Outside General Counsel

Join the big leagues and hire a General Counsel for your company or organization. Whether you want to impress your friends or strike fear in your enemies, you can hire me on an as-needed or continual basis to act as your outside general counsel.

I can even send letters on your letterhead, have an e-mail address with your company, and a phone extension.  No one has to know that you are not paying hundreds of thousands of dollars per year for a General Counsel.

Call for a free consultation on the variable pricing for this service.  Service can include the following:

  • Advising on hiring and firing issues
  • Noncompete issues and agreements
  • Nondisclosure agreements
  • Other employment issues
  • Employment contracts, commissions agreements, executive comp
  • Reasonable accommodation and leave issues
  • Advise on leases
  • Advise on liability issues and litigation avoidance
  • Deal with insurers
  • In some situations, defend your company and get paid by your insurer
  • Referrals to insurance reps and professional
  • Revise/draft/revise contracts and license agreements
  • Letters to employees
  • Letters to customers and competitors
  • Deal with state agencies (Attorney General/MCAD/etc.)
  • Manage subpoenas served on you.
  • Litigation, arbitration, mediation
  • Asset purchases and sales
  • Minority Shareholder/Member disputes and issues
  • Shareholder Agreements
  • LLC Operating Agreements

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Business Owners and Partners Should Be Paranoid

Written by Adam Whitney on Tuesday, Feb 4th, 2020

Fox Moulder’s motto was “Trust No One.” Lawyers can understand this paranoia. Divorce lawyers know spouses cheat. Criminal lawyers know clients steal (and worse). You should know that your business partners and key employees that you trust the most can betray you. This includes both majority and minority shareholders in close corporations, members of LLC’s (Massachusetts limited liability companies), and partners in partnerships. Sadly, this also includes family members in a family business.

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No Good at Goodbyes: Why Employment Attorneys are Important to use for Creating Severance Agreements

Written by Adam Whitney on Tuesday, Jan 28th, 2020

Severance agreements, which are contracts between an employer and an employee that contain certain rules and guidelines for when an employee is terminated, may be regarded as somewhat of an afterthought by employers. An employer might think to himself, “the employee is leaving the company to go his or her own way, so what is there to worry about?” Despite this fact, it is imperative that anyone involved in the hiring process has an employment lawyer review a proposed severance agreement. A...

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New Ruling From Massachusetts Appeals Court Shows the Importance of LLC Operating Agreement Language

Written by Adam Whitney on Monday, Jan 27th, 2020

How do Limited Liability Company Operating Agreements affect the fiduciary duties owed to co-Members of the LLC? That issue was decided in the case of Butts v. Freedman, which also involved Boston Equity Advisors LLC (“BEA”) and Outcome Capital, LLC (“Outcome”).

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Having a Company Holiday Party? Have Fun, but Don't Get Sued.

Written by Adam Whitney on Monday, Dec 2nd, 2019

Your company holiday party comes with potential legal liability. While you can never eliminate all potential liability, you can minimize your risk. Here are some ways to do that:

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Myths and Realities - Starting or Joining an LLC or Corporation with Friends, Family Members and Acquaintances.

Written by Adam Whitney on Wednesday, May 30th, 2018

As a lawyer who litigates disputes among partners, close corporation shareholders, and limited liability company members and managers, I hear a lot of myths about them. The myths below are in italics, with my (sometimes snide) comments below each one.

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