StartUp lawyers in San Francisco?

Posted by nickfos on Monday February 21, 2011 @01:46PM
from the self-post dept.

Do you know of any StartUp friendly Law Firm in San Francisco. I am talking about Firms that do not charge 700-1000$/hour. I would appreciate feedback from people that you have worked with.

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Re:StartUp lawyers in San Francisco? by pg on Monday February 21, 2011 @02:30PM (#2246783)

This is not a good place to economize. All the good firms are expensive. But they will also do deferred fee deals with sufficiently promising startups. To get one, get an intro from a founder or investor they know.

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Re:StartUp lawyers in San Francisco? by nickfos on Monday February 21, 2011 @05:06PM (#2247449)

I made a round of 20 good firm inquiries and no one defers. It is difficult to get an intro when you are from another country, although I have a potential patent to go along my business plan. Thank you for the feedback! I am posting first time, although I read HN almost daily and I didn't realize how difficult it is to get some traction on a question!

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Re:StartUp lawyers in San Francisco? by pg on Monday February 21, 2011 @06:00PM (#2247689)

You need an intro to get a deferred fee deal. You can't just contact people cold.

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Re:StartUp lawyers in San Francisco? by nickfos on Monday February 21, 2011 @06:22PM (#2247773)

Oops. Just realized who pg is. That's not what I do though. I can explain but I will have to take it offline. Thanks anyway.

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