Hi 👋🏾, I’m Brionna and I’m a legal advocate for freelancers.
I help you navigate the future of work economy scam we find ourselves in by teaching you the legal skillset you need to secure clients and do the work that gets the bills paid.
My approach is a mix of providing the right information, tools to implement that information, and communal spaces to build your skillset without judgment.
My approach focuses on showing you the “how” and the “why” behind the law and contracts because I’ve seen time and again how much having the right context changes the game.
My goal is to give you the right context so you can be sure you’re signing a solid contract every time and focus on doing the work that gets you paid.
I’ve sat on both sides of the negotiations table:
As a litigator at a prestigious law firm defending the giant corporations we all hate
As in-house counsel at an electric vehicle startup building legal systems and strategy from the ground up
As fractional counsel to startups in various industries
As a 6-figure consultant facing off against the same corporate clients you deal with on a regular basis
I've written the contracts designed to protect large companies, and I've been the vendor trying to navigate those same contracts. This unique perspective allows me to decode the legal world in a way that most lawyers can't. I understand the insider knowledge that big companies use to their advantage, and I know how to translate it into strategies that work for freelancers.
Maybe you’re like me and you’re a have-to-preneur
Here are the deets about me & how i got here:
TL;DR: I wasn’t diagnosed with ADHD until age 36. Up until then, I spent my years in various working environments trying to find an environment that was compatible with my brain and how it worked.
I tried every thing from litigating at a fancy law firm to working in-house at a tech startup. None of those places fit and I hit ADHD burnout over and over again.
After I hit burnout the 3rd time, I took the hint and decided the 9 to 5 might not be for me and started a consulting business and practiced small business law on the side. It was during my consulting work that I started running up against the friction that is the giant corporation vendor onboarding process. Clients were sending me dense 30 page contracts with 60 day payment terms and insane insurance requirements.
I won’t lie to you, even as a lawyer I felt bamboozled. And that’s saying something because these were the same vendor contracts and policies I used to write, negotiate, and enforce when I was in-house counsel. They were a huge headache to me as a consultant and that’s when I started wondering how other freelancers and consultants were dealing with them so I started asking around.
10 conversations later and my mind was made up: freelancers needed a legal advocate to show them the ropes for how to navigate contracts with clients. I started my “little” business and set out to do just that.
When I’m not advocating for freelancers, you can find me reading books on the couch, in coffee shops, or in a park, taking a nap, testing out a new recipe in the kitchen, or hanging out with my very awesome nephew.
Some credentials you might care about:
12 years practicing law
Licensed in CA
Graduated with honors from University of Texas School of Law
Obtained M.A. in Sociology and B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University
You can also peep my LinkedIn profile to vet my work history