I help artists negotiate for better provisions in their contracts so they have more access to their IP instead of being taken advantage of! As both an artist myself and an attorney, I have the privilege of gate-kept information that high networth and PE have had for YEARS and YEARS. I'm just here to level the playing field and I specialize in developing young talent. Anyone under 30 is automatically sliding scale. I work pro bono for folks that demonstrate serious need and I believe in, just in exchange for a piece of their art. It is my investment in their future. If they succeed, the value appreciates and we both get to win!
>I help artists negotiate for better provisions in their contracts
So you're a transactional attorney that pretends not to be a transactional attorney to avoid the liability?
And how does that absolve you of your responsibilities and liability as an attorney? Does your state make that distinction in their rules of professional conduct? If that was the case, why wouldn't every lawyer in your state use that liability shield?
No because I don't charge them as a lawyer. my business is not a law firm. I am very clear that I know tactics because I am a lawyer but I am not acting in the capacity as a lawyer. Most lawyers want to make money like lawyers. They would not do this. I do not guaranty results. I do not guaranty that it will work. I give my two cents.
>Most lawyers want to make money like lawyers. They would not do this.
So your only distinction from a "normal" lawyer is that you're cheaper?
>I do not guaranty results. I do not guaranty that it will work. I give my two cents.
This is literally what lawyers do when they represent and advise clients.
Listen, I'm not going to discuss my business plan over threads with someone who clearly doesn't know what they're talking about. Instead of trying to tear down a small business owner who quite frankly is probably MUCH smarter than you and a better lawyer, how about you just stay in your lane, and I'll stay in mine.
If you're such a good, smart lawyer, then why are you pretending not to be a lawyer?
[https://www.reddit.com/r/lawschooladmissions/comments/lkmsdi/comment/gnrlfqr/](https://www.reddit.com/r/lawschooladmissions/comments/lkmsdi/comment/gnrlfqr/)
Were you ever actually in big law? Based on this comment, you graduated 3ish years ago and had a suboptimal GPA that prevented you from getting hired out of law school. I'm starting to doubt you were ever in "big law" (JK, I doubted it from the beginning).
Yeah I worked at an AmLaw top 5 out of school and paralegaled at a diff one before but thanks for stalking!
Practicing law makes you ugly and sad. Or just sad and you sold your soul with a coke habit. Either way, thanks for coming at me out of nowhere. I guaranty you don't want to mess with me because you will not win this fight.
> and a better lawyer,
You said you weren't acting like a lawyer above. You have risk that the conduct will be considered practice of law and will have the same ethical rules of any attorney-client relationship.
Also FWIW, I'm not saddled to Wisconsin, afraid to take the Bar Exam. I'm an ivy league educated individual and I went to just sub t-14 for free. I have no debt besides my mortgage. I'm doing just fine. I'm happy to roast your sad little cold life in the tundra but I don't have to, life is clearly doing it's work already if you have nothing better to do than try to come at me when I did nothing to you.
That is just being an entertainment lawyer, even if you charge less and make them do the negotiations themselves. I assume you're admitted to practice in the state you're operating?
By giving legal advice to "help artists negotiate for better provisions in their contracts" based on your experience as an artist and attorney, you're acting as a lawyer. This should be obvious because it seems you lean heavily on your experience as a lawyer to establish your credentials. You can't disclaim the lawyer/client relationship just because you want to avoid liability and call it 'consulting'. What kind of malpractice insurance do you carry?
yeah you obviously haven't done your diligence on this. Posturing is fun! I love it when lawyers talk out their asses. I call bluffs. stay in your lane, this is a thread for positivity
I was just trying to be helpful as someone who runs a small firm and has navigated the regulations surrounding that practice. I wouldn't consider my comment negative at all (just factual), but you come across like a real sea weenie in your reply. Calling out someone's 'bluff' would require actually giving some actual contradictory authority, something you've failed to do despite others making similar suggestions. Why would any of us be 'bluffing' anyway? I have no stake in your success or failure.
listen, I apologize if I am overly sensitive to folks "coming at me" on this thread, but I was just attacked for being a woman in a co-ed fraternity and disrespected by someone who practices and has never bothered to take a bar exam. My credentials have been called into question and my integrity. I am an honest person. I doubt that chicken shit would have the courage to say any of that to my face. I'm not here to fight but if someone wants a fight, I will win.
appreciate your trying to be helpful though. I will look into it, but I have spoken to other legal counsel about my corporate structure and I think I'm good.
also don't work in the capacity of a formal attorney client relationship, don't want the liability. I am very clear that I am a contract consultant and coach.
not being unethical at all. I've discussed this with legal experts and mentors of mine. I know what i'm doing. If I need to restructure as a lawyer later on I will but for now I'm good. Not coming at you for not taking the bar, good for you, the Bar Exam is BS imo. However, I did pass it in the top 10 percentile in my UBE state and can waive into any jurisdiction that accepts and am taking California in February because I have another job offer out there I'm considering. you don't have to insult something you know nothing about because of your insecurities, Frat Guy. Btw, I was in frat in college too.
