The right counsel.
Over and over again, I see:
A business signs a contract without getting a litigation review.
The relationship works for a while.
Then it doesn’t.
A dispute materializes, a demand letter arrives, and they call a commercial litigator—who reads the contract for the first time, bills to get up to speed, and gives advice without the context of how the agreement was presented, what the negotiation looked like, or what the parties actually intended.
Starting cold in a dispute is expensive.
It’s also avoidable.
The three products I’ve built this year are designed to solve that problem as a system—to build the relationship and be there before, during, and after a fight arises:
• The flat-fee contract review creates the relationship and the knowledge base. I review the agreement before it’s signed. I know what it says, how it is structured, and where the risk lives.
• The subscription keeps the relationship current. As the business evolves, new contracts arise, new questions come up. We work through them together, at a fixed cost, without starting over each time.
• The litigation AFA (alternative fee arrangement) means that if a dispute becomes a lawsuit, the client goes into it with a litigator who already knows the contract, already knows their business, and has agreed in writing to a fixed fee for each phase before it begins.
Fewer cold starts.
Fewer billing surprises.
The person advising you on a contract dispute (hopefully, me) has met the agreement before, and knows you and your business from the jump.
I’m a commercial litigation partner at Husch Blackwell in Milwaukee—I practice in state and federal courts nationwide.
If any of this resonates—for your business, or for a client or colleague who’s been asking these questions—I’d welcome a conversation.
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Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed here are solely my own and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Husch Blackwell LLP or any other organization. Examples are generalized and do not reflect current client matters or firm positions.
