There’s always risk in business.
It’s how you manage those risks that matter.
Are you looking for an attorney that will care about you and your business? An attorney who will look out for your best interest and provide quality services? We may be the right firm for you. Read on to find out.
Legacy Legal & Consulting Firm is a law and business consulting firm for Women CEOs and Small Business Owners who are purpose and legacy focused in the start-up and expansion stage of their business. We offer flat-fee / flat-rate services because we understand that as you build and expand you need quality legal services without the uncertainty of the cost of the investment.
*** We currently only service businesses located in Maryland and the District of Columbia. For Corporate Transparency Act Compliance - we serve U.S. businesses in every state***
We do offer referrals through our Legacy Legal Network. Fill out the contact form below to request an attorney referral.
If you need contracts and are not a Maryland or DC based business, visit www.180Contracts.com.
Learn more about the Corporate Transparency Act at www.complywithcta.com.
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Our firm’s values are:
EXCELLENCE in All We Do
Vision Focused (We focus on your vision for your business)
Client-Centered Representation
Clarity (Because our clients deserve clarity about the law and the legal strategy for their business)
Strategies & Solutions
Execution & Results
Generational Wealth & Legacy
Legacy Legal & Consulting Firm is here to partner with you to guide, counsel, and advise you on how to manage the legal risks of doing business as CEO. We work with you as part of your team. We don’t just provide one time and ongoing general counsel legal services, we equip you with knowledge so you can be legally armed with each business decision to protect your brand, build a legacy, and secure your wealth.™ We value you, your vision, and your legacy, and our services put our clients at the center.
The truth is there is always risk in business. Some risks you, as CEO, won’t foresee and that is where Legacy Legal comes in.
The law touches every part of your business and starting and running a business has legal risks that are just a normal part of doing business. There are even more risks if you are called to be a pioneer, trend setter, or innovator. The good news is that risks can be managed. There are three options for managing legal risks: 1) Eliminate them, 2) Minimize them, and 3) Avoid them.
Schedule a free discovery call today to discuss your business’s legal needs and discover how Legacy Legal & Consulting Firm can help you manage the legal risks of doing business.
Don’t see a service, ask us.
Services are consistently being added and customized to fit the needs of our clients.
One customized service is our 30-day unlimited email consultations used for CEOs in the middle of contract negotiations who need consistent, quick access to an attorney to answer their legal questions. It’s also good for CEOs on the go who desire in-house general counsel services on a limited basis.
Are you ready to legally protect your business?
Our Goal is to Provide You with a
First-Class Experience.
We believe in being transparent and communicating with our clients on what they can expect working with us.
Below you will find an overview of the process for all of our potential clients.
1. The first step in the process is to schedule a discovery call.
A discovery call is free and no charge to you. Schedule for a time convenient for you and plan for 20 minutes. During the call, we will discuss your legal needs and what services are a best fit for your business. We do not schedule a service without a discovery call except for returning clients or in special circumstances.
2. Complete the booking form with as much accurate, truthful, and thorough information as possible.
When you schedule your discovery call, all of the information we ask is necessary for our intake process. As a law firm, we are required to screen every client and this information helps us to do that and ensure we can adequately provide the services your business needs.
3. Attend your discovery call or check your email if cancelled.
The call information for your discovery call will be in your booking confirmation. You will receive email reminders and we suggest adding it to your calendar. If your discovery call is cancelled, check your email for a follow-up explanation. It may be cancelled for several reasons: we have a legal conflict that prevents us from representing you, we are unable to properly serve you at this time, or we believe you will be best served by another firm.
If you are more than 5 minutes late, your call will be cancelled and you will be responsible for rescheduling. We limit the number of discovery calls to 2 for new clients within a 30 day period.
4. Review and sign the engagement letter. Select and pay for services. Read your welcome letter.
No service will be provided until a signed engagement letter and any additional forms are signed by all business owners and received. Payment is also required before services will begin. Any time frame for services starts once the signed engagement letter and payment is received. The engagement letter is sent via email. After payment, you will receive your client welcome letter welcoming you to the Legacy Legal family. For businesses with multiple business owners, a point of contact will be designated for all communications.
5. Remain in communication with us throughout the process.
We understand life and business gets busy and we try to make it as stress free as possible to stay in contact with us. Once services begin, we ask and expect our clients to remain in communication with us and respond within 7 calendar days of any request from us. Email is our main method of communication and all client calls are scheduled to respect your time and ours. There is a text option available if selected.
6. Complete the client satisfaction survey and receive your client letter.
We are here to serve. At the end of service, we ask our clients to complete a client satisfaction survey. You’ll also receive a close-out letter with a summary of the services requested, any legal advice, and a complimentary report we provide to all of our clients. Our clients return, so the close-out letter is not goodbye, but a closing of the current services provided.
That’s the process at Legacy Legal & Consulting Firm.
The timeframe for services depends on the services requested.
We ask that you plan to contact us at least 2-3 weeks in advance of when you need services completed.
Any expedited service may require an additional fee or be referred.
Your business is not your brand,
but your brand can be your business.
Every business has a brand. It’s the signature identifier that a product, service, or event is associated with your company or you. Your brand is bigger than your logo. It includes the words you use, the images, the stylistic presentation of your messaging and packaging, your brand colors, and even the names you use for your products and services. YOU can be your brand and your brand includes YOU.
Your brand matters because it is what makes your business DISTINCT and STAND OUT from every other business in the marketplace. Your brand is an A$$ET.