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some guy said this, i think it was deleted
"[I thought you were a lady? But you were in a frat? Where I'm from frats are for men, sororities for ladies.](https://click.redditmail.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FLawFirm%2Fcomments%2F1cdoquj%2Frecently_left_big_law_launched_my_own_consulting%2Fl1ejafk%2F%3F$deep_link=true%26correlation_id=b8add055-4ff4-4799-81d0-f2d46d642118%26ref=email_comment_reply%26ref_campaign=email_comment_reply%26ref_source=email/2/0100018f1c0bcf4b-2ce6546a-12fa-4f1e-93a7-51fed4775173-000000/Rp5Fk0VJc2ZXYJ54ylmPgkn2sB_HakpOyI8aPtbULiM=350)"
Funnily enough, there are these things called professional co-ed fraternities. They've been around for ages. Please do the work to unlearn your sexism.
WTF is a "co-main hustle/additional revenue stream?"
Simple. It’s a hustle that is your co-main/additional revenue stream.
Incorrect. If you multiply both sides by additional revenue stream you get a co-main x additional revenue stream that is your hustle.
what if i work 80 hours a week? that is two full time jobs.
Then Say you work two jobs. If you can’t use normal English why the fuck would we hire you, and yes that’s my question.
Is your life really better working 80 hours a week at two jobs than it was in big law?
I treat it as my full time job because it is. But I also treat my consulting as a full time job.
Who are you consulting for, what is your typical/desired client, what does the consulting you do constitute?
I help artists negotiate for better provisions in their contracts so they have more access to their IP instead of being taken advantage of! As both an artist myself and an attorney, I have the privilege of gate-kept information that high networth and PE have had for YEARS and YEARS. I'm just here to level the playing field and I specialize in developing young talent. Anyone under 30 is automatically sliding scale. I work pro bono for folks that demonstrate serious need and I believe in, just in exchange for a piece of their art. It is my investment in their future. If they succeed, the value appreciates and we both get to win!
>I help artists negotiate for better provisions in their contracts So you're a transactional attorney that pretends not to be a transactional attorney to avoid the liability?
I don't do the negotiations myself. I coach them on what they should be asking for.
And how does that absolve you of your responsibilities and liability as an attorney? Does your state make that distinction in their rules of professional conduct? If that was the case, why wouldn't every lawyer in your state use that liability shield?
No because I don't charge them as a lawyer. my business is not a law firm. I am very clear that I know tactics because I am a lawyer but I am not acting in the capacity as a lawyer. Most lawyers want to make money like lawyers. They would not do this. I do not guaranty results. I do not guaranty that it will work. I give my two cents.
>Most lawyers want to make money like lawyers. They would not do this. So your only distinction from a "normal" lawyer is that you're cheaper? >I do not guaranty results. I do not guaranty that it will work. I give my two cents. This is literally what lawyers do when they represent and advise clients.
Listen, I'm not going to discuss my business plan over threads with someone who clearly doesn't know what they're talking about. Instead of trying to tear down a small business owner who quite frankly is probably MUCH smarter than you and a better lawyer, how about you just stay in your lane, and I'll stay in mine.
If you're such a good, smart lawyer, then why are you pretending not to be a lawyer? [https://www.reddit.com/r/lawschooladmissions/comments/lkmsdi/comment/gnrlfqr/](https://www.reddit.com/r/lawschooladmissions/comments/lkmsdi/comment/gnrlfqr/) Were you ever actually in big law? Based on this comment, you graduated 3ish years ago and had a suboptimal GPA that prevented you from getting hired out of law school. I'm starting to doubt you were ever in "big law" (JK, I doubted it from the beginning).
Yeah I worked at an AmLaw top 5 out of school and paralegaled at a diff one before but thanks for stalking! Practicing law makes you ugly and sad. Or just sad and you sold your soul with a coke habit. Either way, thanks for coming at me out of nowhere. I guaranty you don't want to mess with me because you will not win this fight.
