Flat-fee contracts · Chicago, IL
Flat-fee contract review and drafting for Chicago businesses
Handled remotely by a California-licensed attorney. $399 to review a contract, $699 for a new contract, $999 for a complex contract.
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What is flat-fee contract review for Chicago businesses?
Hollingsworth & Hollingsworth handles flat-fee contract review and drafting for Chicago businesses, including consulting firms, manufacturers, food and beverage companies, distributors, and healthcare practices. Prices are set in advance: $399 for a contract review, $699 for a new contract, and $999 for a complex contract. All work is delivered remotely by a California-licensed attorney.
Chicago has always been a place where things are made, moved, and managed. Consulting and accounting firms fill the Loop, manufacturers and food processors operate across the city and its suburbs, and the region's rail lines, highways, and airports make it a hub for distribution. These are practical businesses with long supplier relationships, and the agreements behind them tend to be detailed: pricing schedules, delivery terms, warranties, and service levels that repeat from one renewal to the next.
For owners who watch margins closely, an hourly legal bill with no ceiling is hard to plan around. A flat fee turns contract review into a known line item, and the attorney confirms the tier and scope in writing before starting. Turnaround in hours, often the same business day, keeps a purchase order or a supply renewal from stalling. The whole process runs by email, phone, video, and e-signature, which suits a busy plant manager as well as a partner downtown.
Who we help
Who we help in Chicago
Professional services
Consulting, accounting, staffing, and marketing firms in the Loop and River North sell expertise under written engagement terms. They typically need master services agreements and statements of work, subcontractor agreements with outside specialists, nonsolicitation provisions for staff placed with clients, and partnership agreements when two principals combine practices, which usually fits the complex tier.
Manufacturing
Metal fabricators, plastics molders, packaging makers, and machine shops on the South and West Sides and in the surrounding suburbs trade on supplier terms. They need supply agreements, purchase order terms and conditions, equipment purchase and maintenance contracts, and tooling agreements that settle who owns molds and dies after production ends.
Food and beverage
Chicago's food economy reaches well beyond its restaurants to commercial kitchens, specialty producers, craft breweries, and co-packers. Common contracts include co-packing and private-label agreements, distribution agreements with regional wholesalers, ingredient supply terms, restaurant and taproom leases, and vendor agreements for equipment, cleaning, and pest control services that keep a kitchen running.
Logistics and distribution
Freight brokers, warehouse operators, intermodal carriers, and wholesale distributors in the Chicago area use the region's rail yards and interstates to move goods nationwide. They regularly need broker-carrier agreements, warehousing and fulfillment contracts, customer shipping agreements, and limitation of liability language that matches how freight is actually handled and insured.
Healthcare
Independent medical groups, dental and therapy practices, home health providers, and health tech startups throughout the Chicago area rely on vendors and contractors. They commonly need independent contractor agreements for clinicians, software and billing service contracts, office leases, and business associate agreements for vendors that handle patient information.
What we handle
Common contracts we review and draft for Chicago companies
- Supply agreement. Chicago manufacturers and food producers sign multiyear supply agreements where pricing adjustments, minimum volumes, and quality specifications matter more than the headline price.
- Purchase order terms and conditions. Plants that issue or accept purchase orders need standard terms that control warranties, delivery, inspection, and which party's form actually governs the sale.
- Co-packing agreement. Specialty food and beverage brands that outsource production need a co-packing agreement covering recipes, batch quality, recalls, minimum runs, and ownership of formulas.
- Master services agreement. Loop consulting and staffing firms use a master services agreement to set the overall framework, then attach a statement of work for each new engagement.
- Broker-carrier agreement. Freight brokers and carriers working the Chicago rail and trucking network rely on these agreements to set rates, insurance, claims handling, and payment timing.
- Commercial lease. Restaurants, clinics, and small warehouses weighing a Chicago lease should understand maintenance duties, operating cost pass-throughs, renewal options, and use restrictions before signing.
- Partnership agreement. Principals joining forces in a consulting practice or brewery need terms on contributions, profit splits, decisions, and exit, usually handled at the $999 complex tier.
How it works
How it works remotely
Upload or email your contract
Pay your flat fee, then email [email protected] with the agreement, or the details of the contract you need drafted.
Scope confirmed in writing
We confirm the scope, the tier, and the governing law in writing before any work begins. Outside flat-fee scope? We tell you first and refund your payment.
