Olympia Startup Attorneys & Lawyers
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Seth Wiener
Steven Stark
Scott Stram
Jake Siciliano
Richard Gora
Michael Wieser
Grant Maynard
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Baruch Gottesman
Ali Shalchi
Karim Hamir
Olympia Startup Lawyers
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From primarily dealing with things like business formation, contracts, leases, equity financing, securities, and intellectual property protection, the Olympia startup lawyers on UpCounsel can help you with a variety of specialized and general startup law related legal matters. No matter what type of startup law needs you have, you can easily hire an experienced Olympia startup lawyer on UpCounsel to help you today.
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This is the most recent 13 reviews for Business Operations attorneys in Washington
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"They are on the ball and getting things going for me. Thank you."
David L
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Walla Walla,
WA,
11 months ago
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"Sean was amazing. He dealt with my situation quickly and professionally, getting results that I couldn’t even fathom possible. 10/10 would recommend to anyone else who needs a lawyers assistance."
Elliot B
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Liberty Lake,
WA,
over 2 years ago
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"Mathew was a pleasure to work with, he is both very knowledgeable and also very easy to understand the legal information he provides."
Scott P
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Seattle,
WA,
almost 3 years ago
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"Great experience. Would highly recommend to others."
An S
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Seattle,
WA,
almost 4 years ago
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"We had a great experience working with William. Clear communications and fast delivery."
Joe R
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Bellevue,
WA,
about 4 years ago
Stock Option Plan
"Geoffrey was efficient and very helpful in terms of answering our questions and getting the necessary documents prepared."
Ishdeep B
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Seattle,
WA,
over 4 years ago
Outside General Counsel Services
"Kimon is fantastic! You're lucky if you get to work with him. I will be working with him again."
Aaron L
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Honolulu,
HI,
about 5 years ago
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"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."
Tomas G
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Vancouver,
WA,
over 5 years ago
Outside General Counsel Services
"Great experience working with Brent on entity formation. Easy to communicate, prompt response, and get the job done. Thank you!"
Stephanie A
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Redmond,
WA,
over 7 years ago
Series Seed
"Tom has done an outstanding job supporting the seed round investment for us. He had great insights and suggestions on how we should proceed, what docs to use, what to look out for. He completed all the docs in time and responded to my questions quickly. We are lucky to have him."
Greg W
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Bellevue,
WA,
almost 9 years ago
Review Lease, Purchase & Sale Agreements
"Knowledgeable and worked quickly on my project."
Robert M
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Seattle,
WA,
about 9 years ago
Incorporation Services
"Love working with Jonathan. He's the perfect attorney: smart, experienced, good communicator and very responsive. Can't get any better!"
Lisa K
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Lakewood,
WA,
over 9 years ago
Review Startup Employment Agreement
"Todd reviewed a document for me and provided a great summary over email before we talked it over. This allowed me to digest it ahead of time and come up with good questions."
David K
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Seattle,
WA,
over 9 years ago
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