Brett acts as "Outside CLO" (Chief Legal Officer) for a number of start-ups, emerging, and established organizations of all sizes (from single member LLC start-ups to companies with nine-figure annual revenue and hundreds of employees). In this role, Brett adds accretive value to his client-partner's growth, while forecasting blind spots and mitigating risk.

In particular, Brett enjoys:

1.Working with entrepreneurs/investors/business-owners to design corporate strategy, and build out plans for growth/protection;
2.Architecting and executing on private investments and M&A transactions;
3.Developing and implementing best practices for compliance with employees and independent contractors;
4.Negotiating with vendors and customers to create maximum net-benefit business relationships;
5.Instituting pro-active/preventative litigation strategy and defending/enforcing corporate rights when suit is initiated (including internal partner disputes);
6.Analyzing property/leasing issues;

Brett also has extensive experience working with franchises, transportation/logistics companies (in particular 3PLs) developing motor carrier/customer strategy, handling unique employee or compliance issues, and pursuing commercial collections.

Brett and his team have a track record creating value, including the following:

•Handling Series A/Series B-level investor raises, involving the transfer of multi-million dollar investments at 100M+ in equity value;
•Handling complex multi-state, multi-level seven-figure transactions, involving difficult marijuana-venture regulatory issues;
•Collecting in excess of seven-figures for clients in commercial disputes, including breach of contract and partner/shareholder disputes;