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KVasquez LawBrickell · Miami
Consultation
Outside General Counsel

Your legal department,
without the legal department.

South Florida companies between five and fifty million in revenue sign contracts nobody reads, terminate employees without documentation, and operate under agreements written for a business that no longer exists. Not from carelessness. Because every question costs six hundred dollars an hour and the meter starts at hello.

We become your counsel for a fixed monthly fee. You call before you sign, not after.

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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.
Why This Exists

The damage is never the invoice. It is the question you never asked.

A company does not fail because it hired the wrong lawyer. It fails because for four years it did not call one, and the four years compounded.

That is the shape of nearly every commercial dispute this firm sees. Not a hard legal question badly answered. An ordinary one never asked, because asking it carried a price tag and the risk felt theoretical.

Companies of this size occupy an awkward middle. Too large to operate on handshake paper and template downloads. Too small to justify a general counsel on payroll at two hundred thousand a year plus benefits. So they default to the worst of both: calling an hourly firm only when something has already gone wrong, and paying premium rates to clean up what preventive work would have cost a fraction to avoid.

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.

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 ordinary problems, one yearA full year of outside counsel costs less than any one of them
$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.

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.

What We Handle

The work that never justified a project engagement.

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

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.

Pricing

Published. Flat. Known before you call.

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

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.

The Alternatives

Three ways to get legal work done. Here is what each costs.

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.

Scope

What is in, and what is not.

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

Covered by the monthly fee

  • 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

Carved out and quoted separately

  • 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.

Before You Commit

The questions every owner asks.

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.

Schedule Directly

Pick a time that works.

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.

The Strategy Call

Twenty minutes. No charge. No pitch.

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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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.