Legal subscription for growing businesses
Your business lawyer, on call.
Flex Business Lawyer is a monthly subscription that gives your company up to 5 attorney hours every month for $1,997. Use them on contracts, hiring, partners, trademarks, disputes or deals. Predictable monthly cost, no full-time salary.
- $1,997/month
- Up to 5 attorney hours
- Month-to-month, cancel anytime
What is Flex Business Lawyer?
Flex Business Lawyer is a monthly legal subscription for small and mid-sized businesses, offered by Chase Neely, PC. For $1,997 per month, subscribers get up to 5 attorney hours to use on any business legal matter, including contracts, employment, governance, trademarks, disputes and transactions. Additional time is $550 per hour, and unused hours don't roll over. The service is built for companies with roughly $1 million to $5 million in revenue that need regular legal help but aren't ready to hire in-house counsel. Chris Clark, a business attorney with more than 20 years of practice, leads client work and coordinates licensed co-counsel when a matter requires it. The firm has offices in Charlotte, Nashville, Denver and Washington, DC.
Legal help shouldn't be something you put off
Most growing businesses are stuck between two options that don’t fit. Hourly billing makes you hesitate before every email to your lawyer, so small questions turn into expensive problems. A full-time in-house attorney costs far more than a $1M–$5M company can justify.
Flex sits in between: a set monthly price, a lawyer who knows your business, and hours you can use whenever something comes up.
Use your hours on any business legal matter
Your 5 monthly hours go wherever your business needs them. For larger matters like litigation, acquisitions or financing, we give you a time estimate before work starts.
Contracts
Draft, review and redline customer agreements, vendor contracts, NDAs and leases.
Hiring and your team
Offer letters, contractor agreements, handbooks, classification questions and separations.
Owners and governance
Operating agreements, shareholder issues, buy-sell terms and entity clean-up.
Brand and IP
Trademark searches and filings, IP assignments and protecting what you've built.
Disputes
Demand letters, collections, early dispute strategy, and a plan before things escalate.
Deals and growth
Acquisitions, sales, investments and new ventures, with a time estimate upfront.
How your subscription works
Subscribe
Tell us about your company, its owners, your state and what you need help with. It takes about five minutes.
Conflict check
We run a conflict check, then send your engagement agreement and billing details to review and sign.
Kickoff
We meet to learn your business, your contracts and what's coming up.
Send requests anytime
Email your attorney when something comes up. We tell you upfront when a matter needs an estimate, and we ask before going past your monthly hours.
Built for businesses doing $1M to $5M
- You have customers, employees and contracts, but no lawyer on staff.
- You need legal help most months, not just once a year.
- You’d rather ask the question early than pay to fix the problem later.
The attorney behind your subscription
Client work at Flex Business Lawyer is led by Chris Clark, a business attorney with more than 20 years of experience in business and intellectual property matters. Chris works the way a general counsel would: he learns your business, handles your day-to-day legal work, and brings in licensed co-counsel when a matter calls for it.
- J.D., UNC Chapel Hill
- 20+ years in practice
- Business NC Legal Elite
What clients say about working with Chris
They know how to think like a businessperson. They don't think like lawyers.Daniel BeckmannCOO, Imagine Software
They understand your business as well as you do, and they can position you well from a legal standpoint.Paul AdkisonFounder, Private Investor
He is eminently trustworthy. If he says he will do something, he does it and then reports back on status.Mary KaczmarekFounder, Skillful Means Marketing
He was able to stop a potential corporate catastrophe for my company with one letter.Jeannie LaffodayPresident, Fiber Services, Inc.
Client experiences with Chris Clark. Testimonials don't guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future matter.
Offices in Charlotte, Nashville, Denver and Washington, DC
We work with businesses across the country, with offices in four cities.
Common questions
What is a legal subscription?
It's a set monthly fee for ongoing access to a business lawyer. With Flex Business Lawyer, $1,997 a month covers up to 5 attorney hours, which you can use on any business legal matter.
What happens if I need more than 5 hours?
We'll ask before going past your 5 hours. If you approve, additional time is billed at $550 an hour. For larger matters, we give you a time estimate before work begins so you can decide how to proceed.
Do unused hours roll over?
No. Your hours reset each month.
Can I cancel?
Yes. The subscription is month-to-month, and you can cancel anytime.
Is this the same as fractional general counsel?
It's similar. You get a business lawyer who learns your company and handles your ongoing legal work, on a predictable monthly subscription rather than an hourly or full-time arrangement.
Does subscribing make me a client right away?
Not yet. After you submit the intake form, we run a conflict check. If conflicts clear, we send you an engagement agreement. Representation begins once that agreement is signed.
Get a business lawyer on call
Tell us about your business. We'll run a conflict check and send your engagement agreement to review.
Please don’t include confidential details in the form. Submitting it doesn’t create an attorney-client relationship.