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KVasquez LawBrickell · Miami
Abogado Externo para Empresas

Su departamento legal,
sin el departamento legal.

Las empresas del sur de la Florida que facturan entre cinco y cincuenta millones firman contratos que nadie lee, despiden empleados sin documentación y operan bajo acuerdos redactados para un negocio que ya no existe. No por descuido. Porque cada pregunta cuesta seiscientos dólares la hora y el reloj empieza a correr con el saludo.

Nos convertimos en su abogado por una tarifa mensual fija. Usted llama antes de firmar, no después.

Georgetown LawFlorida · Carolina del Norte · D.C.Español e Inglés
Contratos y Documentos ComercialesRevisados antes de firmar, no después de la disputa.
Empleo y TerminacionesLa documentación que decide cómo termina una relación laboral.
Entidades y Gobierno CorporativoAcuerdos operativos que describen la empresa que usted realmente dirige.
Arrendamientos y ProveedoresRenovaciones, cesiones y la correspondencia con el arrendador.
Consultas CotidianasLas llamadas de cinco minutos que hoy usted responde adivinando.
Por Qué Existe Esto

El daño nunca es la factura. Es la pregunta que nunca hizo.

Una empresa no fracasa por contratar al abogado equivocado. Fracasa porque durante cuatro años no llamó a ninguno, y esos cuatro años se acumularon.

Esa es la forma de casi todas las disputas comerciales que ve esta firma. No una pregunta legal difícil mal respondida. Una pregunta común que nunca se hizo, porque hacerla tenía un precio y el riesgo parecía teórico.

Las empresas de este tamaño ocupan un punto medio incómodo. Demasiado grandes para operar con acuerdos de palabra y plantillas descargadas. Demasiado pequeñas para justificar un abogado interno en nómina por doscientos mil al año más beneficios. Así que terminan con lo peor de ambos: llaman a una firma por horas solo cuando algo ya salió mal, y pagan tarifas premium para limpiar lo que el trabajo preventivo habría evitado por una fracción.

Outside general counsel removes the price of asking. The monthly figure is fixed and known. Reviewing the vendor agreement costs the same as not reviewing it. Once that is true the behavior changes on its own, and the problems that used to arrive fully formed start arriving as questions instead.

Lo que un año corriente le cuesta a una empresa sin abogado

Un contrato marco de servicios leído por primera vez durante una disputaCláusulas de indemnización y jurisdicción aceptadas al firmar sin revisión
$9,000
Un empleado despedido sin documentaciónCarta de reclamo recibida, respuesta preparada, asunto resuelto
$14,000
Un acuerdo operativo nunca actualizado tras la entrada de un socioEl socio sale y el documento no tiene mecanismo de valuación
$25,000
Tres problemas corrientes, un añoUn año completo de abogado externo cuesta menos que cualquiera de ellos
$48,000

Cifras ilustrativas basadas en tarifas por hora típicas del sur de la Florida y rangos de acuerdo en disputas comerciales comunes. Solo para comparación. No son predicciones de costo en ningún asunto específico ni implican resultado alguno.

What The Retainer Buys

The question you ask early is the cheapest one you will ever ask.

A clause reviewed before signature costs nothing extra at any tier. The same clause litigated afterward is the most expensive hour a company buys. That difference is the entire proposition.

Lo Que Manejamos

El trabajo que nunca justificó un contrato por proyecto.

Todo lo siguiente está cubierto por la tarifa mensual en el nivel correspondiente. Nada genera una factura aparte, una solicitud de reposición de anticipo, ni una conversación sobre el alcance.

Commercial Contracts

Drafting, review and negotiation of the agreements your business runs on, from one-page orders to master services agreements.

Customer & Vendor Terms

Your standard paper and theirs. Indemnity, limitation of liability, venue, termination and auto-renewal reviewed before signature.

Nondisclosure Agreements

Mutual and one-way NDAs, non-circumvention and confidentiality terms for deals, vendors and prospective partners.

Employment Documentation

Offer letters, employment agreements, handbooks, policies and the paperwork that decides how a termination goes.

Separations & Releases

Separation agreements, releases and the documentation that closes an employment relationship cleanly.

