Fees, fixed prices and what each includes

Fixed attorney fees for defined work. A conflict check comes first. Anything outside the stated scope is quoted in writing before it starts.

California attorney with a software-engineering and data background, including experience at major technology companies.

Immigration consultations · EB-2 NIW · Technology, IP and privacy

How engagements work

1. Choose a service and give your contact details and the names of any companies involved. Please don't describe your situation yet.
2. Conflict check. It runs against the firm's records and against any current or recent employer identified in the firm's internal conflict register. No substantive facts are collected until it clears.
3. Engagement letter and payment. A short written agreement states the scope, the fixed fee, the turnaround, when the engagement ends, and how any unearned fee is refunded.
4. Documents and work. You upload the documents the service includes through a secure link. The turnaround starts when the file is complete.

Immigration consultations (Spanish or English)

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A consultation does not mean the firm will take your case, and it does not guarantee any outcome. The fee is refunded in full if the consultation does not take place, for any reason, and you may reschedule once with 24 hours' notice.

EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW)

Step 1 · Free anonymous self-screen. An educational questionnaire. It may flag issues to look at; it does not decide whether you qualify. You can then request an attorney review of your profile. The review is in writing, with no call, and it is conducted before any paid step is offered.

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Step 2 · NIW Strategy Assessment: $950

• Attorney review of a defined file: your CV, a structured questionnaire, your proposed endeavor in your own words, an evidence inventory, and the specific supporting documents the attorney requests (up to 12 documents / 100 pages, plus up to 5 public profile links). Not unlimited document review.
• A written NIW Strategy Assessment memorandum with practical evidence-development recommendations, delivered 7 business days after your file is complete.
• A 45-minute meeting with the attorney after you receive the memo.
• Can be purchased without committing to representation.

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Step 3 · Representation (if appropriate after the Assessment)

Technology, IP and privacy (California)

Offer & PIIA Review

For engineers with a California offer and an invention-assignment / confidentiality agreement.

• Includes: review of the offer letter, the PIIA and up to 1 policy it incorporates (maximum 3 documents / 40 pages); a written issues memo (2–3 pages); a drafted prior-inventions schedule (up to 10 items), with one revision; a 30-minute call; one follow-up email with up to 3 questions within 7 days.
• Turnaround: 3 business days after documents are received and the conflict check clears.
• Not included: negotiating or communicating with the employer, drafting redlines, reviewing a revised or second offer, equity tax advice, immigration sponsorship terms.
• Ends: 7 days after the memo is delivered.

Side Project & Invention Review (Labor Code §2870)

For employees building something on their own time.

• Includes: review of up to 3 current-employer documents and 1 prior-employer agreement (maximum 4 documents / 60 pages) plus a structured questionnaire; a written memo (4–6 pages) on whether California's §2870 protections apply to your project, with a clean-room plan and a disclosure strategy; a 45-minute call; one corrective revision within 14 days.
• Facts: based on your questionnaire and the call. No code, repository or device review.
• Turnaround: 5 business days after your questionnaire and documents are complete.
• Not included: communications with any employer, patent filings, company formation, litigation or arbitration analysis.
• Ends: 14 days after the memo is delivered.

Cease-and-Desist Initial Response

For individuals who received a letter from a former employer about trade secrets, solicitation or contract terms.

• Includes:
  • review of the letter plus up to 5 related documents (maximum 6 documents / 60 pages);
  • initial triage: the claims asserted, the deadline, preservation duties and the agreement's dispute-resolution clause;
  • one 45-minute strategy call within 2 business days of conflict clearance;
  • written preservation instructions;
  • one response letter (up to 3 pages) on firm letterhead, or a written recommendation not to respond, with one round of revisions before sending;
  • review of one written reply received within 30 days, with a short note on options.
• Facts: based on your account and the documents above. No factual investigation, device review or forensic work. Do not send the materials the letter mentions.
• Not included: negotiation of any kind; calls or meetings with the sender or its lawyers; a second letter; litigation or arbitration analysis beyond the initial triage; declarations, certifications or document productions; injunction defense.
• Ends: when the reply note is delivered, or 30 days after the letter is sent, whichever comes first. Anything further is a new engagement, quoted in writing.
• Capacity is limited. If your deadline is under 72 hours and no slot is available, you will be told promptly.

CCPA Applicability Assessment: $2,500 (companies)

For startups and small companies asking, "Does CCPA apply to us, and what do we have to do?"

• Includes:
  • one legal entity;
  • a data-flow questionnaire;
  • review of your privacy notice, your list of tags and SDKs (up to 30), and up to 3 data-related contracts (maximum 60 pages);
  • a 60-minute working session;
  • a written memo (5–8 pages) on the three coverage thresholds, "selling" and "sharing" (including ad pixels), service-provider status, and the timing of the CPPA rules on automated decision-making, risk assessments and cybersecurity audits;
  • a prioritized action list;
  • one corrective revision within 14 days.
• Facts: based on your answers and your public site. No technical scan.
• Turnaround: 10 business days after the questionnaire and working session.
• Not included: drafting policies or contracts, other states' laws or GDPR (flagged only), security audits, regulator or consumer-request handling.
• Ends: 14 days after the memo is delivered.

Confidential Attorney Consultation (individuals): $350 · 45 minutes

For questions that don't fit a fixed-fee service: repayment demands, departures, 83(b) timing, founders before forming a company.

• Includes: review of up to 2 documents (25 pages) sent in advance; oral advice in the call. No written memo.
• The consultation credit above applies.

Rules for every fixed-fee service

• The service covers only what is listed. No service becomes ongoing representation.
• The firm does not contact employers, opposing parties or their lawyers, except the single letter included in the Cease-and-Desist Initial Response.
• New facts, new documents, negotiation, any dispute, or any further contact after the deliverable is a new engagement, quoted in writing before any work.
• Each engagement letter states the date the engagement ends.

What is never included in an attorney fee

• Government filing fees (for example, USCIS fees and premium processing). They are paid to the agency and confirmed against the current official fee schedule when quoted.
• Translations, credential evaluations, expert fees, court costs, travel, courier and other third-party costs.
• Anything outside the written scope.

FAQ

Why a conflict check before I explain anything? California lawyers must avoid conflicts of interest. The check comes first so that nothing you share reaches a lawyer who cannot act for you.

Are these prices negotiable? No. They are the same for everyone. If your matter needs more than the stated scope, you receive a written quote before any extra work.

Can I get a refund? If the firm cannot take the matter after the conflict check, you are refunded in full. If work stops before completion, any unearned portion is refunded as stated in your engagement letter.

Do you promise a result? No. Every fixed fee buys defined legal work, not an outcome.