Why we don't bill by the hour

Most law firms sell hours. The longer the work takes, the more the lawyer makes. We are not interested in that incentive sitting between us and you.

So we price the work instead.

Flat-fee, phased

Our foundational model is flat fees by defined phase and scope. Each phase has a deliverable and a price, documented in a written Schedule of Work. You know what a phase costs before it starts, and we begin the next phase only once the prior one has closed out. That gives you meaningful budget visibility while we keep the strategic flexibility to do the work right.

When a matter earns it — funds, startups, certain disputes — we’ll consider hybrid, retainer, or success-based terms, including equity-linked structures. But you always pay something against fees in real time. Never zero up front, never an open meter.

Activity is not progress

A demand letter, a complaint, a term sheet, a cap table — none of it matters unless it changes leverage, clarifies risk, or moves the board. We don’t confuse motion with progress, and we don’t draft documents to be billed rather than read.

If the scope of a matter changes, we’ll scope and price the new work the same way, and we’ll tell you before we start. No surprises on the invoice.

That’s the whole idea: align the incentives, draw the scope, and let you focus on building.