Contractor Classification

Independent contractor agreements and classification review, one of the most common and most expensive exposures at this size.

Restrictive Covenants

Non-compete, non-solicitation and confidentiality provisions drafted to what Florida courts will actually enforce.

Entity Formation

Formation, qualification and structure for new entities, subsidiaries and holding companies across your operations.

Operating Agreements

Governance documents reflecting the company as it is now, including buy-sell terms, valuation and exit mechanics.

Corporate Records

Minute books, resolutions, consents and the governance record lenders and buyers ask for at the worst possible moment.

Commercial Leases

Lease review, renewal negotiation, assignment and landlord correspondence when the space no longer fits.

Demand Letters

Sent on your behalf and answered on your behalf. Most commercial disputes are decided in the first written exchange.

Collections & Receivables

Pre-suit demand and negotiation on unpaid invoices, and the terms that make the next one collectible.

Licensing & Distribution

Representation, distribution and licensing agreements, including exclusivity, territory and termination terms.

Standing Questions

The five-minute questions you currently answer by guessing. No meter, no minimum, no invoice.

From First Call To Counsel

Four steps, one week.

01

Strategy Call

Twenty minutes, no charge. What the company signs, who it employs, and what is currently unpapered. If you do not need a retainer, we say so.

02

Legal Audit

We review your existing contracts, entity documents and employment paper, then return a written list of what is exposed and what it would take to fix.

03

Engagement

Tier selected, scope and carve-outs stated in writing, response times committed in the engagement letter. Signed and started inside a week.

04

Standing Counsel

You call before you sign. Monthly or quarterly review depending on tier, and an annual audit so the paper never drifts again.

Precios

Publicados. Fijos. Conocidos antes de llamar.

Business owners comparison shop this category, and firms that hide the number lose to firms that do not. Here is the number.

Counsel

Equipos pequeños con flujo constante de contratos y consultas periódicas.

$1,950
Al Mes
  • Up to 4 hours of legal work monthly
  • Contract, NDA and vendor terms review
  • Unlimited short questions by email
  • Response within two business days
  • Quarterly review call
Comenzar Aquí
Más Contratado

General Counsel

Empresas con empleados, documentos comerciales recurrentes y exposición real.

$3,750
Al Mes
  • Up to 10 hours of legal work monthly
  • Everything in Counsel, plus drafting
  • Documentos laborales y terminaciones
  • Entity governance and corporate records
  • Response within one business day
  • Monthly call and an annual legal audit
Comenzar Aquí

Chief Counsel

Empresas donde lo legal es un punto fijo de agenda, no una interrupción ocasional.

$6,500
Al Mes
  • Up to 20 hours of legal work monthly
  • Everything in General Counsel
  • Same-day response on urgent matters
  • Attendance at board or partner meetings
  • Direct line for your leadership team
  • Priority scheduling on carved-out work
Comenzar Aquí

Mes a mes tras un término inicial de tres meses. Treinta días de aviso por escrito para terminar. Las horas no usadas no se acumulan. Cuando un mes exceda materialmente la asignación, se le informa antes de realizar el trabajo, no después.

Las Alternativas

Tres maneras de resolver lo legal. Esto cuesta cada una.

Hourly Law FirmOutside General CounselIn-House Hire
Monthly CostVariable. Fifteen hours at $600 is roughly $9,000$1,950 to $6,500, fixed and known$19,000 to $25,000 fully loaded
Billing MethodSix-minute increments, billed in arrearsOne figure, agreed in advanceSalary, benefits, payroll tax, recruiting
Cost Of A Quick QuestionA billed call and a line itemIncluded at every tierIncluded
Who Learns Your BusinessWhoever is staffed that weekThe same attorney, every matterYour employee
Preventive WorkRarely, because it bills the same as a crisisContinuously, because it costs nothing extraContinuously
Time To StartDaysOne weekThree to six months of hiring
Bilingual CapabilityVaries by firm and by staffingEnglish and Spanish throughoutDepends entirely on the hire
If You Need To StopStop callingThirty days’ written noticeSeverance and a vacancy

Hourly and in-house figures reflect published market ranges for South Florida commercial legal work and in-house counsel compensation. They describe the market generally and are not statements about any particular firm or lawyer.

