State College Startup Attorneys & Lawyers
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Seth Wiener
Steven Stark
Scott Stram
Jake Siciliano
Mario Naim
Michael Wieser
Neil Park
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Baruch Gottesman
Ali Shalchi
Matthew Roazen
State College Startup Lawyers
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From primarily dealing with things like business formation, contracts, leases, equity financing, securities, and intellectual property protection, the State College 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 State College startup lawyer on UpCounsel to help you today.
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This is the most recent 11 reviews for Business Operations attorneys in Pennsylvania
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"Very helpful and professional for a first time founder"
Keith B
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Lancaster,
PA,
about 1 year ago
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"Neil’s counsel was invaluable. He was available, engaging, and provided counsel with follow up. And all of this for a reasonable fee. A very nice man."
Sherylette A
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East Petersburg,
PA,
about 4 years ago
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"Stacy was great to work with! She was very helpful, clear and quick in her communications, and personable. We enjoyed working with her!"
Sarah S
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State College,
PA,
about 4 years ago
Outside General Counsel Nov 2015
"Great job as always."
Jonathan G
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Philadelphia,
PA,
almost 10 years ago
Outside General Counsel Services
"Paul is great, he does an awesome job of explaining legalese in layman's terms."
Amber S
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Pittsburgh,
PA,
almost 10 years ago
Outside General Counsel Services
"Paul is amazing - I highly recommend. He's a really nice guy, personable and super knowledgeable about startups."
Amber S
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Pittsburgh,
PA,
almost 10 years ago
Outside General Counsel October 2015
"Great team, great service! We use them for a number of projects."
Jonathan G
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Philadelphia,
PA,
almost 10 years ago
Outside General Counsel Services
"Abe and his team were amazing to work with. They were fast, efficient and really thorough."
Jonathan G
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Philadelphia,
PA,
almost 10 years ago
Repurchase by Company of Executive's Restricted Stock
"Fast and thorough job! Very experienced attorney"
Onikepe A
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Norristown,
PA,
about 10 years ago
Startup Stock Grant Agreement Review for Restriction Terms
"Alejandro is extremely experienced and provides solid legal advice. I appreciate that he cuts to the chase and makes the choices very straightforward/clear."
Irakli N
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Philadelphia,
PA,
over 10 years ago
Fantasy Soccer Compliance Assistance
"Paul was great to work with. We exchanged conversations on a research task that I requested to understand legal revenue options for a new website. Paul was able to provide very valuable research in a fairly time timeline and communicated the research to me in an understandable manner. I would happily work with Paul again."
David K
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San Jose,
CA,
over 10 years ago
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