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ClearScope Counsel LLC is an AI-native Missouri law firm. We serve founders, defrauded investors, wronged advisors, and people with serious injuries.

Missouri-based · remote-firstReply within 1 business dayConsultation is free

A founder needs documents that hold up when the investors arrive.

An investor needs the money back after a broker got it wrong.

An injured family member needs someone to cover medical bills.

Three different problems, and one thing they share. No one has to guess what the answer costs. We publish it.

Every price, in the open.

  1. Startup launch packageFormation, operating agreement, founder terms.from $1,500 from $1,050
  2. Contract drafting or reviewOne key agreement, with a plain-English risk summary.from $750 from $525
  3. FINRA arbitration & investor recoveryNo upfront fees or costs. No recovery, no fee.33% contingency
  4. Personal injury representationNo upfront fees or costs. No recovery, no fee.33% contingency
  5. FINRA disclosure expungementFlat fee, confirmed after a short scoping call.from $7,500
Pricing bands and bundles

Startup and contract prices include the current 30% new-client offer; regular starting prices are $1,500 and $750. Final fees are confirmed in a written engagement agreement and exclude court, government, and third-party costs. No fee arrangement guarantees a particular result.

Three practices. One standard.

Startup & early-stage counsel

Paper that holds up when the money shows up.

  • Entity formation
  • Founder agreements & vesting
  • Operating agreements & bylaws
  • SAFE and convertible-note review
  • Contracts, equity, financing readiness
  • Regulatory fit checks

Flat fee
Packages from $525
Missouri

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FINRA arbitration & investor recovery

Losses that weren’t your fault may be recoverable.

  • Unsuitable recommendations
  • Unauthorized trading
  • Excessive trading & churning
  • Breach of fiduciary duty
  • Outside-business & private-investment losses
  • Elder financial abuse
  • Rule 2080 expungement

33% contingency
Nothing upfront
MO · IA · IN

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Personal injury

While you focus on healing, we hold the person who hurt you accountable.

  • Car, truck & motorcycle collisions
  • Pedestrian and rideshare crashes
  • Premises liability
  • Slip-and-fall injuries
  • Wrongful death

33% contingency
Nothing upfront
Missouri

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Direct access to your attorney. No roster of 500, just one dedicated lawyer answerable to you.

Dontay Phillips, founder and principal attorney of ClearScope Counsel, at the firm’s Kansas City office

Dontay Phillips founded ClearScope Counsel LLC after working inside the institutions most people only encounter from the outside. As a Missouri lawyer, Dontay Phillips personally handles every matter — whether you’re an injured victim seeking personal injury or tort representation, or an investor hurt by misconduct involving FINRA and investments. Our advanced technology helps accelerate your case, but attorney-led judgment ultimately guides every strategy and decision.

Inside the industry firstCompliance and legal roles at Goldman Sachs, FINRA, and Wells Fargo before founding the firm.
FINRA arbitratorServes on FINRA’s dispute-resolution arbitrator roster, subject to FINRA’s neutrality and continuing-disclosure rules.
Missouri courtroomsLitigation experience from intake through pleadings, discovery, hearings, mediation, and resolution.
Washington University School of LawJ.D. with a Certificate in Business & Corporate Law.

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Bring what you know. We’ll tell you what it costs.

You don’t need the documents organized or the legal theory figured out. You need one honest conversation and a number you can plan around.

Startup counsel across Missouri, including Kansas City, St. Louis, Columbia, Jefferson City, and Springfield. FINRA arbitration for investors in Missouri, Iowa, and Indiana. Personal injury representation in Missouri. No attorney-client relationship is formed until conflicts are cleared and an engagement agreement is signed.

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