Lapis Legal Group LLC

Project-Based Legal & Compliance Counsel

You don’t need ongoing support. You need a clear answer or recommendation. And you need it from someone who actually knows this industry.
Maybe it’s a contract that needs a senior set of eyes. A promotional tactic that needs an AKS analysis before it goes any further. A policy that needs to be built from scratch. A compliance question that’s been sitting in the back of your mind and deserves a real answer from someone you trust.
Or maybe you’re in-house counsel and you just need a thought partner. Someone to think it through with. Someone who has been in your seat and understands what’s actually at stake.

What This Is

Project-Based Legal Counsel is targeted, discrete, senior legal support for specific matters. No ongoing retainer. No long-term commitment. Just the right expertise, applied to the right problem, at the right time.

Meredith handles or personally oversees every on-demand engagement. You get direct access to senior judgment, not an intake process that routes you to whoever is available.

Fast. Practical. Right-sized for the situation.

What It Looks Like in Practice

Project-based engagements may include:

  • Contract review, drafting, and negotiation
  • AKS analysis of promotional tactics, commercial strategies, and market access programs
  • Policy drafting and compliance program support
  • Training development and delivery
  • Internal investigations and sensitive matter support
  • FDA promotional and advertising compliance guidance on discrete questions
  • And the kind of senior gut check that in-house counsel sometimes just needs — a second set of eyes from someone who has seen this before and will tell you what they actually think
Engagements are scoped to the matter. When it’s done, it’s done. No unnecessary complexity, no scope creep, no surprises.

Who This Is For

This engagement is designed primarily for life sciences legal and compliance professionals who need targeted senior expertise on a discrete matter.

  • You’re in-house counsel and you need a thought partner outside the organization to help you think through a sensitive issue or help you prepare for an important board meeting. 
  • You’re a compliance leader who needs a policy built, a training developed, or an investigation handled in a way that helps ensure compliance and at a standard that would hold up to scrutiny.
  • You’re a life sciences business owner who needs a customized suite of contract templates tailored to your business. has a legal or compliance question and needs a clear recommendation before the decision gets made.
You need it done right. You need it done now. And you don’t need a firm that treats a discrete matter like the beginning of a long engagement.

How It’s Structured

Project-based engagements are typically structured as hourly or flat-fee, depending on the scope of the matter. We’ll figure out what makes sense together.

Some matters don't need a retainer. They need an answer.