Practice Areas

It starts with a 30-minute consultation. When you schedule a consultation to meet with us, there’s no obligation to hire the firm. The goal of a consultation with our firm is for you to walk away with all the information you need about your situation so that you’re empowered to make a decision for a path forward – even if that decision means taking no action right away.

Just like you, I am an entrepreneur and whenever I engage the services of other companies, I like to know ahead of time the amount I will be charged for the service. Managing project budgets is a key component for any business owner when making decisions. As an attorney, focusing on the overall quality of the legal services I provide versus the number of hours I bill each client ultimately results in more efficient and transparent legal services for my clients. From time to time and depending on the nature of the legal service I'm providing, I will charge clients by the hour. However, this is only done after the client is given a clear estimate of the total amount of time I anticipate working on the matter and the client agrees to hourly billing for the matter. 

At Curly Girl Law, the trademark registration process is broken into two parts. Phase one consists of a comprehensive preliminary search of the proposed mark within multiple databases to better gauge the likelihood of success with registering your mark. This phase typically ranges from $800 to $1200 depending on several factors specific to the mark. Phase two consists of actually filing the application with the USPTO and responding to administrative office actions. Because this phase is less predictable, the range can vary from $1200 to $3500, and that's not including more substantive responses to office actions.

One thing you might be thinking is that your business is too small or too new to even begin thinking about registering it with the Georgia Secretary of State. Formalizing the structure of your business is a major decision, but oftentimes new entrepreneurs don’t know where to start. While there are many reasons why I would suggest filing the paperwork and formally starting your business, the major reason is liability protection. 

Whether you are a candidate, political action committee, or civically minded individual or group of individuals, if you want to raise and spend money to influence the outcome of an election you need to understand the rules and regulations surrounding campaign finance compliance.  The consequences of failing to establish a plan for how campaign dollars will flow through a campaign, and the do's and dont's related to how those dollars may be spent can be dire. At Curly Girl Law, we make the complexities of campaign finance law understandable and help you develop a strategy for running a compliant campaign.