Business Attorney

Lawyer with Business Experience

Let’s Work Together!

  • Quality, Practical Legal Advice. Reasonable Rates. Pricing.

  • Contracts. Employment. Disputes. Formation. Trademarks. More.

  • Former Big Firm Associate, FairClaims & GRID110 Founder. Stanford Law. Bio.

  • Contracts

    Contract drafting & review, i.e. employment agreements, independent contractor agreements, customer agreements, partnership agreements, you name it. All business contracts!

  • Business Formations

    LLCs, C Corps, S Corps, Partnerships. California, Delaware & other states. I can walk you through your options & trade offs, i.e. impact on taxes, investors, employees.

  • Trademark, Copyright, IP

    Filings, advice, disputes. I can walk you through your options and help you develop a strategy to protect your intellectual property.

  • Disputes & Litigation

    Examples - breach of contract, defending a lawsuit, business partner disputes, customer disputes, unpaid invoices, employee and independent contractor disputes.

  • Labor & Employment

    Labor & employment advice and disputes, i.e. employee handbooks, labor commission proceedings, hiring & firing, whether to classify someone as a contractor or employee.

  • Startup Financings

    Term Sheet Review, SAFEs, Convertible Notes, Series Seed. I can help you think through your options and strategize, as someone who’s raised millions in venture financing.

  • Web3

    Navigating new industries requires creativity and extraordinary judgment. Let’s work together to make sure you’re protected and best positioned for growth.

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Why Work with Me?

I'm one of very few practicing attorneys who's also been an entrepreneur and business owner. My advice is rooted in both the law and real world experience. I get, for example, that a lot of business decisions boil down to risk-reward - so rather than tell you what to do I give you what you need to make your own decisions. I’ll help you build, protect and grow your business.

I cut to the chase and work efficiently. If you send me a contract that doesn’t need revisions, I’ll tell you to go ahead and sign it rather than waste your time and money.

I Value Transparency, Integrity, Hard Work, & Common Sense

I started my legal career working for one of the top corporate law firms in the country, O’Melveny & Myers. I learned a lot but couldn’t help notice the disparities between the caliber of legal services corporations were getting versus most of the rest of the world. So I got back into entrepreneurship with that in mind. I started FairClaims, a venture backed legal tech startup, to help make the legal system fairer. I started GRID110 in partnership with the LA Mayor’s Office, to help startups succeed. Bio.

If you’re a small to medium sized business or startup, chance are I can help. Services include: (1) drafting and reviewing contracts, i.e. employment agreements, independent contractor agreements, customer agreements, founder agreements (2) labor & employment advice & disputes, i.e. employee handbooks, labor commission proceedings (3) litigation, i.e. breach of contract, business partner dispute (4) LLC filing, C Corp filing (5) trademark filing (6) startup financing & term sheets. Services.

Happy Clients

“Stephen is the best startup attorney I know. I've worked with him for over 5 years, two different startups. Feel like he always has my back and great to work with.”

— Jeremy, V One, Inc.

“We’ve worked with Stephen for over 10 years now and highly recommend him. We really appreciate his straightforward, business friendly approach”

— Jiao and Maya, Attune, LLC

"We found Stephen online a few years back. He's always been responsive, professional, pragmatic and reasonably priced. We've enjoyed working with him!"

— Megan, CES

FREE 15 Minute Consultation

This is a good way for us to get to know each other some and see if it would be a good fit to work together. I believe in developing long term partnerships and like investing in that from the start. We can discuss how we might work together and I can answer any questions you may have,