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

November 18, 2025
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Stephen Curry’s recent split from Under Armour after more than a decade of partnership highlights a simple truth. Control of your intellectual property is control of your future. For founders, IP is often the most valuable asset they will create. It determines leverage, long-term valuation, and whether the brand they built remains theirs as the company grows.
November 4, 2025
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Getting your founder split right (and fixing it when it’s not) is one of the most important legal and governance steps before your first institutional raise. At Founders Law, we advise clients to treat equity structuring as a living process—something that should evolve with the company rather than remain static. Here’s how to think about it pragmatically, and what to do if the original allocation no longer fits your company’s reality.