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Business law · Cleveland

Stop signing things you haven’t read

We’re three business lawyers in the Warehouse District. We set up companies, write and read the contracts owners sign, settle the fights that follow, and sit in as outside counsel for companies with no lawyer on staff.

Mirko Zupancic, founding partner, in a charcoal suit with his arms crossed

The ten-minute talk

What to read first in any contract

Mirko walks through a real-looking supplier agreement, page by page, and stops at the five clauses that cost owners the most when a deal goes sideways.

Rather read it? The same talk is written up as a guide, with the clause wording to look for.

Mirko Zupancic on the five clauses to read first in a supplier contract

Talk by Mirko Zupancic, founding partner

Guides

Plain answers, written before you ask

Short guides from the three of us, on the papers owners sign most.

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What we do

Four jobs, done properly

Most owners need us for one of these. Plenty come back for the other three.

  • 01

    Starting a company

    The LLC or corporation, the operating agreement, the ownership split and the first hires, papered before money changes hands.

    Company setup, in detail
  • 02

    Contracts

    Customer terms, supplier agreements, commercial leases and NDAs. We write yours, or read theirs and tell you what to push back on.

    Contract work, in detail
  • 03

    Business disputes

    Unpaid invoices, partners splitting up, a vendor who won’t deliver. We try a demand letter and a deal first, and court when that fails.

    Disputes, in detail
  • 04

    Outside general counsel

    A monthly plan: send us the contract, the HR question or the angry email, and hear back within a business day.

    The monthly plan, in detail

The lawyers

Three of us, and you deal with all three

No juniors you never meet. The lawyer on your first call is the one who does the work.

Got a contract on your desk?

Book a 20-minute call. Tell us what it is and when it’s due, and we’ll tell you what we’d look at and what it costs to have us do it.

A first call doesn’t make us your lawyers; a signed engagement letter does.