The American Dream is a core precept of our national identity. In our divisive times, the idea that anyone can achieve a more comfortable life regardless of the socio‑economic rank, class, or station of their birth remains our most cherished shared promises and aspirations.
Nothing epitomizes that national ethos more the business owners, innovators, and social entrepreneurs starting a small business or nonprofit organization and carving out a life of their own making. However, it isn’t an easy pathway. Over 50% fail in the first five years and it takes a lot of hard work, courage, ingenuity, and determination.
At Harrison-Stein, we understand these challenges and help guide ventures through this difficult environment. A trusted partner to our clients and a valued asset to our community, we serve as outside general counsel to small businesses and nonprofit organizations in the District of Columbia.
We can form, organize, and set-up a new or reorganized company — drafting and filing all necessary paperwork to get it started.
We can provide legal advice and business coaching to owners, directors, and managers of businesses and nonprofit organizations.
We offer valuable expertise, guidance, and support to help clients navigate these complex legal proceedings and protect their interests.
We can fill gaps in an organization’s leadership, strategy, finance, and accounting functions — instituting the appropriate checks and controls.
We can provide cost-effective legal services for entrepreneurs, small businesses, and nonprofit organizations without an in-house legal team.
We can file pleadings and attend court proceedings on behalf of other attorneys who are not barred in Washington DC or who cannot attend in person.
Although most of our work is done outside the courtroom, our team has earned an impressive reputation for its prominent role in impact litigation – defending student journalists’ rights to public records immediately after law school in Joey Stipek v. the University of Oklahoma (2014).
More recently, our team has successfully challenged the U.S. military’s discriminatory policies against people living with HIV in Nick Harrison v. Lloyd Austin (2022). It has also worked with some of the nation’s top class action litigation firms – attaining this three-year case record:
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