How to Retain Our Firm

The process of retaining our firm to review your contract is easy. Once we hear from you, we will send you a letter of representation based on your needs or the type of service package you choose. The letter of representation is a professional service agreement. These are standard agreements in the legal field and are used to retain legal counsel. The letter of representation will provide you a formal document that explains what services you will be receiving in return for the fee. We will require you to sign the letter of representation and return it to us either by fax or email as a scanned pdf document. Once we receive the letter of representation and the fee we will begin to review your agreement.

The best method of sending your agreement to us is as a Word attachment in an email. This will allow us to make direct comments and make changes to the contract itself. Word has a function known as Track Changes which allows us to provide changes without actually changing the agreement. This is known as a “red-lined” version and is used during negotiations. In many cases you will need to request a copy of your agreement in an electronic form. Having the agreement in an electronic form can reduce your costs because it is more efficient to review agreement in an electronic format.

Check list:

  1. Contact us
  2. Choose a service package
  3. Sign and return the letter of representation
  4. Mail us a check for the fee stated in the letter of representation. 
  5. Obtain an electronic version of the Agreement
  6. Forward the electronic or hard copy version of the Agreement to us either by email, fax or by mail.