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Save Time, Cut Risk, and Close More Deals: Month-to-Month General Counsel (Free Trial) for Florida Businesses

Author: Yoel Molina, Esq., Owner and Operator of the Law Office of Yoel Molina, P.A.​

28 January 2026

Save Time, Cut Risk, and Close More Deals: Month-to-Month General Counsel (Free Trial) for Florida Businesses

 

If your company operates in Miami-Dade or anywhere in Florida, you probably juggle a rotating mix of contract questions, employee issues, collections headaches, vendor disputes, commercial lease fine print, subcontractor management, liability concerns, and the occasional M&A opportunity. None of these problems is huge by itself—but together they drain cash, slow sales, and distract leadership. Our month-to-month General Counsel (GC) program—with a free trial to start—wraps a practical legal safety net around your operations so you can move faster with less risk and without a long-term retainer.
Below is exactly how our GC program helps owner-operators, growth-stage companies, and established enterprises that routinely deal with contracts, employment, debt recovery, M&A, liability, subcontractors, commercial leases, vendor management, and similar day-to-day legal matters.
 

Who This Is For

 

  • Companies with frequent contract negotiations (customers, vendors, SaaS, NDAs, MSAs, SOWs)
  • Employers with multi-site teams, overtime or tip issues, policy updates, or tricky separations
  • Businesses with invoices that linger and need a respectful but effective collections process
  • Owners eyeing acquisitions, investments, or partial exits who want clean diligence folders year-round
  • Firms that deploy subcontractors or 1099 talent and need the risk chain locked down
  • Tenants who sign or renegotiate commercial leases and want fewer surprises at renewal
  • Teams that want one number to call before issues escalate into disputes or lawsuits
 

What You Get (Month-to-Month, Cancel Anytime)

 

Think of us as your on-call legal department: predictable flat monthly access, quick turnaround, and deliverables your team can use immediately. The free trial lets you test the workflow and see measurable wins before you commit.
Core support areas:
  • Contract drafting, redlining, playbooks, and signatures with audit trails
  • Employment and HR policies, pay-practice tune-ups, and supervisor coaching
  • Accounts receivable and collections strategy, from demand letters to settlement templates
  • M&A readiness, diligence lists, and deal-support guardrails
  • Claims prevention, incident response, and insurance alignment
  • Subcontractor packets and vendor management with proper risk transfer
  • Commercial lease reviews and negotiation strategy
  • Privacy, data, and IP basics tailored to your stack and customers
 

Contracts: Faster Deals, Fewer Disputes

 

Most revenue problems start with fuzzy promises. We turn your agreements into plain-English risk filters that sales can use without calling legal every five minutes.
  • Master Service Agreements (MSAs) and Statements of Work (SOWs) that define scope, acceptance, change orders, and timelines
  • Warranties, limitations of liability, and exclusive remedies that cap exposure without scaring customers
  • Indemnification clauses built around fault, not wishful thinking
  • Payment terms with leverage: deposits, milestone billing, interest, late-fee and fee-shift clauses where appropriate
  • Data and confidentiality provisions that satisfy enterprise buyers without handcuffing your ops
  • E-signature standards with version control so assent is provable years later
Result: sales cycles that close faster, cleaner files if a dispute arises, and fewer write-offs.
 

Employment: Calm the Everyday People Risks

 

Florida employers move fast—and that’s where mistakes happen. We keep things compliant and practical for real supervisors, not just HR textbooks.
  • Handbooks and policies that match your actual schedules (overtime, travel time, meal periods, PTO, remote work)
  • Hiring and onboarding checklists (I-9/E-Verify where required, background checks with proper notices, job-specific criteria applied consistently)
  • Pay-plan tune-ups (commission, bonus, tip pools, piece rate) that payroll can actually execute
  • Performance documentation and separation playbooks to reduce retaliation/harassment claims
  • Reasonable restrictive-covenant and confidentiality frameworks that protect your relationships and data
  • Supervisor training: short scripts for difficult conversations and documentation habits that win disputes
Result: fewer employee complaints, better morale, and a stronger position if a claim appears.
 

Debt Collections: Respectful, Systematic, and Effective

 

You shouldn’t need a lawsuit to get paid. We build a collections rhythm that gets invoices to the top of your customer’s stack while preserving the relationship.
  • Credit application and personal-guarantee options for new accounts
  • Clear, staged demand letters and email sequences with documented delivery
  • Settlement templates (payment plans, discounts for speed, confession-of-judgment where appropriate)
  • Lien and UCC tools for qualifying industries and transactions
  • Escalation thresholds so you don’t spend $10,000 to collect $5,000
Result: faster cash conversion, fewer write-offs, and cleaner A/R meetings.
 

M&A and Investment: Be Due-Diligence Ready All Year

 

Deals move quickly in Florida. Whether you’re buying, selling, or taking on an investor, the companies that win are “always ready.”
  • Corporate housekeeping: cap table, consents, minutes, and key contracts organized
  • Diligence checklist and secure data room structure built in advance
  • LOI guardrails (exclusivity, deposit, access, timelines) that keep leverage on your side
  • Purchase-agreement redlines focused on reps/warranties, indemnity, escrow, earn-outs, and working-capital mechanisms
  • Post-close integration checklists so HR, contracts, and licenses don’t fall through the cracks
Result: less scramble, better pricing, and fewer post-close surprises.
 

