You Built the Company.
Let’s Build the Structure
That Can Hold It.
One firm, two capabilities: Legal & Business advisory from a licensed Louisiana attorney, and Thistle AI — automation that gives your team its hours back. Led by someone who scaled a company past $300M and sat in the room where the real decisions get made.
Years as Chief Legal Officer
Companies Scaled To
Entities Structured
M&A Transactions Navigated
Past results do not guarantee or predict future outcomes.
How We Can Help
One Firm. Two Divisions.
The client buys a partner, not a project. Legal clients need AI systems; AI clients need governing policies and contracts. Every engagement in one division carries a named door into the other.
Division One
Legal & Business
Formation, contracts, governance, people operations, transaction readiness, and fractional general counsel — delivered by a licensed Louisiana attorney.
- Formation & investor-ready structure
- Contracts, audits & live deal support
- Employee handbooks & people operations
- Website legal & privacy documents
- Fractional General Counsel
Division Two
Thistle AI
AI automation built department by department. We do not sell artificial intelligence — we sell your hours back.
- The AI Opportunity Consult
- Department buildouts — front office to executive
- Reporting, KPIs & correspondence engines
- Attorney-drafted AI Use Policy included
- Ongoing management & fractional AI officer
Specialty · Thistle Influence
The creator and personal brand practice — entity setup, brand deal negotiation, endorsement compliance, and trademark protection, drawing on both divisions.
Why Thistle
You don’t just need a lawyer.
You need people who have been in the room.
Most advisors have watched companies scale from the sidelines. I structured the entities, negotiated the deals, sat across from the acquirers, and answered to the board when it mattered most. I’m not theorizing about what a growing company needs — I built the operational backbone of one for over a decade as its Chief Legal Officer.
And when your situation calls for specialized firepower — banking, marketing, HR, capital markets — I bring in trusted advisors from a network built over a career. You get one relationship with the reach of an entire team.
How It Works
Simple, By Design
Book a Free Strategy Session
A focused 30-minute conversation about where your company stands and where the structural risk lives.
Get a Customized Roadmap
Walk away with a clear, prioritized plan built around your business — not a generic checklist.
Execute With Proven Guidance
Move forward with a former CLO in your corner, as a project engagement or ongoing fractional support.
Track Record
Credentials That Come From Doing the Work
Chief Legal Officer
10+ years leading legal and operational strategy at the executive table.
$300M+ Scale Experience
Guided companies through the operational demands of hypergrowth.
200+ Entities Structured
Complex entity and equity structures built to withstand scrutiny.
Healthcare, Fintech, SaaS, Real Estate
Cross-industry depth across the sectors that move fastest.
Taken Multiple Companies Public
Built a community bank from the ground up and guided multiple companies through public offerings.
JD/MBA Dual Degree
Legal rigor paired with operational and financial fluency.
Client Results
What Changes When Structure Is Right
Every engagement starts with a clear picture of where things stand — and ends with operations, legal, or AI infrastructure that actually holds up.
10+ hours reclaimed every week
Automated weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reviews, KPIs, and department reporting for a primary care clinic — turning manual tracking into live dashboards that showed operational health at a glance. One department alone saved 4 hours a week. The full picture finally came into focus.
End-to-end operations on autopilot
Automated 100% of client intake, invoicing, and contract negotiations for an influencer — eliminating the manual overhead that was slowing brand deals and eating into creative capacity.
Compliant and ready to scale
Built the employee handbook, drafted employment agreements, and fully revamped the HR function for a medical practice — bringing them into compliance and giving them the infrastructure to hire confidently and grow.
Past client results are illustrative and based on specific circumstances of each engagement. Individual outcomes vary. Prior results do not guarantee or predict future outcomes.
Questions
Before You Book
Ready to Build on Solid Ground?
Book a free 30-minute strategy session and find out exactly where your structure needs to be stronger.