We serve as General Counsel for businesses of all sizes, from start-ups to large established companies. Our legal services are tailored to meet the unique business needs of each client. Many start-up and growth stage clients desire a flexible General Counsel arrangement to handle their day-to-day legal needs and manage the engagement of specialist attorneys, such as engaging and managing litigation attorneys handling lawsuits. The time we devote a client’s legal needs can evolve and grow with the client’s business. The better we get to know a client, the more efficient we become because we don’t spend time “getting up to speed” on each new matter.
Larger clients often need support on a project-basis or to fill knowledge or capacity gaps on their team. We strengthen your existing team when you are not ready or do not need to add additional full-time attorneys.
Our outside general counsel services encompass a wide range of corporate law services often provided by in-house counsel with the support of law firm lawyers, such as:
We understand that navigating the legal landscape can be complex. We collaborate closely with specialist attorneys in areas such as tax, employment, intellectual property, and litigation to ensure that all aspects of your legal needs are expertly addressed.
In every engagement, large or small, we work closely with our clients to develop an intimate working knowledge of their operational and strategic goals and build trusting relationships with senior management and key stakeholders. As a result, we not only deliver legal solutions, but become trusted business counselors.
Mel Tull, our founder and managing partner, founded Tull Law after working for many years as in-house General Counsel of a for-profit company and a non-profit trade association. His goal for the firm is to use cost-efficient fee arrangements that allow him to work closely with the business leaders at his clients on a regular basis for an extended period of time, much like a full- time, in-house general counsel would. This allows him to develop long-term working relationships with his clients, get to know their business, and understand their goals, objectives,
priorities and tolerance for risk. This results in better legal work that fits the unique needs and preferences of each client. Ultimately, Mel wants to be your trusted and valued legal and business counselor.
What sets us apart is our commitment to working hand-in-hand with our clients’ business leaders, in-house attorneys, accountants, bankers, and other advisors. We strive to become an integral part of your team, providing proactive legal counsel that aligns with your business goals and objectives.
Whether you’re a small startup looking to establish a solid legal foundation, an established company with an in-house legal department that needs temporary help with a special project, or a non-profit organization seeking guidance on governance matters, Tull Law is here to support you every step of the way. Contact us today to learn more about how our outside general counsel services can benefit your organization.
We are more cost efficient than hiring another full- or part-time attorney or engaging a large law firm. Our hourly rates are often lower than rates for comparably experienced in-house or big law attorneys, and we offer additional discounts for fixed fee engagements and volume commitments. We offer a variety of alternative fee arrangements and work with each client to develop the right fee arrangement tailored to their preferences and the type of engagement.
Some clients prefer the budget certainty of a fixed fee arrangement, while others may prefer fees tied to the success or failure of a transaction or project. For transactions, we offer “busted deal discounts” and success bonuses to align our interests with our client’s transaction risks and costs.
We strive to be your trusted legal and business counselor. Our mission is to provide the professionalism of a big law firm, the business savvy of an in-house general counsel, at efficient value-oriented rates.