An AI-Native social purpose law corporation.

FTE Legal is rethinking the traditional law firm. We’re AI-Native by design: senior legal judgment paired with AI that handles most of the production work, so you get substantive, partner-level output without paying for a junior, a paralegal, or the markup on each. We’re built for businesses and driven by our three core values: Fairness, Transparency, and Efficiency.

Our Services

What We Do

Legal support for startups and small businesses.

Fractional General Counsel

We help startups and small businesses deal with day-to-day legal needs on a part-time, as-needed basis, with no minimum fees or time commitments, at intentionally under-market rates.

If your startup already has in-house counsel, let FTE Legal free up bandwidth. Our competencies are wide-ranging, including contracts, governance, financing, privacy and data compliance, employment matters, and buy- and sell-side acquisitions.

Contracts & Commercial Services

With 16 years of experience drafting, negotiating, interpreting, and ensuring compliance with commercial contracts, FTE Legal can help your company with the vast majority of contracts that impact your bottom line, including licensing, Software-as-a-Service, employment, and lease agreements, and most other commercial contracts. Let FTE Legal handle your next contract for you.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Buying or selling a business shouldn't break the bank. We aim to get deals done at a fraction of the cost of our nearest competitors, and have access to value-oriented legal specialists (like tax or real estate counsel) to jump in when the situation calls for it.

Reach out to us to see if we're a good fit for your next purchase, merger or acquisition.

Small Business Legal Support

No business is too small to access our top-tier legal advice and services. If you're just starting out, and need help navigating the often-daunting process of properly forming your business entity, for example, FTE Legal can help you with the entire formation process, and can guide you towards obtaining the necessary permits or certifications to conduct your business.

We are particularly valuable to Fintechs, Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS), and Software-as-a Service (SaaS) companies.

FTE Legal is connected to other organizations that support small businesses, including legal aid clinics, chambers of commerce, and small business development centers, and we regularly connect clients to them as needed for additional resources to help grow your business.

HOW WE WORK

AI-Native, Not AI-Only

A licensed attorney does the lawyering on every matter: the strategy, the judgment, and the final word. AI does the busywork that traditional firms bill to a junior associate or paralegal: first drafts, document review, research support, and routine production. We review each tool we use, turn off model-training on client content where that option exists, and don't route confidential information through tools that train on it without a contractual carve-out. The result is faster turnarounds and lower effective cost, with a human accountable for the work. See what that looked like on a real financed M&A deal, from letter of intent to closing: read the case study.

Transparent Pricing For Your Business

Our rates are public (yes, really), and income-based, so you know upfront that you can afford it. Bet your current lawyer won't do that. Our AI-native workflow keeps hours lean; you pay for judgment, not busywork.

See Our Rates

Colleagues discussing work together at a table

Good Lawyers for Even Better People

At FTE Legal, we’re not just another profit-driven law firm. We’re an AI-Native, social purpose law corporation built on fairness, transparency, and efficiency. We believe businesses deserve legal counsel that’s strategic, accessible, and aligned with their success, not buried in hidden fees and outdated models. Moreover, we wouldn’t be much of a social purpose corporation without providing support to non-profits.

If you’re a mission-driven person looking to make the world a little bit better with your non-profit mission, let us guide you through the entire process of forming and structuring your non-profit, and guiding you through the state and 501(c) federal applications for tax treatment.

We even have a Client Bill of Rights, so you know you’re being treated fairly, transparently and as efficiently as possible. Check them out here:

Client Bill of Rights

Getting Started With FTE is Easy (We Promise)

Fill Out Our Form

Tell us what’s going on with your business—big plans, legal headaches, or just anything you’d rather not have to deal with alone. We’re here for it.

Make A Game Plan

We’ll figure out exactly what you need (and nothing you don’t). Whether it’s a one-time fix or ongoing support, we keep things clear, flexible, and actually useful.