Most small and mid-sized businesses reach a point where reactive outside counsel isn’t enough — but a full-time general counsel isn’t the right fit either. That’s exactly where fractional general counsel delivers the most value.
As your fractional GC, Scott Resnick provides the same senior legal judgment and strategic oversight that a full-time general counsel would offer, scaled to the actual needs of your business. You get an experienced attorney who knows your business, stays embedded in your operations, and provides ongoing guidance — without the overhead of a full-time executive hire.
What Fractional General Counsel Includes
Ongoing Legal Oversight
Rather than calling an attorney when something goes wrong, you have a trusted legal advisor continuously embedded in your business. Scott stays current on your operations, your relationships, and your risk profile — so his advice is always grounded in context, not just abstract legal analysis.
Contract Review and Negotiation
From vendor agreements and client contracts to partnership arrangements and employment offers, Scott reviews, drafts, and negotiates contracts with a business-first lens. The goal isn’t just legal correctness — it’s agreements that actually protect your interests and hold up when they need to.
Risk Assessment and Management
Before significant decisions — a new hire, a major vendor relationship, a market expansion — Scott evaluates the legal implications and helps you understand the risk clearly. That means you move forward with confidence rather than second-guessing every step.
Outside Counsel Coordination
When specialized legal matters require outside counsel — litigation, specialized regulatory work, real estate — Scott coordinates and oversees those relationships. He briefs outside counsel efficiently, defines scope, and ensures their advice integrates into your broader legal strategy. This typically reduces both the time and cost of outside counsel engagements significantly.
Governance and Documentation
As your business grows, the informal decisions and undocumented precedents that were fine at an early stage become legal liabilities. Scott helps build the internal governance structure — operating agreements, board policies, decision-making frameworks — that keeps your business protected as it scales.
Compliance Monitoring
Regulatory requirements evolve, and businesses that aren’t actively monitoring their compliance obligations tend to find out about gaps at the worst possible moment. Scott keeps an eye on the compliance landscape relevant to your business and flags issues before they become problems.
Who This Is For
Fractional general counsel is the right fit for small and mid-sized businesses that:
- Have outgrown reactive outside counsel but don’t need a full-time GC
- Are making consequential decisions regularly and want legal input embedded in that process
- Are spending too much on fragmented outside counsel with no strategic coordination
- Want predictable legal costs instead of unpredictable hourly invoices
- Are preparing for a transaction, fundraise, or significant growth phase
If your leadership team is regularly asking “should we run this by a lawyer?” — that’s the signal. The fractional model gives you a trusted answer to that question available on an ongoing basis, not just when you remember to call.
Why Scott Resnick
Scott brings more than 15 years of experience in senior legal advisory roles, complex commercial contracting, regulatory compliance, and litigation. His litigation background is particularly valuable in a fractional GC context — having seen firsthand how disputes unfold, he recognizes the contractual gaps, governance failures, and documentation problems that lead to conflict, and builds the structures that prevent them.
He is licensed in both California and Arizona, holds a JD and MBA from Arizona State University, and has spent more than a decade as an adjunct law professor. His practice is built for businesses that need senior legal judgment embedded in their decision-making — not just an attorney to call when things go wrong.
Serving Arizona and California
Scott Resnick Law serves small and mid-sized businesses throughout Arizona and California. Whether your business is headquartered in Phoenix, operating across both states, or based in California and navigating multi-state complexity, Scott provides the same level of embedded, senior legal oversight.