Here at Legacy Legal & Consulting… we PROTECT ASSETS! You cannot monetize what you do not protect and you cannot protect what you do not own.
As you build a brand or rebrand, no matter how long you’ve been in business, infringing on another’s intellectual property is the fastest way to lose your business, money, and time. At Legacy Legal, we help you protect your brand from the beginning when selecting a business name or a name for products and services, in your contracts, in business opportunities, and in hiring and firing. Note that trademark and copyright services are not yet available, however, we offer referrals to trusted attorneys.
Ready to protect your brand? Schedule a discovery call to get started.
Legacy is more than money.
You are not here by accident and neither is your business. Yes, we are in business to make money, but Legacy is about more than money. Legacy is about the impact of your life and your business on the world, culture, and community one person, one client, and one customer at a time.
Legacy lives on beyond you. So… What will your legacy be?
As you build a legacy through business, it’s vital that you understand the actions you take today could impact your legacy years from now. The images you post on social media and your website. That contract you sign. Who you decide to do business with. Your hiring decisions and policies. It all matters.
Your business has the potential to be passed on to family or to continue generating income that your family can live on for years and generations to come. That, however, is dependent upon your business decisions now.
As CEO, you are in charge and constantly making decisions to advance your company forward and increase your profits. Every decision has the legal potential to assist or derail you as you build a legacy.
Allow Legacy Legal & Consulting to walk with you and advise you on the journey. While you focus on building a legacy, we can spot the legal risks in your business decisions, opportunities, and steer you in the right direction with the services we offer.
The number one way to build wealth is through business.
The key is keeping your wealth.
The number one way to build wealth is through business. You do that by creating and protecting your business assets. Assets come in the form of your ideas, creativity, innovation, the products and services you create, and partnerships you build. It also comes from building a brand that stands out and speaks to your unique audience in the market to say: hey, over here, we are exactly what you are looking for.
Building wealth is one thing. Keeping it is another. A part of the strategy for building and securing your wealth is understanding and having in place the legal safeguards necessary in your unique business.
Legal safeguards to secure your wealth include selecting the correct entity structure, minimizing tax liability legally, following the rules for your business structure and banking, not infringing on others’ intellectual property, registering your own intellectual property and monitoring it to prevent others from infringing, proper contracts, hiring the right people, and so much more.
Chances are you don’t know every area of your business that needs protecting or all the decisions that need wise legal counsel to secure your wealth.,.. but we can help with that.
No matter where you are in the process… ready to start or running a business or preparing to expand… schedule a discovery call today to find out how Legacy Legal & Consulting can be the wise legal counsel you may not know you needed to secure your wealth.
Chayla C. Jackson, Esq. is the founder, CEO, and Managing Attorney of Legacy Legal & Consulting Firm. She saw a need to provide quality legal services at flat rates to new and growing CEOs who needed legal counsel to avoid the legal mistakes that they didn’t know they were making. At the same time, giving her an opportunity to bring her gifts, talents, and unique skillset to the table to provide legal and business services.
A Georgetown Law graduate, Chayla trained as a trial attorney representing adults and juveniles in criminal law and education matters. Those same skills of defending and advocating for her clients are the same skills she uses to defend CEO’s and their businesses from legal threats. Chayla also trained and taught law at Georgetown Law in the LLM program. In every session with a client, especially start-ups, she is intentional about understanding what knowledge a client has and educating them on the laws of doing business™ because she believes knowledge of the law is the first step to being empowered and equipped to use the law to build generational wealth.
She is a speaker, trainer, and workshop host. Chayla is also the founder of Build A Legit Biz™ and 180° Contracts. Both were birthed out of a desire to provide resources to as many small business owners as possible.
She is also the author of the book, Build A Legit Business: Avoid the Costly Legal Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make Starting and Running A Business While You Build and Protect Your Brand, Legacy, and Wealth the Legit Way… Legal That Is!
Chayla has been featured in the Baltimore Business Journal (here), Voyage Baltimore as a Hidden Gem (here) and the University of Maryland, College Park Alumni Author Blog (here).
Three words that describe her are: Excellence, Strategic, and Caring.
Don’t miss a chance to work with Chayla by scheduling a discovery call today.
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Q: What is the time frame for services?
A: Depends on the service. Typically, 7-21 business days. We usually complete services sooner than the time frame provided.
Q: What are the rates for services?
A: Every service is priced differently. Good News! All of our prices are flat-rate/flat-fee, meaning you pay one rate for services no matter how much time is takes us. There are no surprise fees.
Q: Are you experienced? Does your attorneys have the necessary experience for my business’s legal needs?
A: We understand that selecting an attorney or law firm is a big step. Let us assure you that we are competent and well-equipped to care for your business. The rules that govern the legal profession require us to be. On top of that, our founder, Chayla Jackson, Esq., ensures every attorney has the requisite experience and receives continuous training to stay sharp and on top of the changes in the law to protect your business. If we are not equipped for your unique legal issue, we will happily refer you to someone who is. If you are a client at the time of the referral, we watch over your case and check-in periodically to ensure our clients have a pleasant experience with attorneys within the Legacy Legal Attorney Network.
Q: When should I contact you about services?
A: Only contact us when you are ready to proceed and at least 2-3 weeks before your expected deadline. It is fine by us if you are vetting attorneys (it is your right to do so). Please let us know when you schedule a call.
One of our goals at Legacy Legal is to empower our clients with the legal knowledge they need to be armed and dangerous in protecting their business. To assist in reaching that goal, we have developed legal resources. Check out our online shop for webinars, trainings, ebooks, and more resources available to assist you.
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