-scale and progressive growth
- Legal budgeting & forecasting
- Risk mitigation
- Consistent assessment of legal needs
- Coordinate and manage outsourced legal work and other necessary third-party services
Transactions & Operations
We help you define the relationships and agreements your company relies on. Because contracts are more than just compliance, they are an opportunity to build loyalty through trust and reliable commitments. Strong, unambiguous agreements will be equitable and protective for all parties, so you can have a productive, risk-free future.
Examples
- LLC formation
- Company operating agreements
- Customer agreements
- Contracts with vendors, suppliers, and distributors
- Master services agreements
- Independent contractor agreements
- Employee contracts
- Non-disclosure agreements
- Terms of use/service
- Policies & procedures
Are we the right firm for you?
Choosing the right law firm for your business takes more than finding attorneys to deliver a solution. The right law firm is one whose approach to meeting your legal needs aligns with your business goals, and whose priorities & values, personality, and processes fit with you and your business.
How it works
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Schedule a meeting
We will schedule an introductory video meeting to discuss your goals and how we might help.
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Get started
If we both agree that our firm is a good fit for your business, we’ll start the process of becoming part of your team!
FAQ
What is Fractional General Counsel?
A Fractional General Counsel is a highly skilled senior attorney who serves a leading role in a business’ legal strategy. FGCs provide critical c-suite-level expertise at much less expense than in-house counsel. FGCs are deeply embedded within leadership teams and may participate in operations, finance, sales and marketing, manufacturing and distribution, human resources, and intellectual property management.
At LOGM, we use the term Fractional General Counsel to describe not just a single attorney, but our whole approach to legal services. Our entire team functions in an FGC capacity, combining strategic, forward-looking counsel with business acumen to address each legal issue in the context of its broader impact on your business goals and vision.
What do you mean when you say LOGM is a Strategic Partner?
Traditionally, law firms work with clients on an ad-hoc basis, as needs arise. We think that’s a short-sighted approach, because it allows legal issues to sneak up on you, doesn't recognize that legal can be a value driver instead of a cost center, and ultimately costs the business more.
The more involved we are with your business strategy, the more intentionally we can prioritize our legal work and align with your long-term vision. The idea is that early intervention and consistent focus will build a strong foundation that prevents unnecessary legal trouble.
What is a Subscription Plan?
“Subscribing” to a law firm might sound strange, but this type of legal relationship is becoming more mainstream. It’s like having an attorney on retainer, except that we work together in a more modern and dynamic way, often with a defined set of work products delivered over a specific period of time.
Subscription plans are where you benefit the most from our strategic partnership. You have consistent access to your legal team and can bring us all your legal concerns without fear of surprise bills. With real-time updates about your business operations, we can provide the most effective risk management, respond more quickly, and deliver smart and strategic guidance.
Our Subscription Plans are designed to give you the most control of your business and maximize the returns on your investment in legal services.
All Subscription Plans include:
- Prioritization over non-subscription clients
- Regular Strategic Consultations
- Unlimited emails with attorneys
- Unlimited 15-minute discovery calls
Variable plan options include:
- Road-mapping, otherwise known as game-planning or play-booking
- Trademark policing
- Annual business filings
- Premium and standard project allowances
What if I don’t want a Strategic Partner or a Subscription Plan?
We limit the amount of ad-hoc work we do because we know that approach usually is not in our clients’ best interest. Our clients have more control over their business and are less stressed when we engage in broad, long-standing relationships.
However, we do consider providing ad-hoc services on a case-by-case basis.
About our fees
Transparency is very important to us. We want you to understand how we bill our work and how we invoice you. This gives you the ability to predict your legal fees and plan ahead.
How we bill
- Flat Fees - We bill most projects (or "matters") on a flat-fee basis. This Fee Schedule, provides the scope of what each fee covers.
- Hourly - When we bill on an hourly basis, we will always give a cost estimate and obtain a fee deposit prior to doing the work. No surprises.
- Subscription Plans - We offer multiple levels of subscription plans. If a Subscription Plan is right for your business, we will work with you to tailor a plan that best fits your needs. Plans are billed monthly during the defined term.
* For non-subscription clients, all meetings and correspondence that are unrelated to an ongoing matter will be billed hourly.
Fee Deposits and Evergreens
- We always obtain fee deposits prior to beginning work on any matter.
A fee deposit is like an advance on your invoices; it is your money until we earn it. It is put into a trust account and applied against your invoices. If anything remains once we finish our work, it will be returned to you.
- We maintain an evergreen balance in trust for clients with open matters or ongoing legal work. This minimizes delays in responding to client needs.