Mary Hodges
Tech Startup Attorney (Early Stage Financing Specialist)
California
MO, CA
"Very helpful and knowledgeable!"
About
Mary’s practice has an emphasis on entity formations, managing equity incentive plans and company capitalization tables, early stage financing, website and app terms of use and privacy policies, preparing solid plain-English legal agreements, and counseling clients through the peaks and valleys of entrepreneurship.
As a business owner, Mary knows, first hand, the common struggles, and issues her clients face. She works closely with clients to create forward-thinking and innovative solutions for their legal needs.
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Client Reviews
"I needed help closing my C-Corp (no profit) in Delaware and Mary did an amazing job helping my co-founder and I out. She was clear, concise, and responsive."
"Mary is very responsive and flexible with our legal needs. She will answer your question within a day or two - a lot better than other attorneys that I have worked with in the past. Highly recommended!"
"Mary is amazing at what she does. Very professional and detailed. Pleasure working with her."
"Mary is great! She helped us through every step of the process and she actively went out of her way to prevent any further issues we could run into."
"Knowledgeable, professional, easy to communicate and work with!"
"Working with Mary was a pleasure. She was knowledgeable about GDPR, applications/website/platforms, and we painlessly worked through required updates to user agreements, platform needs. Her communication was great, timely, and set/met expectations well. I'd work with Mary again in future projects."
Work History
NewWave Law, LLC
Sole-Owner
Oct 2014 - Present
NewWave Law, LLC focuses on representing startups in business formation, early-stage financing, equity management, corporate governance, and general business transactions.
Cara Stone LLP
Partner
Jan 2017 - Feb 2019
Mary joined Cara Stone, LLP so her clients could have access to a variety of exceptional legal services. Cara Stone is a lean, top-tier law firm dedicated to providing advice and expertise at the highest levels.
Our sophisticated corporate, securities, finance, litigation, IP, real estate, and commercial counsel has achieved extraordinary results for our clients.
Cosgrove Law Group, LLC
Associate Attorney
Sep 2011 - Sep 2014
Securities Litigation, Government Enforcement Defense, Financial Compliance and Regulatory Affairs, Commercial Disputes, General Business Transactions
The Green Law Firm, LLC
Associate Attorney
Oct 2010 - Jul 2011
Worked as a part-time associate while obtaining my LLM in taxation. The firm had a general practice with a focus on business transactions, family law, civil litigation, personal injury, criminal law