Groundwork Business Counsel
Your business deserves more than a template.
When it comes to protecting your company, your contracts, and your livelihood, you need more than generic answers from a chatbot. Our legal services give you what AI never can: a licensed attorney who understands your business, anticipates problems before they arise, and tailors solutions to your actual situation. We know the answers to questions you didn't even know to ask. We catch the issues that template documents miss. And when regulations change or disputes emerge, you have an experienced advocate in your corner, not an algorithm that disclaims all responsibility.
We understand what a business needs, so our model is built on transparent and predictable pricing. Choose a comprehensive package that covers your ongoing legal needs, or select from our customized services to tackle specific issues when you need them.
Your business deserves the protection of real legal counsel. Whether you're drafting your first contract, navigating employment law, or planning for growth, we provide the strategic guidance and peace of mind that only comes from working with a qualified team of professionals who are accountable to you.
Let's talk about how we can help protect what you're building.
Our Services
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Our Packaged Legal Services offer curated legal services designed specifically for different stages of developing businesses. Our packages bundle the essential services you need most into one predictable rate, so you can focus on growing your business instead of worrying about legal bills.
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Our Unbundled Legal Services provide business-specific services as the need arises. The options here are unlimited and include, for example, such services as filing and foreclosing on liens, reviewing contracts, consulting on employment issues, business dissolution, and ownership changes. Whenever possible, these services are offered on a flat-fee basis so that you can anticipate and budget for these costs.
About Your Counsel
With over two decades of legal experience serving Montana clients, Liesel Shoquist understands what keeps small business owners up at night because she has guided hundreds of them through the legal complexities of running a business.
As a former shareholder at her previous law firm, Liesel managed not only a demanding legal practice but also the business side of the busy law firm: hiring, budgeting, training staff, and making strategic decisions that affect the bottom line. This experience means she doesn't just understand the law, she understands business.
Liesel has successfully represented clients in commercial transactions, contract disputes, real property matters, and civil litigation from initial consultation through the Montana Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ultimately, Liesel knows that the best practice is maintaining and anticipating strategies to avoid the courtroom entirely. With professional mediation training from Cornell University's Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, Liesel focuses on practical, real-world, strategic solutions that protect your business while keeping you focused on growth.
When you work with Liesel, you're getting an experienced Montana attorney who knows your challenges, speaks your language, and provides the personalized guidance your business deserves.
Rachel Parkin understands that small business owners need accessible, practical, and predictable legal counsel. With more than a decade representing insurers and businesses in complex litigation and serving as a managing shareholder at a leading Montana defense firm, Rachel knows businesses need sophisticated legal guidance without the uncertainty of traditional hourly billing.
This need inspired Rachel’s shift from full-scale litigation to strategic business management, creating a practice model designed specifically for growing companies. Now, she brings the same caliber of legal expertise to her clients but delivers it through transparent, fixed-fee services that business owners can actually plan for and afford.
Licensed in Montana state and federal courts, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and U.S. Tax Court, Rachel has broad strategic business expertise. She has developed employee handbooks for startups, defended employment complaints before numerous federal agencies, advised on environmental compliance and oil spill liability, and guided businesses through every stage of their lifecycle, from incorporation to dissolution and everything in-between.
When you work with Rachel, you’re getting an experienced Montana attorney who can cut through legal complexity, giving clients clear, actionable guidance aligned with their business objectives.
If you’re interested in working with us, please provide your information, and we will be in touch within 24 hours. You can also call us at (406) 830-0833.
We look forward to connecting with you.