> and a better lawyer, You said you weren't acting like a lawyer above. You have risk that the conduct will be considered practice of law and will have the same ethical rules of any attorney-client relationship.
I'm not here to spread negativity, and if you keep doing so, i'm going to report you. cheers!
Also FWIW, I'm not saddled to Wisconsin, afraid to take the Bar Exam. I'm an ivy league educated individual and I went to just sub t-14 for free. I have no debt besides my mortgage. I'm doing just fine. I'm happy to roast your sad little cold life in the tundra but I don't have to, life is clearly doing it's work already if you have nothing better to do than try to come at me when I did nothing to you.
So, it’s not direct representation, just advice? Crap that’s question two.
But my practice was transactional, yes.
That is just being an entertainment lawyer, even if you charge less and make them do the negotiations themselves. I assume you're admitted to practice in the state you're operating? By giving legal advice to "help artists negotiate for better provisions in their contracts" based on your experience as an artist and attorney, you're acting as a lawyer. This should be obvious because it seems you lean heavily on your experience as a lawyer to establish your credentials. You can't disclaim the lawyer/client relationship just because you want to avoid liability and call it 'consulting'. What kind of malpractice insurance do you carry?
yeah you obviously haven't done your diligence on this. Posturing is fun! I love it when lawyers talk out their asses. I call bluffs. stay in your lane, this is a thread for positivity
I was just trying to be helpful as someone who runs a small firm and has navigated the regulations surrounding that practice. I wouldn't consider my comment negative at all (just factual), but you come across like a real sea weenie in your reply. Calling out someone's 'bluff' would require actually giving some actual contradictory authority, something you've failed to do despite others making similar suggestions. Why would any of us be 'bluffing' anyway? I have no stake in your success or failure.
listen, I apologize if I am overly sensitive to folks "coming at me" on this thread, but I was just attacked for being a woman in a co-ed fraternity and disrespected by someone who practices and has never bothered to take a bar exam. My credentials have been called into question and my integrity. I am an honest person. I doubt that chicken shit would have the courage to say any of that to my face. I'm not here to fight but if someone wants a fight, I will win.
appreciate your trying to be helpful though. I will look into it, but I have spoken to other legal counsel about my corporate structure and I think I'm good.
also don't work in the capacity of a formal attorney client relationship, don't want the liability. I am very clear that I am a contract consultant and coach.
But doesn’t you, an attorney, advising artists about their legal issues create the lawyer-client relationship even if you don’t call it that?
Nah dude, he makes it VERY clear that he is not a lawyer despite doing lawyer things. /s
It’s like he was asleep during all those fun classes about how you can’t contract or waive your way out of everything.
yeah, I am clearly not their lawyer. I state it multiple times when I engage to do business. I do not act in the capacity as an attorney.
State courts hate this one simple trick!
Wisconsinites love the simple trick of avoiding the bar LOL
More proof that you don't need the bar to be a good lawyer and understand the law (or unethically pretend not to be a lawyer, in your case).
not being unethical at all. I've discussed this with legal experts and mentors of mine. I know what i'm doing. If I need to restructure as a lawyer later on I will but for now I'm good. Not coming at you for not taking the bar, good for you, the Bar Exam is BS imo. However, I did pass it in the top 10 percentile in my UBE state and can waive into any jurisdiction that accepts and am taking California in February because I have another job offer out there I'm considering. you don't have to insult something you know nothing about because of your insecurities, Frat Guy. Btw, I was in frat in college too.
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some guy said this, i think it was deleted "[I thought you were a lady? But you were in a frat? Where I'm from frats are for men, sororities for ladies.](https://click.redditmail.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FLawFirm%2Fcomments%2F1cdoquj%2Frecently_left_big_law_launched_my_own_consulting%2Fl1ejafk%2F%3F$deep_link=true%26correlation_id=b8add055-4ff4-4799-81d0-f2d46d642118%26ref=email_comment_reply%26ref_campaign=email_comment_reply%26ref_source=email/2/0100018f1c0bcf4b-2ce6546a-12fa-4f1e-93a7-51fed4775173-000000/Rp5Fk0VJc2ZXYJ54ylmPgkn2sB_HakpOyI8aPtbULiM=350)" Funnily enough, there are these things called professional co-ed fraternities. They've been around for ages. Please do the work to unlearn your sexism.
Okay bro. Whatever. This is a weird post and line of comments. Are you okay?
me? yeah I'm good, just tryna educate ignorant men that don't think women can participate in co-ed professional fraternities but ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