Formation, founder agreements, SAFE and note review, and early regulatory fit checks for financial, tech, and legal startups — so your first diligence process is boring, your cap table stays clean, and no investor call begins with “we found a problem.”
The individual documents that come up most for early-stage and finance-adjacent founders, each scoped and flat-fee quoted on its own.
Mutual or one-way confidentiality, drafted from scratch or reviewed against a counterparty's paper. Built for brand deals, partner intros, fundraising conversations, and early commercial talks.
Independent contractor terms with clean IP assignment, confidentiality, and termination clauses, built to hold up across jurisdictions.
At-will or fixed-term offers with equity, vesting, and IP assignment built in, tailored to federal and Missouri employment law for distributed teams.
Joint marketing, co-development, or strategic partnership terms covering IP ownership, revenue share, exclusivity, and exit provisions.
Commission and fee structures for referral partners, channel resellers, or affiliates, including payment terms, termination rights, and exclusivity clauses.
Master Service Agreement for ongoing vendor or customer relationships, setting the framework for SOWs, payment terms, IP, and liability, used end-to-end with enterprise counterparties.
Public-facing legal infrastructure for digital products, built to GDPR, CCPA, and APP standards and kept current as those rules evolve.
A strongly worded legal demand letter to address infringement or disputes before they escalate.
Flat fees work best when the deliverables and complexity are knowable. If a matter becomes open-ended, pricing can be phased so you still always know what is happening.
You provide basic facts, goals, timeline, and relevant documents.
We identify conflicts, scope, and whether this practice is the right match.
When the project can be defined, you receive a clear quote and included deliverables.
You receive drafts, recommendations, and a practical explanation of what to do next.
One founder, one clean entity — formed right the first time.
$750$525
/ package · 30% off for new clients · filing fees excluded
Co-founders who never want to argue about who owns what.
$1,500$1,050
/ package · 30% off for new clients · filing fees excluded
Hiring from day one — the team paperwork comes built in.
$2,500$1,750
/ package · 30% off for new clients · filing fees excluded
Full package contents and pricing bands are published on the flat fees page. Multiple members, complex cap tables, or non-standard equity terms can move a quote above the published price; a consultation confirms the final number before any work begins. No fee guarantees a particular result.
The Startup Legal Launch Checklist walks formation, founder ownership, IP, hiring, and financing readiness. Still choosing a structure? The entity selection guide compares the options.
If your product touches trading, custody, licensed reps, or client funds, the firm’s FINRA arbitration practice represents investors harmed by broker-dealer or investment-adviser misconduct, and also handles FINRA disclosure expungement for industry professionals.
Yes. That is exactly when practical counsel is useful. The goal is to match the legal structure to the business model, tax and liability concerns, founder expectations, and financing path.
Maybe not immediately. The better question is whether today’s documents will make tomorrow’s raise harder. We scope only what fits your stage.
The practice focuses on financial, tech, and legal startups: fintech products, SaaS and data companies, and legal-tech builders. Other early-stage businesses are welcome when the model fits, and the depth increases for venture-style and finance-adjacent companies.
Yes, that overlap matters. The same practice also handles FINRA arbitration and investor-recovery matters, so finance-adjacent founders get an early read on whether their product is walking toward broker-dealer, adviser, or money-transmission territory before it becomes expensive.
Remote-first, so the work is identical statewide. Here is how founders in the state’s biggest startup markets tend to use it.
Founders in the KC tech and fintech corridor: formation, founder agreements, and financing readiness, handled remotely across the metro.
SaaS, B2B, and finance-adjacent founders, from entity choice to investor-ready paperwork, without a downtown-firm retainer.
Mid-Missouri founders, including student builders near the University of Missouri, get entity selection, IP assignment, and a clean cap table before launch.
Springfield and Ozarks founders get the same flat-fee formation, contracts, and SAFE review, delivered remotely with no drive to a big-city office.
Serving founders statewide, including Kansas City, St. Louis, Columbia, Jefferson City, and Springfield. FINRA arbitration and personal injury are separate practices; see their pages for details.
Book a consultation or request a quote. No attorney-client relationship is created until conflicts are cleared and an engagement agreement is signed.