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Fractional General Counsel

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Updated October 2026

Fractional General Counsel

What Fractional Fractional General Counsel Counsel Does

A fractional general counsel is an experienced lawyer who serves as your company's GC on a part-time basis: setting legal priorities, handling day-to-day contracts and risk, advising leadership and the board, and managing outside counsel when you need specialists.

LawStaff Group places experienced, video-interviewed attorneys for the hours the work needs, from a few hours a month to several days a week, or full time on contract. While they work with you on a fractional or contract basis, they're on our payroll.

Pair your fractional GC with a part-time paralegal or contract administrator to keep volume moving.

Typical Work

What They Handle

  • Commercial contract review and negotiation
  • Legal risk assessment and priorities
  • Board and governance support
  • Employment questions and policies
  • Managing outside counsel and legal spend
  • Financings, acquisitions and other major transactions
  • Compliance programs and policies
  • Contract templates and playbooks
When to Bring Them In

Common Reasons to Bring In Fractional General Counsel Help

You're paying outside counsel for routine work

Contracts are slowing down sales or vendors

You're raising capital or preparing for an acquisition

Your board or investors want legal oversight

How It Works

How a LawStaff Search Runs

A LawStaff recruiter screens every candidate: interview, skills, references, bar admissions for attorneys and a recorded video interview. We bill by the hour: on fractional and contract work you pay one hourly rate for the hours you approve, covering the professional's pay and our fee, and we quote it for every candidate before you interview.

1

Place an Order

The role, practice area, hours and jurisdiction. A recruiter follows up within one business day.

2

We Screen

Interviews, skills tests, references, bar admissions, and your screening questions.

3

You Watch, Then Meet

Résumés with each candidate's answers and a recorded video interview.

4

Day One, and Every Week

Fractional and contract hires start on our payroll; we check in on day one and weekly.

Common Questions

Fractional Fractional General Counsel Counsel

What does a fractional general counsel do?
A fractional general counsel does what an in-house GC does (contracts, risk management, board and governance support, employment questions and managing outside counsel) for a set number of hours per week or month instead of full time.
When should a company hire a fractional GC instead of a full-time GC?
When legal work is steady but not a full-time job, or when you need senior judgment before you can justify a full-time salary. Many growing companies use a fractional GC from early growth through the point where in-house legal volume supports a full-time hire.
How many hours does a fractional general counsel work?
It depends on your needs: anywhere from a few hours a week to several days a week. You set the hours with your counsel and can adjust them as your workload changes.
Locations

Fractional Fractional General Counsel Counsel by City

Remote-first across the U.S., matched to the jurisdictions your work requires.

Atlanta New York Los Angeles San Francisco Bay Area Chicago Dallas–Fort Worth Houston Austin Miami Boston Washington, D.C. Seattle Denver Charlotte Nashville Phoenix

Other practice areas

Commercial Contracts Employment & Labor Privacy & Data Protection Startups & Venture Capital Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Intellectual Property Technology & SaaS Healthcare & Life Sciences Real Estate Compliance & Regulatory Personal Injury Insurance Defense Workers' Compensation All practice areas

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