Business Legal Services
Flat Fee Options
Please read to the bottom to review the conditions that apply to our flat fee legal service options. Services
are offered on a sliding fee scale, depending on your household income and family size.
1. Choice-of-entity advice ($160-240)
a. 90 minute meeting with junior and senior lawyers to discuss entity types, needs, etc.
2. Form an LLC (new entity, single member) ($300-500)
a. Entity formation (Articles of Organization)
b. Resolution of Organizer
c. Initial Member Resolutions
d. Operating agreement
e. Federal Tax ID
f. S-corp election, if applicable
3. Form a corporation (new entity, single shareholder) ($300-500)
a. Entity formation (Articles of Incorporation)
b. Resolution of Incorporator
c. Initial Board Resolutions
d. Bylaws
e. Stock Ledger and Certificate
f. Federal Tax ID
g. S-corp election, if applicable
4. Form a benefit corporation* (new entity, single shareholder) ($300-500)
a. Formation of entity (LLC or corporation)
b. Resolution of Incorporator/Organizer
c. Initial Board/Member Resolutions
d. Bylaws or Operating Agreement
e. Stock Ledger and Certificate (for corporations only)
f. Federal Tax ID
g. S-corp election, if applicable
* Benefit Corporation Certification. We offer support and consulting for B Lab certification from
$1000-1800. Compliance services are charged on an hourly basis.
CatalystLawInstitute.org
4380 SW Macadam Ave #190
Portland, OR 97239
Catalyst Law Institute
Business Legal Services
Flat Fee Options
January 2017
5. Form a corporation (new entity, one class of stock, two or more shareholders) ($800-1,800)
a. Entity formation (capitalization consultation)
b. Resolution of Incorporator
c. Initial Board Resolutions
d. Bylaws
e. Share subscription agreement
f. Employment Agreement
g. Stock Ledger and Certificate
h. Federal Tax ID
6. Formation of limited liability company (new entity, one class membership interest, two or more
members*) ($800-1,800)
a. Formation of entity (capitalization consultation)
b. Operating agreement (governance provisions, buy-sell consultation and provisions)
c. Resolution of Organizer
d. Initial Member Resolutions
e. Admission Agreement(s) (vesting consultation)
f. Employment or Independent Contractor Agreement for each member, if applicable
g. IP Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement, if applicable
h. Federal Tax ID
i. S-corp election, if applicable
j. Buy Sell Agreement (governance, buy-sell consultation)
*With each additional member, add $400 to the fixed fee (or revert to hourly fees)
7.
B-Lab benefit corporation certification ($1,000-1,800)
CatalystLawInstitute.org
4380 SW Macadam Ave #190
Portland, Oregon 97239
Catalyst Law Institute
Business Legal Services
Flat Fee Options
January 2017
*CONDITIONS*
1. The full flat fee is required in advance. The fee is a deposit on legal services and it will be
held in a Lawyer Trust Account (known as an “IOLTA” account) until we earn it. When you
receive draft documents from us we will consider half our fee earned. When you sign
final documents, we will consider the other half of our fee earned.
2. Filing fees and out-of-pocket expenses are not included in the flat fee so please be
prepared to pay those as well. We will provide an estimate of filing fees when we begin.
3. The quoted price is based on our providing standard forms of documents without
significant alterations, and there being no significant issues with the proposed business,
its owners, managers, employees, assets, liabilities or other matters that require
additional consultation, negotiation, and drafting.
4. The flat fee option includes individual meetings with your lawyer. You will have an intake
meeting where your lawyer will gather extensive information about your legal matter.
You will have another meeting to review drafts with your lawyer. At the end, you will
have a signing meeting with your lawyer, a notary, and witnesses. Each meeting could
take 1-2 hours.
5. If your entity has more than two owners additional fees may apply given that additional
discussions and legal work will be necessary to understand and document the
relationships between the owners. To keep prices fair, we charge more for bigger
ownership teams.
6. Legal matters can be unpredictable. Flat fees are based on the typical case. If your matter
becomes complicated or requires significant alterations, we may need to charge
additional fees. We will advise you immediately and explain the added costs before
proceeding. We keep prices low because we want legal services to be more accessible.
What that means is that we cannot easily absorb the cost of a legal matter that goes far
beyond the scope of our flat fee program. Thank you for helping us make legal services
more accessible to more people by understanding this policy.
7. The conditions and terms described on this price sheet are subject to change, without
notice and at our discretion.
Catalyst Law Institute also offers an hourly fee legal service option.
Hourly rates vary between $25 and $150 depending on family size and income.
Please see our website to determine your
sliding-scale flat fee or hourly rate
CatalystLawInstitute.org
4380 SW Macadam Ave #190
Portland, Oregon 97239