Decisive, Cost-Effective Legal Advice to Small and Midsize Private Businesses
Legal Advice Grounded in Twenty-Five Years of Experience, Over Fourteen as In-House Counsel to Midsize and Small Private Companies
The Firm’s focus is providing sophisticated, practical advice to small and midsize businesses that they can act on immediately to manage the core day-to-day legal issues they face.
Clients may choose different approaches:
Ongoing “fractional General Counsel” services to small and midsized businesses;
Ongoing or periodic advice on an hourly basis; and
Ongoing or occasional support to lean corporate law departments.
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Deeply experienced providing principled and practical advice to business clients to negotiate and obtain clear contract terms needed to achieve business objectives without posturing on extraneous terms.
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Skilled at delivering practical ongoing or situational advice that clients can readily act on to both manage day-to-day employee issues and comply with applicable laws.
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Extensive experience advising both RIAs and exempt advisors, as well as private fund investors, with investment terms and compliance needs.
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Skilled at helping companies develop appropriate foundational documents and delivering ongoing governance and compliance advice.
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Skilled at assessing and negotiating disputes at a pre-litigation stage and retaining and managing trial counsel if needed.
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Extensive experience managing insurance and risk issues fosters risk-informed legal advice and, if desired, help in sourcing or negotiating insurance coverages.
Areas Of Practice
Tom Bockhorst
Delivering Implementable Advice Guided by:
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I focus on delivering advice that makes real-world sense and that clients can act on readily.
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I am rigorous in assessing client situations and pursuing best-result outcomes.
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I seek always to act with honor and deliver on my commitments.
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I continue to seek out new learning, and I embrace exploring new issues and finding realizable solutions for clients.
Flexibility in Billing Arrangements
Traditional Hourly Billing
Appropriate for special projects or where needs are unpredictable.
Agreed-to Monthly Fee
Provides Predictability in Budgeted Spend.