Terms & Conditions

Effective November 2, 2026

The Billing Rates and Technology Policies herein are incorporated by reference into all Retainer Agreements and Engagement Letters executed by Corporate Law Partners, PLLC (the “Firm”). These Terms and Conditions also apply to any engagement for which the Client has not signed a Retainer Agreement or Engagement Letter, once the Firm has provided these Terms and Conditions to the Client, including by link in the Firm’s engagement correspondence, and the Client proceeds with the engagement. If these Terms and Conditions conflict with a signed Retainer Agreement or Engagement Letter, the signed agreement controls. Statements on the Firm’s invoices summarize these Terms and Conditions and do not change them, except a notice given under Section 4.

1. Firm Professionals and Hourly Rates

The Firm provides legal services across multiple jurisdictions. Fees are based on the hourly rates of the professionals working on the Client’s matter, or on alternative fee arrangements for specific tasks. The Retainer Agreement or Engagement Letter states each professional’s rate within the ranges below. If no signed letter states a rate, the Firm will state it in writing before work begins.

Directed Production.“Directed Production” is attorney time spent directing technology-assisted work on the Client’s matter, including AI tools, legal research databases, and document systems. It covers framing the task, writing and refining instructions, challenging and revising the analysis and drafts those tools produce, and checking the work at intervals while it runs. The Firm bills Directed Production at up to $450 per hour, and always below the standard rate of the attorney doing the work. An attorney’s standard rate is the rate the Retainer Agreement, Engagement Letter, or the Firm’s written rate statement gives that attorney. The Firm records only time an attorney actually spends and does not bill for time a tool runs on its own. Attorney review begins when the attorney stops instructing the tool, and includes edits the attorney makes directly, without the tool. That review appears as a separate entry at the attorney’s standard rate, and the Firm never bills the same time twice.

2. Fees, Alternative Billing, and Technology-Driven Efficiency

The Firm uses legal technologies, including automated document assembly, proprietary form libraries, precedent databases, practice management software, and artificial intelligence (AI) (collectively, “Technologies”), to deliver legal services efficiently. For hourly work, the Firm bills only the time its professionals actually spend, in increments of one-tenth (0.10) of an hour, with a minimum charge of 0.10 hour for each item of service not subject to a flat fee. Related Directed Production work on one task is one item of service. Technologies are meant to shorten the work. Attorney time that meets the definition of Directed Production in Section 1 is billed at the Directed Production rate. The Firm may agree to a flat fee or other alternative fee arrangement for specific tasks, stated in the Retainer Agreement or Engagement Letter.

The Firm pays for Clio, Box, Westlaw, Microsoft 365, Adobe, DocuSign, its AI tools, and its other technology subscriptions as overhead, and those costs never appear on the Client’s bill. The Firm keeps the Client’s information in access-controlled systems, and uses AI tools only where it has configured them, or contracted with the provider, so the Client’s data does not train AI models. A licensed attorney reviews and approves all AI-assisted work product before the Firm delivers it to the Client.

3. Public Communications

The Firm sometimes identifies clients by name in public communications, including press releases and the Firm’s website, to describe its capabilities. The Client consents to that use of the Client’s name unless the Client opts out in writing, which the Client may do at any time. The Firm will not identify the Client in connection with any matter the Client has asked the Firm to keep confidential.

4. Modification of Terms and Conditions

The Firm may modify these Terms and Conditions from time to time. The Firm will give the Client written notice of any material change to its hourly rates, Directed Production rate, or billing practices at least 30 days before the change takes effect, by a statement on the Client’s invoice or by email, with a link to the updated Terms and Conditions. The Client may object in writing or end the engagement before the change takes effect. If the Client objects in writing, the change does not apply to the Client’s open matters unless the Client agrees. If the Client does not object and continues the engagement after the effective date, the change applies to work performed on and after that date.

5. Independent Legal Review

The Client has the right to seek independent, outside legal counsel to review the Firm’s Retainer Agreement and these Terms and Conditions before signing the Retainer Agreement or proceeding with the engagement.

6. Billing Questions

Questions about an invoice may be directed to [email protected]. A Client who disputes a fee may also use the fee arbitration program of the applicable state or local bar association.

The Retainer Agreement or Engagement Letter may include additional policies, including technology, data security, and conflicts-of-interest policies.