Ask YC: in SV, how to meet with lawyer for free?

Posted by lisp_newb on Wednesday August 27, 2008 @09:13AM
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Hi! I'm in SV, Stanford in particular. I want to talk to a lawyer about LLC / C corporation, and was wondering if there was a way I could do this for free (not the actual filing of paperwork; but talking to them to decide if I should file.) Any tips / tricks / ideas for small startups dealing with lawyers would be appreciated. Thanks!

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Re:Ask YC: in SV, how to meet with lawyer for free? by tstegart on Wednesday August 27, 2008 @10:03AM (#288016)

If you don't know any lawyers, this is very tough. If you do know lawyers, then say "I'm debating starting a company, can I take you out to lunch and get your opinion on a few things?" Then take them out to lunch at a nice place, and ask them a few questions. Whatever you do, don't waste time, so read up about starting a company before you meet with them, and don't ask them to do any actual work for free.

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Re:Ask YC: in SV, how to meet with lawyer for free? by ideas101 on Wednesday August 27, 2008 @10:19AM (#288042)

this will not help you 100% but not a bad idea to read:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=287317

http://www.incfile.com/

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=273772

http://www.thinkingserious.com/2007/12/17/online-legal-help-...

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