The question is not simply how much legal support to buy. It is how to structure the right level of support.
Valverde Legal Group, PLLC uses a modular fractional general counsel model built around:
Three entry points, from the contracting baseline to integrated support.
For contract-heavy companies that need recurring commercial support but not yet a broader legal function.
For operators whose legal work lives mostly in contracts, with one or two recurring adjacent pressure points.
For companies carrying recurring complexity across all six practice modules.
Revenue is a planning signal, not an eligibility test. Contract volume, operational complexity, and how often the team needs counsel determine the right scope.
Often the right starting range for a focused diagnostic or the Commercial Contracting baseline when deal flow is already recurring.
Often where contracts plus one or two adjacent legal functions create enough recurring work for the modular model to be most useful.
The right structure depends more on legal complexity and operating cadence than revenue alone; Full Stack remains a custom-scope decision.
Predictable recurring scope, with exceptions stated up front.
The monthly fee covers the recurring work stated in the engagement and each selected module's Scope Addendum. That written scope—not an unstated promise—controls the included Services Bank and operating expectations.
Live counterparty negotiation under Commercial Contracting is available separately at $275 per hour. Any other work beyond the written recurring scope is identified, quoted, and approved before it begins.
Optional modules run in 90-day periods and are reviewed quarterly. The flagship middle tier combines Commercial Contracting with one or two adjacent modules used often enough to justify recurring structure.
Each module has its own included monthly work allowance. There is no universal bank across every practice because the useful unit may be a deliverable, review session, or strategy time.
Exact capacity and operating terms must be settled in the written Scope Addendum before the engagement begins. Only those signed terms apply.
A Services Bank is the module-specific monthly work allowance stated in the Scope Addendum. It is not a universal hour bucket or a promise of unstated access, response time, or capacity.
Those operating values are engagement-specific. Only the values stated in the signed engagement and Scope Addendum apply.
Start with the baseline. Add only what the business actually uses.
Baseline plus one or two modules creates the flagship middle tier. Optional modules run in 90-day periods, carry their own Scope Addenda and Services Banks, and are reviewed quarterly.
Outside counsel, a monthly counsel plan, and a full-time hire each serve a different stage.
You are choosing between paying per problem, structuring ahead of problems, or hiring before you truly need to.
$4,500 fixed fee
A two-week diagnostic for companies that want a written view of their legal exposure and next priorities before committing to a monthly engagement.
The written proposal confirms the diagnostic's document and participant boundaries and states whether any portion of the fee will be credited toward a later monthly engagement. No credit should be assumed unless the proposal expressly provides for one.
Book a roadmap callThese answers describe the published model. The signed engagement and Scope Addenda control the actual fee, scope, and operating terms.
The baseline establishes the company-specific agreements, review rhythm, and negotiation context that recurring outside counsel needs. Adjacent modules build on that operating foundation instead of becoming disconnected legal projects.
Month one includes two tailored master agreements: one for goods and one for services. After month one, the recurring scope includes two review-and-revision sessions and five hours of negotiation strategy each month. Live counterparty negotiation is available separately at the published member rate of $275 per hour.
It is the included monthly work allowance for one module, stated in that module's Scope Addendum. Depending on the module, the allowance may be expressed through deliverables, review sessions, or strategy time rather than a universal hour bucket. The signed scope controls what counts and how expansion is approved.
The recurring work stated in the engagement and Scope Addenda is covered by the monthly fee. Commercial Contracting live counterparty negotiation is separately billed at $275 per hour. Any other work beyond the written scope is identified, quoted, and approved before it begins.
Optional modules are selected in 90-day periods and reviewed quarterly. The review is the point to keep, change, or remove a module based on the work the business is actually using.
Full Stack is a custom integrated six-module scope starting at $10,250 per month. Before engagement, the written scope states the Services Banks, working cadence, access path, response expectations, expansion process, and any urgent or coverage arrangements that apply. The starting price covers only the integrated recurring scope written into those documents.
Credit treatment is confirmed in the written Roadmap proposal before work begins. No credit should be assumed unless that proposal expressly provides for one.
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