Attorney work product
A redline and plain-English summary for a review, or a ready-to-sign draft for a new contract, prepared by the attorney, not a template tool.
Same business day where possible
Turnaround is measured in hours, not weeks. We confirm timing when we confirm scope.
Central time runs two hours ahead of Pacific, so our office hours of 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM Pacific translate to 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM in Chicago, every day of the week. An early shift supervisor or a partner working late can both reach us without waiting. Contracts arrive by upload or email, conversations happen by phone or video, and final documents are signed by e-signature, so there is never a reason to meet in person or set aside time for travel.
Pricing
Three flat fees for Chicago businesses
$399 flat
Contract Review
For when someone hands you a contract to sign.
- Full attorney read of your agreement
- Plain-English summary of key terms, risks, and red flags
- Tracked-changes redline and a short call
$699 flat
New Contract
For when you need a new agreement drafted.
- Attorney-drafted contract built around your deal
- One round of revisions
- Ready-to-sign final document
$999 flat
Complex Contract
For longer or more involved agreements.
- Everything in the $699 tier
- Multi-party, partnership, operating, and shareholder agreements
- Two rounds of revisions
Flat fee covers one contract per engagement. The attorney sets the new-contract tier ($699 or $999) based on the complexity of your agreement and confirms it in writing before any work begins.
Pay above, then email [email protected]. Not sure which new-contract tier fits? Pay $699 to start. If the attorney determines your agreement is complex, we confirm the $999 tier with you before any work begins.
Governing law
Who handles your Chicago contract, and under which state's law?
Legal services are provided by a California-licensed attorney. We are available to businesses nationwide. Many Chicago agreements are governed by Illinois law; tell us the governing law when you send your contract, and we will confirm we can assist or associate local counsel before any work begins.
Chicago suppliers, landlords, and customers commonly choose Illinois law and a court in Cook County for disputes, while national distributors may pick their own home state or arbitration. We flag choice-of-law, venue, and dispute-resolution clauses in the redline, and note when conflicting purchase order and invoice forms could leave those terms unclear. Because the attorney is licensed in California, for Illinois law or any other non-California law we confirm up front whether we can assist or associate local counsel.
Common questions
Flat-fee contracts for Chicago businesses: FAQs
Do you need to meet in person in Chicago?
No. The service is fully remote. You upload or email the agreement, we speak by phone or video when a conversation is useful, and signatures are handled electronically. Whether your business is in the Loop, on the Northwest Side, or out in the suburbs, the process works the same way, and no one needs to leave the office or the plant floor.
Can you review a contract governed by Illinois law?
Legal services are provided by a California-licensed attorney. Many Chicago agreements are governed by Illinois law, so please tell us the governing law when you send your contract. For Illinois law or any other state's law besides California, we confirm we can assist or associate local counsel before any work begins, and you will have that answer in writing.
How fast is turnaround for a Chicago business?
Turnaround is measured in hours, with same business day delivery where possible. Our hours run until 11:00 PM Central, so a supply agreement sent in the middle of the afternoon still has plenty of working time left on our end. Larger agreements with several exhibits or parties take longer, and the expected timing is confirmed in writing with the scope.
Our manufacturing company needs a supply agreement, pricing schedule, and quality agreement drafted. Which tier applies?
A package of linked documents like that, a master supply agreement with a pricing schedule and a separate quality agreement, often lands in the $999 complex tier, which includes two rounds of revisions. A single straightforward supply agreement may fit the $699 new contract tier. The attorney sets the tier and confirms it in writing before any work begins.
What should a Chicago restaurant send for a lease review?
Send the complete lease, including every exhibit, rider, and work letter, plus any letter of intent you already signed. Let us know your target opening date, your budget for build-out, and anything the landlord said verbally that does not appear in writing. The review returns a plain-English summary, a tracked-changes redline, and a short call to walk through the priorities.
Get your Chicago contract handled today.
After payment, email your contract or your new-contract details to [email protected]. Prefer to talk first? Call (619) 810-1427.
Attorney advertising. This page is general information and does not create an attorney-client relationship. That relationship begins only after we confirm there is no conflict of interest and you sign a written engagement agreement. This is limited-scope contract review and drafting and is not a substitute for full legal representation. Legal services are provided by a California-licensed attorney. Prices and turnaround are confirmed at engagement.
