Goodlawyer is an interactive online service that makes it faster and easier for clients to find and hire legal help based on their preferences. They are not a law firm, do not offer legal services, advice, or “lawyer referral services,” and do not give or take part in any legal representation.
Goodlawyer is the Canadian founders’ top startup law firm, offering full-service legal solutions for startups from MVP to Series B.
They work differently than most law firms. As founders, they understand your needs and budget; therefore, Goodlawyer has been built for founders. They have top startup lawyers and talents who are hand-picked for their specialized expertise and passion for helping founders. They do not follow billable hours of the time it takes to complete the legal work and rather charges for the values they create.
They aim to help entrepreneurs succeed by improving access to legal services. Apart from providing access to competent legal advice, they efficiently connect Canadian entrepreneurs with their broad network of freelance lawyers that give on-demand services at transparent prices without surprising their users with a legal bill again.
A Law Firm For The Common Person
Brett Colvin is the CEO and co-founder of Goodlawyer. During his career as a corporate lawyer at one of Canada’s largest law firms, he saw that most people couldn’t afford the legal help they needed.
After realizing that the standard firm rates were too expensive for the average person, he left the business and formed a partnership with a developer and a designer to launch Goodlawyer
Goodlawyer wants to help more entrepreneurs succeed by offering more than just competent legal work. By leveraging technology, they strive to make the entire experience less stressful and enjoyable and turn the legal process faster, more accessible, and more affordable.
They are a team that comprises over 50% women and over 40% BIPOC, and they work to support Canadian business owners in finding support from a community that is as diverse as they are.
Reasons to Choose Goodlawyer
Goodlawyers offer quality clients to their lawyers. They filter out the tire kickers and connect lawyers with serious customers who need help. In addition, their work culture provides a work-life balance where lawyers can control when they are available and when they’re not and which practice areas they want to work in.
Goodlawyer helps solo lawyers be a part of a team. They help access a community of solo and small-firm lawyers across the country who help one another succeed. In addition, they help access industry-leading resources. For example, their lawyers can confidently and competently practice using Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law, the legal industry’s leading practice support tool and precedent library, at a special Goodlawyer rate.
Goodlawyer seeks solo and small-firm business lawyers with three or more years of practice in all provinces and territories. Their core practice areas include corporate, commercial contracts and agreements, technology, startups, employment, and intellectual property.
To see what the future of law holds, visit the Goodlawyer website at https://www.goodlawyer.ca/.
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