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Fractional general counsel · West Tennessee

Your general counsel, on call.

Three Tennessee attorneys. One predictable monthly price. Legal guidance that arrives before the problem does, for small businesses in Savannah, Hardin County, and across West Tennessee.

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Why this exists

Calling a lawyer shouldn't feel like a gamble.

Most owners wait, because hourly billing makes every question feel expensive. Waiting is the costly part.

A contract gets signed without review.The problem clause surfaces a year later, when your options are fewest.
An employee matter gets handled by instinct.Inconsistency is what turns a personnel issue into a legal one.
A lease provision gets discovered mid-dispute.By then the leverage belongs to the other side.
How it works

Plain English in, attorney judgment out.

01
Tell us what you're facing

Send the contract, the question, or the situation, in your own words, through the client portal or by email.

02
The right attorney takes it

Ben Harmon coordinates every matter to the attorney best suited to it: business, employment, or commercial real estate.

03
An answer within 48 hours

Every request gets an attorney reply within two business days, so your decisions keep moving.

Plans

One monthly price. No surprise invoices.

Tap the statement that sounds most like your business.

Essential

$750 /month

Dependable access for recurring legal needs.

  • General counsel coverage, up to three matters per month
  • 48-hour attorney response standard
  • Document vault for everything we review
What Essential gets you, exactly
  • Up to three matters per month
  • Contract review and drafting support
  • Employment, lease, vendor, and customer questions
  • General risk guidance from your attorney
  • 48 hour attorney response on every request
  • Document vault for everything we review

Litigation and major transactions are quoted separately, always before work begins.

Prefer to talk first? 731-438-3850.

Most popular

Professional

$1,500 /month

For growing businesses with more frequent or broader legal activity.

  • Expanded coverage and service capacity
  • Ongoing, proactive guidance and check-ins
  • Quarterly legal health review
What Professional gets you, exactly
  • Everything in Essential
  • Expanded monthly matter allowance set in your engagement agreement
  • Proactive follow-up on renewals, deadlines, and open issues
  • Quarterly legal health review with Ben
  • Standing guidance as your business grows and hires

Litigation and major transactions are quoted separately, always before work begins.

Prefer to talk first? 731-438-3850.

Enterprise

$3,000 /month

Comprehensive, higher-touch counsel across the business.

  • Broad general counsel support
  • Greatest service capacity and priority
  • Direct relationship across the full team
What Enterprise gets you, exactly
  • Everything in Professional
  • The firm’s greatest service capacity and priority
  • Broad general counsel support across the business
  • Direct working relationship with all three attorneys
  • Monthly matter allowance set in your engagement agreement

Litigation and major transactions are quoted separately, always before work begins.

Prefer to talk first? 731-438-3850.

Covered work, matter limits, and exclusions are defined in each engagement agreement. Litigation and major transactions are scoped and priced separately.

The line, drawn

Exactly what the subscription covers.

No fine print games. Covered work on the left, separately scoped work on the right, and the boundary written into your engagement agreement.

Covered by your plan
  • Contract review and drafting support
  • Employment questions and workplace policies
  • Commercial lease and real estate matters
  • Vendor and customer disputes
  • General risk management guidance
  • Recurring business questions within your agreed scope
Scoped separately, quoted first
  • Litigation
  • Major or extensive transactions
  • Highly specialized matters
  • Work outside your engagement scope

Nothing here ever starts without a conversation and a clear price.

A matter is one discrete piece of legal work: one contract, one employment question, one lease issue. Your plan's exact matter allowance is defined in your engagement agreement, so the boundary is never a surprise.

Four commitments

Built so calling your lawyer feels normal.

Predictability

A known monthly legal budget replaces hourly uncertainty for covered work.

Accessibility

Raise questions before they become problems. That's the whole point of the model.

Local trust

Tennessee attorneys who know the region and build direct relationships, not a faceless platform.

Speed

Technology-assisted workflows and a 48-hour response standard keep your decisions moving.

Your team

Three attorneys. One relationship.

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Ben Harmon
Managing attorney

Your point of contact. Business counseling, matter coordination, and service delivery.

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Jason Nowlin
Employment counsel

Workplace policies, employee issues, and employment-related risk.

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Nick Surratt
Commercial real estate

Leases, property transactions, and commercial real estate matters.

The way in

Start with a free contract audit.

Send us one contract you've already signed. We'll review it, flag what matters in plain English, and show you exactly how we work. No cost, no obligation, no pressure.

Send a contract
Questions, answered

The fine print, in plain English.

What counts as a matter?

A discrete piece of legal work: one contract review, one employment question, one lease issue. Matter limits for each plan are defined in your engagement agreement.

What's not covered by the subscription?

Litigation, major transactions, and highly specialized work are scoped and priced separately before any work begins, so there are no surprises.

Do you use AI?

Yes, deliberately. Technology handles routine preparation so your attorneys spend their time on judgment. Every deliverable is attorney-reviewed and attorney-accountable.

How fast will I hear back?

Every request receives an attorney reply within 48 hours, and usually sooner.

How do payments work?

One flat monthly subscription, processed securely through LawPay. No hourly invoices for covered work.

Get started

Tell us what you're facing.

Three quick steps, no legalese required. Ben reads every submission.

What kind of question is this?
How urgent?
In your own words, what's going on?
Where should the attorney reply?

Submitting this form does not create an attorney-client relationship. Please do not include confidential or time-sensitive information until an engagement is in place.

Received. You'll hear from us within 48 hours.

Ben Harmon coordinates every new matter to the attorney best suited to it. Watch your inbox.

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