Legal Intel for Entrepreneurs
Who Play to Win.
20 years of litigation. Real cases. Real mistakes. Real lessons. Every article is built to help you spot the legal risks most entrepreneurs never see coming — until it's too late.
You're exposed and you don't even know it.
Defense wins championships.
A money-back guarantee feels like pure upside — it lowers buyer hesitation and signals confidence. After 20 years litigating, I can tell you it’s also one of the most common places founders quietly cr...
“Why do you call yourself ‘The BattleTested Lawyer’ — isn’t that just marketing?” A founder asked me this, and it’s fair. The word gets thrown around a lot. But for me it’s not a slogan; it’s the whol...
“I formed an LLC so I wouldn’t be personally on the hook — so why is this lease asking for my signature as a guarantor?” A founder brought me this after signing a stack of documents for new office spa...
When a founder needs legal protection, the default assumption is that the “real” option is to put a law firm on retainer at several hundred dollars an hour. After 20 years inside that world — billing ...
“Everyone tells me to put an arbitration clause in my contracts — is that actually smart?” A founder asked me this after copying one from a template without knowing what it did. It’s a great question,...
A client owes you a few thousand dollars, they’ve stopped answering, and hiring a lawyer to chase it would cost more than the debt. After 20 years litigating, I can tell you this is one of the most co...
“If you’re such a good litigator, why are you selling me contracts instead of just being my lawyer?” A founder asked me this — half challenge, half genuine curiosity — and it’s one of the best questio...
Lawsuits rarely arrive out of nowhere. After 20 years litigating, I can tell you there’s almost always a warning period first — the client who goes cold and hostile, the partner hinting at lawyers, th...
“Should I just send them a demand letter, or is that a waste of time?” A business owner asked me this after a client stopped paying and stopped answering. She assumed a demand letter was either a magi...
Most founders think of a lawsuit as something that lives in a courtroom. After 20 years litigating, I can tell you it actually lives in your phone. The single biggest source of damaging evidence I’ve ...
What does an indemnification clause actually obligate me to? A founder asked me this after signing a vendor agreement without reading the fine print — then getting a letter demanding he cover the vend...
Should I put a non-disparagement clause in my contracts? A founder asked me this after a client relationship ended badly and the client started posting about him — not lies, exactly, but a steady drip...