Joseph Falk

Attorney

Joe Falk is the head of litigation at Founders Law. In this capacity, Joe routinely provides legal counsel to startups, founder teams, and corporate clients whenever disputes arise. With 10+ years of background as a litigator, Joe has extensive experience handling all phases of the litigation process, from case inception through written discovery, depositions, and arbitration or trial. Prior to joining Founders, Joe worked as a litigator at multiple national law firms where he routinely obtained favorable results for his clients.

Joe's recent successes include obtaining an arbitration award in excess of $200,000 stemming from breach of a promissory note, and obtaining a full defense verdict for a medical entity at a bench trial involving a wrongful death claim.

Joe earned his J.D. magna cum laude from DePaul College of Law and his B.A. in psychology from the University of Minnesota. While attending law school, Joe served as the Managing Editor of Lead Articles for the DePaul Law Review.

Insights & Articles

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Negotiating a legally-binding agreement between co-founders that determines, in advance, what will happen in a variety of situations where co-founder disputes often occur can be the difference between your startup failing or succeeding.
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The data room is one of the most important aspects of the due diligence process of any fundraising round.