Fractional general counsel for ambitious businesses.
Your team is launching, growing, pivoting, and it feels like there are endless moving parts. Whether you’re building something new or evolving your business, amongst the chaos, one thing your team shouldn’t have to navigate alone is legal.
I serve as your strategic, embedded legal parter to help established teams like yours make smart legal decisions, protect what you’re building, and confidently pursue your goals, without the commitment of a full-time hire.
An embedded partnership built around your unique needs.
The right time to bring in legal support isn’t always tied to a particular stage of growth. Sometimes, you need a lawyer for a specific issue. For others, what your business really needs is someone who understands the bigger picture, and can work alongside you as your brand evolves.
That’s where a fractional general counsel relationship can make all the difference. Rather than parachuting in for isolated legal questions, I become a trusted extension of your team to learn your business, understand your goals, and help you make legal decisions specific to the context of your business.
You know you need legal support, but are unsure of where, when, and how to invest and start the process (aka — what do you actually need right now)?
You want a consistent legal partner who understands your history, your priorities, and the way your team works.
You want someone who truly understands your business and can provide individualized guidance during already overwhelming periods of growth and change.
You want a partner who helps your team navigate strategic business decisions, identify risk and exposure within your brand, and make thoughtful choices that support your long-term business goals.
You are tired of being passed around amongst multiple specialists (and having to repeat yourself each time). You want a singular, embedded legal partner on your team.
You want legal guidance that is practical, actionable, and aligned with the realities of running and growing a business, not theoretical advice delivered from the sidelines.
BOOK A CONSULTATION CALL
You may be wondering if you even need a lawyer right now.
I get it, it’s a big investment in your business. Think of me as in-house counsel, right-sized for your needs: embedded in the business, accessible when you need support, and focused on helping your team move forward with confidence.
Your consultation call is a first date of sorts — answering your questions around brand legality, understanding your vision, and seeing how we can partner to give your business comfort and credibility.
But it would probably help if I introduced myself … I’m Katie!
I work with founders and established leadership teams like yours to help manage your legal landscape, mitigate risk, and make the most impactful decisions to help your brand grow (and dare I say, we can even have fun while doing it).
As your fractional general counsel, your team gets the specificity of a guide who knows your brand deeply, with the macro-view to keep every decision in context. We assess how every legal decision connects, so your team feels confident navigating exposure, risk, and opportunities across the board.
Wondering if I can help?
Thanks to my amazing clients, I am currently at capacity for fractional GC services. If you’d like to be notified when I’m bringing on new clients, please fill out the form below.
I’m also always looking to connect with other legal specialists for co-counsel, advisory, and other partnership opportunities. If that sounds like you, please fill out the form below and I’ll be in touch within the next business day.
Based in Annapolis, Maryland. Katie Herdener is admitted to practice in Maryland, D.C., and California.
