Hire a Lawyer for Your Employment Contract Review
I review offer letters, employment agreements, severance, and equity grants for California employees. The starting point is a $300 Written Attorney Consultation: submit your question, a short factual summary, and key documents, and I send a written attorney response identifying the main legal issues, risks, leverage points, and practical next steps. If your matter is a dispute about an existing contract, I move to the $2,500 attorney demand letter.
- On my firm letterhead (CA Bar #279869)
- USPS certified mail + signature requested + email
- Cites the controlling California statute with response deadline
- One target, one matter
- One complaint draft for you or separate counsel to file
- Scoped and quoted after my review of the merits, forum and deadlines
- Filing, filing fees, service of process and appearances are not included
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Based on your answers, I recommend Contract Review / Redline ($1,000 flat fee). This covers:
- One contract reviewed and redlined
- Brief written comments on key risks
- Up to three rounds of email revisions
Given your tight timeline, I recommend Contract Review / Redline ($1,000 flat fee). Tell me your deadline when you start the request.
- My standard turnaround is two business days after I receive the necessary documents
- If you have a hard deadline, I confirm in writing whether I can meet it before you pay
- Review and follow-up are in writing, by email
Executive and director-level agreements typically include equity, severance, and non-compete provisions that require deeper analysis.
- One complex or specialized agreement: Complex Draft / Review, $1,500 flat fee
- Two related agreements that have to be read together (for example a separation agreement and a new offer): Coordinated Two-Document Bundle, $2,500 flat fee
- I confirm the fixed scope in a short engagement letter you sign electronically before work begins
Sales and SDR contracts often have commission-specific terms that need careful review:
- Commission clawbacks - Can they take back earned commissions?
- Quota attainment - How are quotas set and changed?
- Territory changes - Can they reassign your accounts?
- At-will language - Can they fire you right before commission payout?
I review these specific issues in every sales contract.
California employment law is significantly more employee-friendly than most states. Key differences:
- Non-competes are void - California Business & Professions Code § 16600 makes most non-compete agreements unenforceable
- Stricter wage-hour rules - Meal breaks, rest breaks, and overtime requirements exceed federal law
- IP assignment limits - Labor Code § 2870 protects inventions created on your own time
- At-will exceptions - Implied contract and public policy exceptions apply
Your contract may contain provisions that look enforceable but aren't valid under California law. I flag these issues.
- Written attorney response to one defined question, based on your factual summary and key documents
- Issues, risks, leverage points and a recommended next step
- Two business days after I receive the necessary documents
- Credited in full toward any package of $1,500+ within 30 days
- Not a redline or a full document review
- One contract reviewed and redlined
- Brief written comments on key risks
- Up to three rounds of email revisions
- Two business days after I receive the necessary documents
- Review and follow-up in writing, by email
- For example a separation agreement and a new offer, or an employment agreement and its equity or invention-assignment agreement
- Both documents reviewed as a set, with written comments on how they interact
- Fixed scope, timing and revision terms confirmed in a short engagement letter you sign electronically before work begins
One complex or specialized agreement, such as an executive agreement with equity and severance terms, is a Complex Draft / Review at $1,500. I work in writing: no calls are needed to get started.
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