Outside General Counsel, Advisory & Strategy
COMPANIES, FOUNDERS & CREATIVES
Companies
Trust and safety, investigations and crisis response.
We work with companies on the people side of risk: how reports of misconduct are received, investigated and resolved, and whether your trust and safety program holds up when it's tested. Whether you're building a program from scratch or a report just landed on your desk, we can help.
We’ve spent decades prosecuting, investigating and litigating sensitive matters. We know how a single complaint turns into a lawsuit, a news story or a criminal case, and how to keep it from becoming any of them. From one difficult report to a company-wide program, we help your legal, HR and trust and safety teams make decisions they can stand behind.
And when you need someone on call, we run Employee & Participant Reporting Lines for organizations of every size.
COMPANY RESOURCES
Services
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For companies that put people alone with your customers.
Rideshare, delivery and home-services platforms, hotels, fitness and wellness studios, and care providers all depend on how they handle misconduct between workers and customers.
We build and review your safety system: policies, a trained response team, a process for every report and messaging that earns trust.
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When you need to know what really happened.
Harassment, discrimination and misconduct complaints, including those about senior leaders. We handle sensitive investigations, including sexual misconduct allegations, with discretion.
Our team includes licensed private investigators and a former sex crimes prosecutor, and our investigations are attorney-led, which helps protect privilege where it applies.
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A safe way for people to speak up, outside the usual chain.
Employees, contractors and customers can report concerns to our firm instead of to a supervisor, anonymously if they choose. We document each report and route it under a protocol agreed with you in advance. We run reporting lines for organizations of every size, internationally.
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The first 48 hours shape everything after.
When a serious report surfaces, we help you assess it, meet your legal obligations and decide what to say to employees, customers, your board and the press, and when.
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When the report is about someone at the top.
Allegations involving executives or board members need an outside team with no stake in the outcome and the judgment to handle it discreetly. We investigate and advise the board or special committee.
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For companies looking to strengthen their in-house teams with education around investigation, crisis response and people management when responding to allegations of misconduct, The Paul Firm serves as a trusted partner. We speak from significant investigation, litigation and crisis response experience to offer executive and staff training on best practices.
Founders & Creatives
Senior advisory & legal strategy.
Founders, business owners and creatives don't need a lawyer for everything. They need to know which decisions matter, what they'll cost and who should be in the room. That's what we do: we look at the whole picture, people, money, reputation and risk, and help you choose before the choice gets expensive. Whether you know exactly what you need or aren't sure where to start, start with a conversation.
We've been prosecutors, investigators and trial lawyers, and we've built successful businesses. So we know how things go wrong, from a hire that doesn't work out to a partner who wants out, and how to keep them from going wrong in the first place. When you need a specialist, we know who to call.
FOUNDER RESOURCES
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One call before you hire the wrong lawyer.
Most founders don't know what kind of lawyer they need, or whether they need one at all. They just need someone to call. We're that call. We look at the whole problem, tell you what matters now and what can wait, and handle what's ours: contracts and key deals, hiring and separations, partner and co-founder issues, and what to do when something goes wrong. When you need a specialist, we find the right one and tell them what they need to know, so you're not paying a stranger to learn your business. The result is less money spent on legal, and more of it spent where it counts.
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Use AI well, without the risk you can't see.
Your team is already using AI, probably with client data, employee information and confidential plans. We help you decide what's safe to put into which tools, review what comes out before you rely on it, check the terms you agreed to when you signed up, and flag the risks of using AI to hire or evaluate people.
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