Dominic Petrakis
Founding partner · Open and Exit
Dominic forms companies and, years later, helps sell them. He worked on deals at a downtown firm before starting this one.
The lawyers
One lead lawyer for each stage
Three lawyers, each leading the stages they know best. Whoever takes your first call stays on the matter until it closes.
Lidia Hlavacek
Partner · Defend
Lidia handles disputes between owners, customers and suppliers. She settles most of them before anyone files.
Joelle Pankratz
Counsel · Expand
Joelle drafts and reviews the contracts growing companies sign, and runs the monthly counsel plan.
How we staff a matter
Who does the work, and who you call
One lead lawyer
Named in your engagement letter. They answer your calls and sign off on everything we send.
A second pair of eyes
Another lawyer reads every agreement before it leaves the office, at no extra charge.
Handed on, not dropped
When a company moves from one stage to the next, the new lead lawyer gets the file and a call with the old one.
Talk to the lawyer who would lead it
Book a free 20-minute call. Tell us the stage and we'll put the right lawyer on it.
The first call is free. It doesn't make us your lawyers; a signed engagement letter does.