New company matter · $50 · 30 minutes by video

Scope your matter in 30 minutes.

William Furlow, a registered patent attorney, checks fit by video and matches your company to the right service.

★★★★★ 5.0 on Google · 105+ science and technology matters in 2026 · USPTO Reg. No. 82,181

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What happens in your 30 minutes

1. Your company and who is involved. You explain what the company wants to protect or review. The firm needs those names to clear conflicts.

2. The service that fits. William checks fit and identifies the service, scope, and fee that match your goal.

3. Your fee in writing. If you go ahead, you get the scope and flat fee in writing before any legal work starts.

Start your screening

About 20 minutes. Your answers save as you go.

Screening Intake: New Matter

How this works. You fill out this form (about 20 minutes). The last step takes the $50 screening fee, and then you choose a time for your 30-minute screening call. We run a conflict check before the call. If a conflict or a lack of capacity keeps us from taking your matter, we cancel the call and refund the fee. If the check clears, we go over your answers together on a Microsoft Teams video call. We then tell you in writing whether we can take your matter. If we do, we use your answers to prepare your engagement letter, and the $50 is credited toward your fee. Your personal credit code is emailed to you once the fee is received.

How to fill this out. Answer in order. Fields marked * are required. Use full legal names (for example, "Acme Widgets, LLC," not "Acme"). Keep answers short and general, and do not attach or send documents. Not sure? Choose Unsure, or write "Don't know." Have handy: the names of everyone involved, any lawyers you have talked to, and any application, case, or contract numbers. Cancel more than 24 hours before the call and the fee is refunded in full. Read the refund policy.

Read and agree before you start. Please read and check each of the five boxes below.

We are not your lawyers yet

Filling out this form, paying the screening fee, or having a screening call does not make the firm my lawyer. That only happens if the firm and I both sign a written engagement agreement.

No legal advice yet

No attorney at this firm can comment on the legal aspects of my matter (such as its strength, my options, or what to do next) until I have completed the screening process. This form and the screening call are not legal advice, and I will not rely on anything said before then.

Deadlines are my responsibility

The firm is not tracking or protecting any deadline for me. If a deadline is within 10 days, I will call (512) 593-2281 right away or contact another lawyer.

General details only. No documents

I will describe my matter in general terms, not specific details. I will not send documents unless an attorney asks for them after screening is complete and approved.

The firm may say no

The firm may already represent someone on the other side and may decline my matter for any reason without explaining why. If the firm does not take my matter, the information in this form will not prevent the firm from representing someone else, including someone whose interests are adverse to mine.

Before you start

What the call covers

Product selection, pricing, scoping, and the party details needed for formal conflict clearance. The call is administrative. Substantive legal advice, contract analysis, and case strategy are not provided during a screening.

Your $50 deposit

Credited in full toward your fee. Once your deposit is received, we email you a personal credit code, good for 90 days on any purchase of $50 or more. If the firm declines your matter after the conflict check or for lack of capacity, or you cancel more than 24 hours before the call, the deposit is refunded in full.

A laptop open to an empty video call on a sunlit oak desk, beside a navy folder, a legal pad with a short handwritten list of names, a printed page and a small aluminum prototype

Have your company details ready

The firm works with companies, including founders signing for a newly formed entity. Have ready your company’s full legal name and its state or country of formation; who created the technology or work, and whether they have signed their rights over to the company; the names of everyone involved (anyone on the other side, related people and companies, and any lawyers you have talked to); and any application, case or contract numbers.

“William was great from start to finish. He was extremely thorough and professional … He made the entire patent process comfortable and stress-free. Highly recommend.”

Before you submit

Submitting this form does not create an attorney-client relationship. An attorney-client relationship is formed only when a written engagement agreement is signed by both you and the firm.

Please do not send confidential or time-sensitive information through this form beyond the details requested. If your matter involves a filing deadline, a statute of limitations, or another urgent deadline, contact the firm directly at (512) 593-2281 before submitting.

Full deposit and retainer refund terms are published on the refund policy page.