Applied Legal
Contracts · Disputes · Counsel

Business law, applied.

Contracts, disputes, and outside general counsel for companies. Our lawyers are fluent in advanced AI and use it to check every agreement against your positions and to read the full record in a dispute. A Texas-licensed attorney stands behind every deliverable.

Software assists. A lawyer is responsible. Responsible attorney: EJ Archuleta, Austin, Texas.

What we do

Contracts, disputes, and the counsel around them.

Three practices, one way of working: the tools do the reading and the first pass, and a lawyer makes the call.

All services
I · Contracts

Negotiated, drafted, and systematized.

  • NDAs, MSAs, DPAs, SaaS and vendor agreements, order forms, and SOWs, reviewed and negotiated.
  • A redline, an issues table with recommended positions, and a drafted response to the other side.
  • For recurring volume, a playbook and intake built into the tools your team already uses.
II · Disputes

Disputes and litigation, prepared deeply.

  • Breach of contract, unpaid invoices, and vendor, customer, and partner disputes, resolved with the deal in mind.
  • Assessment, demand letters and responses grounded in the documents, negotiation, and mediation.
  • When a matter goes to court, we bring in and manage litigation counsel and stay your lead point of contact.
III · Counsel

Outside general counsel, formation, and governance.

  • Ongoing coverage on a monthly fixed fee from a lawyer who has held the GC seat.
  • Board and investor matters, commercial strategy, policies, and escalations.
  • Texas entities, operating and shareholder agreements, equity plans, and board governance.
Why the technology matters to you

The record, read in full.

We use the tools where they change what you get back: more of the record read, more drafts tested, fewer things missed, and less time billed to rote work.

Contracts

Checked against your positions and history.

Every agreement is compared with the positions you have taken before and the terms you have already signed. The redline, the issues table, and the response to the other side are drafted before the first call, so the conversation starts with the decisions.

Disputes

The whole record, read early.

Contracts, emails, invoices, and notices are reviewed in full, not sampled. The chronology, the key documents, and the weak points in the other side's position are assembled early, and the demand or response is grounded in the documents.

Counsel

A firm that remembers.

Your prior positions, decisions, and approvals are kept and applied consistently, so the answer on a new question fits the answers you have already given.

How we work

The tools prepare. A lawyer decides.

The same four steps on a contract and on a dispute.

See how we work
  1. 01

    You bring the matter

    A contract to negotiate, a dispute or demand, or a question that needs counsel. Send it the way you already work.

  2. 02

    We apply the tools

    The agreement is checked against your positions, or the record is read and organized into a chronology and key documents.

  3. 03

    A lawyer exercises judgment and signs off

    A Texas-licensed attorney decides the positions and the strategy, reviews what goes out, and signs off on it.

  4. 04

    You get finished work and a clear next step

    A redline or a demand letter ready to send, or advice you can act on, with the decisions that are yours clearly flagged.

Fees

Know the fee before the work starts.

Every engagement starts with a conversation and a written scope. Predictable work, such as a defined contract, a formation, or ongoing outside counsel, is quoted as a fixed or monthly fee before it starts. Disputes depend on the facts and their complexity, so the fee arrangement is put in writing after an initial assessment.

How fees work
Who is responsible

Software assists. A lawyer is responsible.

On a contract, a dispute, or a question for counsel, the tools prepare the work and a Texas-licensed attorney reviews it and signs off before it leaves. Professional responsibility sits with a named lawyer, not a platform.

Responsible attorney
EJ Archuleta
Law firm
Archuleta Partners PLLC

Applied Legal is a trade name of Archuleta Partners PLLC.

About the firm
Proof

Founded by a former General Counsel who builds the systems himself.

Case study

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Enterprise contract-systems engagement. Details will be published only with the client's permission.

Founder · EJ Archuleta
  • Former General Counsel at multiple technology companies
  • Software engineer who builds the firm's systems
  • Founder of a company that was acquired
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Next step

Bring us the matter. Talk to a lawyer.

A contract, a dispute, or a question that needs counsel. The next step is a short call, and the fee is agreed in writing before work starts. If a deadline is days away, call.