KVasquez LawBrickell, Miami
ENESConsultation

Outside General Counsel
on a Flat Monthly Fee

Karina A. Vasquez, Esq., Brickell, Miami attorney

Karina A. Vasquez, Esq.

Georgetown Law · Admitted in Florida, North Carolina and D.C. Bilingual
You work with Karina directly. No associates, no paralegal hand-off.

South Florida companies between five and fifty million in revenue routinely sign contracts nobody has reviewed, terminate employees without documentation, and operate under agreements written for a business they have since outgrown. At six hundred dollars an hour, the cost of asking is usually what stops them.

The firm serves as your outside general counsel for a fixed monthly fee, with the scope, carve-outs and response times stated in the engagement letter.

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Georgetown LawFlorida · North Carolina · D.C.English & Español
Contracts & Commercial PaperReviewed before signature, not after the dispute.
Employment & SeparationsThe documentation that decides how a termination goes.
Entities & GovernanceOperating agreements that describe the company you actually run.
Leases & VendorsRenewals, assignments and the landlord correspondence.
Standing QuestionsThe five-minute calls you currently answer by guessing.

The Cost of Legal Questions Left Unasked

Most commercial disputes this firm handles did not begin with a difficult legal question. They began with an ordinary one that nobody asked, because asking it meant opening an hourly file.

An indemnity clause accepted without review, a separation handled without documentation, an operating agreement never updated after a partner bought in. Each is routine work when it is done in advance, and each becomes litigation when it is not.

Companies of this size are generally too large to operate on template agreements and too small to justify in-house counsel on payroll at two hundred thousand dollars a year plus benefits. The practical consequence is that they engage an hourly firm only after a problem has developed, and then pay litigation rates to resolve what contract review would have prevented.

An outside general counsel engagement is priced monthly rather than hourly. Because the fee does not vary with the number of calls, there is no incremental cost to asking before signing. In practice the firm reviews agreements, employment documents and governance records as they arise, rather than reconstructing them after a dispute has begun.

What one ordinary year costs a company with no counsel

A master services agreement read for the first time during a disputeIndemnity and venue clauses accepted at signature without review
$9,000
An employee separated without documentationDemand letter received, response prepared, matter settled
$14,000
An operating agreement never updated after the buy-inPartner exits with no valuation mechanism in the document
$25,000
Three routine matters in a single yearIllustrative total only, and not a prediction of cost for any specific company
$48,000

Illustrative figures drawn from typical South Florida hourly rates and settlement ranges for common commercial disputes. Provided for comparison only. Not predictions of cost in any specific matter and no outcome is implied.

The Value of Review Before Signature

Reviewing a clause before signature is covered by the monthly fee at every tier. Litigating that same clause afterward is carved out of the retainer and quoted separately at litigation rates.

Work Covered by the Monthly Fee

Every item below is covered by the monthly fee at the appropriate tier. None of it generates a separate invoice, a retainer replenishment request, or a conversation about scope.

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

Short questions that arise between matters, answered by telephone or email at no separate charge.

From First Call to Engagement

01

Strategy Call

A twenty-minute call at no charge, covering the agreements the company signs, its employment arrangements, and which documents are currently missing. If a monthly retainer is not warranted, the firm says 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 consult the firm before signing rather than afterward. Review calls are monthly or quarterly depending on the tier, with an annual audit so that the company’s documents stay current.

Published Flat Monthly Fees

The firm publishes its monthly fees so that a company can evaluate the arrangement before scheduling a call. Each tier and its monthly allowance are set out below.

Counsel

Smaller teams with steady contract flow and periodic questions.

$1,950
Per Month
  • 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
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Most Engaged

General Counsel

Companies with employees, recurring commercial paper and real exposure.

$3,750
Per Month
  • Up to 10 hours of legal work monthly
  • Everything in Counsel, plus drafting
  • Employment documents and separations
  • Entity governance and corporate records
  • Response within one business day
  • Monthly call and an annual legal audit
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Chief Counsel

Companies where legal is a standing agenda item, not an occasional interruption.

$6,500
Per Month
  • 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
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Month to month following an initial three-month term. Thirty days’ written notice to end. Unused hours do not carry forward. Where a month will materially exceed the allowance, you are told before the work is performed rather than after.

Client Reviews

★★★★★
“She reviews everything our company signs now. In the first quarter she flagged an auto-renewal and an indemnity clause we would otherwise have signed without reading.”
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

Testimonials reflect individual client experiences. Prospective clients may not obtain the same or similar results.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

The arrangement is not intended to replace specialist counsel on a significant transaction or a filed lawsuit, and clients regularly keep both. It covers the recurring work that falls below the threshold of a project engagement but still carries real consequence if it is handled without advice.

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.

The Initial Strategy Call

The call covers the agreements the company signs, its employment arrangements, and any governance documents that are out of date. The firm then recommends a tier, or advises that a retainer is not yet necessary.

If the call identifies something time-sensitive, the firm raises it during the call rather than holding it for a written proposal.

(305) 359-7522

1200 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1950, Miami, Florida 33131
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IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES: KVasquez Law is a Florida professional limited liability company providing legal services in Florida, North Carolina, and the District of Columbia. Karina Vasquez, Esq. is admitted to practice in those jurisdictions. The information on this website is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. No attorney-client relationship is formed by visiting this website, submitting a contact form, or sending an email. An attorney-client relationship is established only upon a written engagement agreement signed by both the firm and the client. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. The firm is by appointment only. Karina Vasquez's affiliations with Forman Capital Partners (Partner), an unnamed private equity firm (General Counsel), and Avanti Way Realty (licensed REALTOR®) are separate business activities and are independent from her practice of law. For full disclosures, see Disclosures. © 2026 KVasquez Law.
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