Jason Mendelson at Mendelson’s Musings discusses his frustration about start-up lawyers and raises many significant issues that start-up companies and in-house counsel have been trying to address for many years – the high cost and opportunity lost of traditional law firm services. The General Counsel offers a solution to these frustrations by providing cost-effective, value-based, full and part-time general counsel services to start-up, fast-growth and mid-size companies. We provide industry proven, senior level general counsel attorneys to companies for a monthly retainer well below the cost of a traditional hourly rate law firm and with none of the overhead of adding a new department which makes it possible for companies to enjoy all of the advantages of having an experienced in-house attorney, on-site, contributing to the success of the management team.

Jason is correct when he says, “the entire business model of law firms is going to have to change or it’s going to get uglier.” Today, many small and mid-size companies are being priced out of the law firm market and are looking for alternative ways to get legal services. The General Counsel is a cost-effective solution to this problem.