Legal Question in Business Law in California

Re: letter of introduction and representation

And then you'll want me to cash your bogus cashier's check and send you back the money by Western Union.

Re: letter of introduction and representation

There is no magic to an intro letter, simply relating the facts and your sales pitch without misleading or exaggeration. If you want an attorney to review it, or prepare it from scratch, feel free to contact me to discuss a cost estimate. If you mean an actual contract for 'legal representation', then it requires all the terms of the agreement between the parties be specified. You really need both, the intro letter and the contract if they agree.

Re: letter of introduction and representation

If the "letter to intro my company" is intended as a sales and marketing tool, why would you want it to be from a lawyer? People don't like to get letters from lawyers; they think they're being dunned, cease-and-desisted or sued. Intro letters should be written by the principals of the business who know its services and products intimately, and signed by the company principal who is to receive inquiries.

If your company needs legal counsel for internal guidance and advice, that's great! Many companies operate well beyond the point where they should have retained counsel, and then find themselves in avoidable difficulties. On the other hand, if you need what we usually think of as legal representation, that would be because you now need an external legal matter to be handled - a contract negotiation, perhaps, or an administrative investigation by OSHA or the EPA or FLSB; or maybe even to initiate or defend a lawsuit.

Most lawyers will not want to write intro letters or lend their names to a new business for window-dressing purposes or to make a sales pitch look legit when it maybe isn't.