Liability and Insurance: Align Promises with Coverage

 

Coverage gaps turn routine problems into existential ones. We reconcile what your contracts promise with what your policies actually cover.
  • General liability, professional/E&O, cyber, auto, and workers’ comp reviews against your industry risks
  • Additional-insured, primary/non-contributory, and waiver-of-subrogation endorsements matched to contract asks (and repriced when they increase risk)
  • Claims playbook: who to notify, what to preserve, and how to control statements and social media after an incident
  • Incident report templates that capture facts, attachments, and timelines without “fixing” anything after the fact
Result: fewer coverage fights and faster tenders to the right carrier.
 

Subcontractors and Vendors: No Breaks in the Chain

 

If you deploy subcontractors or 1099s, your protection must flow downstream.
  • Subcontractor agreements that mirror your indemnity, limits of liability, IP, confidentiality, and safety requirements
  • Certificate-of-insurance (COI) collection before access badges or POs are issued, with expirations calendared
  • Background and licensing standards that match the site’s sensitivity (healthcare, finance, education, government)
  • Simple onboarding packets so compliance never slows the job
Result: when something goes wrong, everyone rows in the same direction—and your insurer stays comfortable.
 

Commercial Leases: Cut the Fine-Print Landmines

 

Office, flex, warehouse, retail—South Florida leases hide traps that eat margin.
  • Premises description, delivery condition, and realistic build-out timelines
  • CAM/operating expenses: audit rights, caps, and exclusions (capital, management fee creep, admin markups)
  • Repairs and maintenance split; HVAC responsibility and replacement triggers
  • Assignment/sublease flexibility for growth or sale
  • Personal guarantees: scope, burn-off, or alternatives (deposit, LOC)
  • Parking, signage, hurricane preparedness, and business-interruption realities
  • Surrender obligations and restoration that won’t cost a fortune
Result: predictable occupancy costs, easier renewals, and fewer surprise invoices.
 

Data, Privacy, and IP: Protect the Value You Build

 

Whether you sell services or software, your brand and data are assets.
  • Trademarks for names/logos and practical brand-use rules for partners and resellers
  • NDAs and confidentiality with sensible term lengths and carve-outs
  • Basic privacy posture: data maps, vendor DPAs, access controls, and breach-response outlines appropriate for your size
  • Customer-friendly security addenda that win RFPs without over-promising
Result: smoother enterprise sales and fewer “legal blocker” emails.
 

Dispute Resolution: Win Early or Fight Smart

 

Not every disagreement becomes litigation. We design early-resolution playbooks—and if needed, we fight smart.
  • Contractual ADR frameworks (cure windows, exec-to-exec meetings, mediation)
  • Settlement templates with mutual releases and non-disparagement where appropriate
  • Litigation triage: evidence preservation, budgets, and outcome maps so you aren’t flying blind
Result: fewer lawsuits, cheaper disputes, and more focus on growth.
 

Local Reality Check: Miami-Dade Business Rhythm

 

South Florida adds a few twists: bilingual workforces, hurricane season, tourism cycles, and landlord-friendly lease markets in some submarkets. We build those realities into your contracts and calendars—force-majeure language that actually works, disaster-recovery checklists, and practical bilingual communications for employees and customers.
 

What Happens in the Free Trial

 

You should feel value immediately. During the trial we deliver tangible fixes—not memos:
  • Contract snapshot and prioritized redlines for your MSA/SOW and one active customer or vendor agreement
  • Employment risk scan focused on pay practices, documentation, and supervisor scripts
  • Collections tune-up: demand letter suite, A/R workflow, and a simple settlement template
  • Insurance/COI alignment check against two top accounts
  • A 30/60/90-day action plan with owners and deadlines your team can execute
 

First 30 Days on Plan: What We Stand Up

 

  • Finalized contract playbook (MSA, SOW, NDA, PO/terms, subcontractor packet)
  • Handbook refresh and supervisor training on documentation and separations
  • Collections cadence with metrics and escalation thresholds
  • Lease-review checklist and negotiation positions your brokers can use
  • Claims/incident and evidence-preservation playbooks
  • COI and license tracker with reminders your managers actually use
  • “Always-ready” diligence folder for the next financing, partnership, or acquisition
 

How You Measure ROI

 

  • Faster closes with fewer contract escalations
  • Lower write-offs and cleaner A/R aging
  • Fewer employee disputes and smoother separations
  • Better insurance renewals and fewer uncovered claims
  • Lease savings through CAM audits and smarter redlines
  • Less scramble during deals—and better valuations when you sell
 

Ready to Put a Legal Safety Net Around Your Business?

 

For month-to-month general counsel support designed for Florida companies that routinely face contract, employment, collections, M&A, lease, vendor, and subcontractor issues—start with a free trial—contact Attorney Yoel Molina at admin@molawoffice.com, call (305) 548-5020 (Option 1), or message via WhatsApp at (305) 349-3637.
 
Disclaimer: This article is for educational purposes only and is not legal advice. Consult counsel about your specific circumstances.