5 Tips Top Innovators Use to Make the Most of Our Legal Services
Tip #1: Make the most of your hand-picked attorney’s talents
Michael Schellhous, Esq.
Michael Schellhous, Esq., knows how to break complex legal situations down into actionable solutions.
With a B.S in Biochemistry to add to his legal expertise, Michael has always had his career focused on the intersection of healthcare and technology. Michael’s clear communication skills and quiet confidence make him a valued asset for novel and disruptive healthcare companies. This is why we handpicked him to work with you.
Michael will also coordinate the work of any other attorneys needed within our Firm to help you achieve your goals.
Michael has your back. But he can’t help if he doesn’t know what you’re doing! So before you sign, commit, or launch, pick up the phone and give him a call. He would much rather help you understand risks before you take them than to help you unwind an uninformed decision at much greater expense.
Put it into practice:
Rely on Michael as a gut check for your ideas and big decisions—even if it is outside the scope of your current legal matter. The more you include him in your thinking and plans, the better he can help you seize opportunities and understand risks.
Tip #2: Choose a company point person
“A committee is a group of individuals who all put in a perfectly good color, and it comes out gray.”
Sources vary as to who first said it, but we all know it is true.
In order to do the best work for you, Michael needs a clear voice from your business. While he may interact with others on your team during the course of his work for your company, feedback and decisions should be funneled through a single point of contact.
(If your contact for billing and payment is different from your designated main point of contact, please be sure to let us know so that we can direct invoices appropriately.)
Put it into practice:
Choose one person in your company to convey feedback, questions and decisions to Michael so you avoid bottlenecks, conflicting information, and delays.
Tip #3: Define a clean scope of work
This is a joint process. During our first meeting, we will discuss your goals, challenges, and priorities. This helps us develop a scope of work for the immediate and long term with plenty of time to get the job done. And we avoid the dreaded “scope creep” while still tracking new ideas and future plans that emerge from our work together.
The more we understand about your scope of work, the better able we are to map out a plan for the efficient and cost-effective resolution of your matter.
Put it into practice:
Lay it all on the table! We can’t give you our best if we’re working from partial information or if the details keep growing over time.
Tip #4: Build in reasonable lead times
You might think this tip is to help our attorneys schedule their work—and it is. However, what’s even more important than that is knowing rushed work is never the best work, even with a stellar team.
And we want your company to have the very best.
Put it into practice:
If you have a task with a specific deadline, make sure Michael knows well in advance so he has enough runway for a smooth take-off for your legal matters.
Tip #5: Take advantage of our innovative fee arrangements
You’re not a traditional business owner, and we’re not a traditional law firm. We both operate in an innovative space, and you’ll notice that in our value-based pricing.
Instead of thinking in terms of hourly billing, which leaves you no way to estimate your monthly legal expenses or calculate your ROI, we offer value-based pricing options. Click here to discover your options.
We will always be on the lookout for the best pricing for your legal needs.
Put it into practice:
If we approach you about a new offer, it’s not because our attorneys have turned into professional salespeople. It’s because we’re innovating this payment model so that every client gets the perfect fit in service and price—and we want to make sure you have every opportunity to take advantage of it.
That’s it! Five simple tips to get the most out of your investment in our legal services:
Make the most of your hand-picked attorney’s talents and experience
Choose a company point person to avoid bottlenecks and maintain momentum
Define a clean scope of work with all the details up front so you get the fastest service at the lowest price
Build in reasonable lead times so you never have to rush important legal work for your business
Take advantage of innovative fee arrangements so you get a right-sized service and price for all your legal needs
Questions about how something works?
Founding Partner Carrie Nixon is committed to maintaining the highest standards of service excellence, and are available as additional support to all clients of the Firm. We appreciate your feedback throughout the course of our engagement and at the close of a matter. Our goal is your satisfaction with our service.
If there is something you are unhappy with—or something you really appreciate—we want to know.
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