How do you structure general counsel relationships to be proactive, not just reactive?-Volpe Law LLC

Posted November 05, 2025 in Media

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At this law firm like to structure our general counsel relationships with our clients to encourage proactive support and not reactive type of legal support. What we do here is we offer a annual subscription type flat fee program for our clients depending on the size. We have various billing models for various size businesses. The flat fee billable hour per month

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allows you, the business, the client, to budget and understand what your legal costs are without legal billing surprises. It also incentivizes you, the client, to talk to us. So what we find is when we stick to a normal retainer and billable hour model with our business clients, they tend to avoid calling us for fear of being billed on an hourly basis.

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We have tried to change that by offering flat fees. That way we can be involved all the way through and do everything we can as your legal team to help know your business well and help mitigate your legal risk. The whole goal of Fractional General Counsel is to avoid 911 calls from our clients saying, I got sued. All this stuff happened over the past six months. We’re sorry we didn’t make you aware of it. And then at that point, it’s too late. You’re going to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars defending the lawsuit.

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