StartupsEngineeringPrivacy
A California solo practice for engineers: entity formation, contracts, IP, and privacy counsel from an IAPP-certified attorney.
Four verticals. One point of contact.
Intellectual Property
U.S. trademark clearance, filing, and prosecution before the USPTO, plus copyright registration where it matters. International brands and foreign counsel: direct U.S. representation, foreign-associate rates by email.
- USPTO trademarks ↗The federal register, free.
- Copyright records ↗The Copyright Office's records.
Entities
Formation plus the governance documents needed to actually operate the company: operating agreement or bylaws and initial consents, EIN, ownership and capitalization basics, and initial state filings.
- Readiness checklist →Entity, IP, contracts, data.
- Name availability ↗Search California's register first.
Data & Privacy
Privacy policies and notices, CCPA/CPRA and GDPR issue spotting, data governance, and AI governance from IAPP-certified counsel. Further work is scoped separately where your data practices or regulatory footprint require it.
- Privacy atlas ↗The maps: U.S., California, Europe.
Contracts
The NVCA model Series A financing set at a flat fee, plus NDAs, Terms of Service, services agreements, SaaS and licensing paper, and vendor contracts - drafted or reviewed and redlined against the deal you're actually doing.
- Free forms →Incorporation, SAFEs, the NVCA set.
Four steps, in order.
Tell me about your matter
A short questionnaire, scoped to what's reasonably necessary to evaluate the matter - nothing more.
Conflict check and scoping
A conflict check runs before anything substantive is discussed, then the scope and fee structure are confirmed.
Engagement letter, e-signed
A clear, written agreement with every required disclosure, signed before work begins.
Work begins
You get a direct line to the attorney handling your matter - not a triage queue.
Eric Adar Carver, Esq.
Trained at UC Berkeley School of Law (Law & Technology certificate, Berkeley Technology Law Journal). Advised the European Parliament in Brussels with the Center for Democracy & Technology on net neutrality, IP protection, and data privacy. Prior experience at Fenwick & West and Ballard Spahr on technology, IP, and privacy matters. Built compliance, terms of service, and privacy infrastructure at Squire Technologies for Apple Tap to Pay with Stripe, and led engineering as founder/CTO of Knowbody, Inc.
Certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), not the State Bar of California. CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, and CIPT are certification marks of the IAPP.
California
State Bar No. 347496
General Counsel
Monthly access for day-to-day legal questions and quick contract reviews.
Billed automatically every month until cancelled. Cancel any time before your next billing date - no cancellation fee, and no partial-month refund for the then-current billing period. A cancellation link is included in every receipt and confirmation email.