Outsourced General Counsel  

One very important decision in the lifecycle of a growing company is when to hire its first in-house counsel.  This issue often arises at a time in the evolution of an organization before there is a need for a full-time employee in this role or room in the corporate budget for a highly compensated general counsel.  Other factors that drive the decision of whether to hire an internal attorney include costs, how the function will integrate with the current management, and whether there is enough work for a full-time employee.  When to devote resources to this role is equally important as how to devote those resources.

An approach has emerged whereby companies with regular and recurring legal needs utilize outside counsel to serve the role of “Outsourced” General Counsel.  Although it may sound like an oxymoron, companies embracing this option thoughtfully and tactically enjoy the benefits of having dedicated senior counsel, reduced overall legal expenditures, and a valuable strategic partner with deep and comprehensive knowledge of the organization to provide sound legal guidance.

Clients who utilize our outsourced General Counsel services have access to the whole team for specific subject-matter experience. Akin to a full-time in-house counsel when you hire us to serve as your outsourced General Counsel, we can have email addresses on your email system and take other steps to be part of your management team.

With our prior in-house experience and substantial industry knowledge, we get up to speed quickly on your business and, like an in-house lawyer, develop an intimate knowledge of your internal systems and external relationships. Our outsourced general or corporate counsel offering is a flat monthly fee service that allows a company to staff an in-house general or corporate counsel function that satisfies the business’ day-to-day needs for legal support at a predictable cost. The service provides comprehensive legal support to the company’s owners, board of directors, executive management, sales, human resources, finance, administrative and operations personnel.

Our outsourced general or corporate counsel function meets virtually all of the client’s ongoing needs – the only matters not included within the flat fee arrangement are non-routine matters, such as major strategic transactions or disputes that cannot be resolved prior to litigation. We do not charge for regular photocopies, domestic phone calls or other incidental expenses. We expect to get paid for our legal skills, not for the ordinary costs of doing business.

Tax Mitigation

Taxes permeate every financial decision we make, especially business finance! The problem with taxes is when our business becomes more successful, our taxes go up. Our team of tax mitigation experts can possibly help your business or professional practices with the simplest of account rollovers to complex tax mitigation strategies and advanced tax planning scenarios. We can work with your CPA or you can choose to work directly with our team. Our specialty areas include:

Commercial Litigation

Results matter to us. We want to win. There are winners and losers in litigation. At Trust Law, we achieve the best results for our clients. We are industry insiders.  Likewise, we have extensive experience in specific industries – from government contracting to cutting edge environmental technologies. Our Commercial Litigation group provides a full range of counseling and litigation services and has established an excellent reputation for efficiently providing creative and strategic solutions to clients.

Our lawyers have gained national recognition for their experience representing clients in a variety of sophisticated and high-stakes commercial litigation matters. We have practiced extensively in state, federal and private forums across the United States, and have managed complex litigation on a national level. Our team includes accomplished litigators, trial lawyers, and appellate advocates.

Estate Planning 

We have over 20+ years collective experience providing personalized estate planning and asset protection services to our clients nationwide. Our Lawyers specialize in advising and guiding successful people like you, parents, professionals and business owners, helping you preserve and grow your assets over multiple generations.

We aspire to give everyday people a customized strategy perfectly tailored to their needs allowing them to face the future with confidence and peace of mind. Here at Trust Law, we offer guidance to help our clients minimize probate and filing costs and simplify the legacy planning process for their families. We prepare comprehensive planning packages to manage and protect our clients’ assets for the benefit of family members and other beneficiaries.

Our areas of expertise are estate planning, trust administration, probate, business planning and tax planning.

Corporate Law

Your corporation’s future success largely depends on its ability to evolve and grow amid global market shifts while maintaining financial health. At the heart of general corporate work is making sure you have a legal team with the foresight to anticipate future problems or trends while helping their clients navigate the complexities of the current business environment.

From large interstate and cross-border transactions to corporate governance and risk management to financing and growth opportunities, we provide experienced legal counsel through every stage of the business cycle.

With the advent of AI (Chat GPT, etc.) clients ask how our firm can add value in this new environment, as they often face uncertainty about the future of their profession too. Technology will never supplant the role of an attorney as a trusted counselor and advocate. AI will never take the place of the real thing. What these tools can do is free your people from wasting time, allowing them to focus their skill and intuition where it is needed the most—serving our clients. Clients want results, but they also want to feel valued and respected. Only people can do that, and they can do it better when they have more time to counsel, listen and serve.

Government Contracts

Our attorney’s have decades of experience advising Fortune 5 – small business set aside government contractors on all aspects of the government procurement process. This includes helping them navigate and understand RFPs to drafting and negotiating contracts, compliance with contractual requirements and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and protest disputes. We are well versed in supporting our government contractor clients in a variety of areas including prime/subcontractor litigation, claims and disputes, and defense of enforcement matters, including suspension and debarment matters, cost accounting, cyber security, data rights and trade secrets, grants and cooperative agreements, international procurement, overseas and contingency contracting, SBA small business matters, suspension and disbarment, 8a / Tribal & ANC / HUBZone / SDVOSB / WOSB / VOSB contracting issues, False Claims Act litigation, FCPA compliance, and government audits and investigations.