Getting More Bang for Your Legal Buck

4 Min Read By Charlie McCurry

Operating a successful restaurant, let alone a portfolio of restaurants, is one of the most challenging businesses in the market. A restaurant’s legal counsel can be a key advisor and ally in positioning the business for growth while helping minimize risk. But many owners are understandably intimidated by the unpredictability of the legal industry’s ubiquitous billable hour pricing model. Though many attorneys are slowly beginning to offer alternative and more flexible pricing, uncertainty about costs has a chilling effect on conversations between owners and their attorneys, leading to legally vulnerable restaurants and underutilized attorneys who could otherwise provide valuable counsel in an ever-changing industry. 

Here are three tips on how restaurants can get the most from their attorneys:

1. Establish a RelationshipThough it sounds trite, the first step in a beneficial attorney-client relationship is establishing rapport in the first place. Restaurant owners should seek out…