Alcance

Qué incluye, y qué no.

Stated in the engagement letter before you sign. There is no version of this arrangement where the boundary is left vague and discovered later.

Cubierto por la tarifa mensual

  • Reviewing, redlining and drafting commercial contracts
  • NDAs, vendor terms, customer agreements, MSAs and SOWs
  • Employment agreements, offer letters, handbooks and policies
  • Separations, releases and termination documentation
  • Contractor classification and restrictive covenant review
  • Entity formation, governance records and operating agreements
  • Commercial lease review and landlord correspondence
  • Demand letters sent and received
  • Pre-suit collections and receivables demand
  • General legal questions as they arise

Excluido y cotizado por separado

  • Litigation and arbitration once a matter is filed
  • Mergers, acquisitions and financing transactions
  • Trademark and patent prosecution
  • Immigration matters
  • Tax controversy before the Internal Revenue Service
  • Any matter requiring admission outside Florida, North Carolina or D.C.

Retainer clients receive carved-out work at $395 per hour against the firm’s standard rate, with scheduling priority. Where a matter requires a jurisdiction the firm is not admitted in, we say so and coordinate local counsel rather than working around it.

What Clients Say

In their words.

★★★★★
“She reviews everything our company signs now. In the first quarter she found an auto-renewal and an indemnity clause that between them were worth more than a year of the retainer.”
Outside General Counsel Client
Doral, FL
★★★★★
“The operating agreement had never been updated after our buy-in. She rewrote the valuation and exit terms before there was a dispute, which is the only time that work is cheap.”
Business Client
Brickell, Miami
★★★★★
“What I appreciated was that she told me what I did not need. She could have sold me three more documents and she talked me out of two of them.”
Business Formation Client
Miami, FL
★★★★★
“We came for an entity formation and left understanding how the structure, the tax election and my personal estate plan fit together. Nobody had connected those three for us before.”
Corporate Client
Coral Gables, FL
★★★★★
“Being able to negotiate in Spanish with our suppliers and in English with our customers, through one attorney, removed a step we did not realize was costing us.”
Cliente Corporativo
Miami, FL
★★★★★
“A separation that would have become a claim was handled properly the first time. The documentation existed because she had put it in place a year earlier.”
Employment Matter Client
Miami-Dade County, FL

Reviews reflect the experience of individual clients and are used with permission. They are not a guarantee, warranty or prediction regarding the outcome of any other matter.

Antes de Comprometerse

Las preguntas que todo dueño hace.

What if we barely use it one month?

Some months you use two hours and some months twelve. The point of a fixed fee is that you call in the light months rather than waiting until it is a heavy one. If usage runs consistently below your tier across a full quarter, the firm moves you down.

What if we go over the hours?

You are told before the work happens, never on an invoice afterward. You then decide whether to authorize additional hours at the reduced rate, move up a tier, or hold the work until the following month.

We already have a lawyer for large projects.

Keep them. This does not replace specialist counsel on a transaction or a lawsuit. It covers the ninety percent of legal work too small to justify a project engagement and too consequential to handle by guessing.

How fast do you respond?

Two business days at Counsel, one business day at General Counsel, same day for urgent matters at Chief Counsel. Response times are written into the engagement letter.

Do you work with companies outside Florida?

Yes, within Florida, North Carolina and the District of Columbia. Where a matter requires another state, the firm says so and coordinates local counsel.

Can we start with one project instead?

Yes. Many clients begin with a single contract review or an operating agreement and move to a monthly arrangement later. There is no requirement to start on a retainer.

Agendar Directamente

Elija un horario que le funcione.

Consultations are held by telephone, by video, or in person at the Brickell office by appointment. Bilingual in English and Spanish.

Scheduling a consultation does not create an attorney-client relationship. Please do not include confidential details in the booking notes.

La Llamada de Estrategia

Veinte minutos. Sin costo. Sin venta.

We ask what your company signs, who it employs, and what is currently unpapered. Then we tell you which tier fits, or that you do not need one yet. Both answers happen regularly.

If the call surfaces something urgent, we say so on the call rather than saving it for a proposal.

(305) 359-7522

1200 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1950, Miami, Florida 33131
By appointment only · legal@kvasquezlaw.com

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