Do you recommend giving out equity for legal services?
jacquesm: Definitely not. Mint did it, it worked for them but there is a very good reason not to go this road. As the proverb says 'a lawyer representing his own interests has a fool for a client'.By having your legal representative be a part of your business you may skip a bit on legal fees, but in the end the lawyer may not have the exact expertise that a certain situation requires, may be required to represent both the company and himself, will not have the distance required to keep his head cool, or will always be in a conflict of interest situation and so on.It's a recipe for trouble.Legal advice is best contracted out on a per-case basis.Maybe Grellas or some other legal eagle on here can comment on what they think of that, this is just my $0.02.