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

January 17, 2026
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The Chicago Bears are often discussed as one of the NFL’s most historic franchises. From a corporate governance perspective, however, the Bears look far less like a traditional sports team and far more like a founder-controlled company. For more than a century, ownership and decision-making authority have remained within the hands of the Halas family. That structure closely mirrors the way many startup founders seek to retain control of their companies’ cap tables and boards even as outside investors come in and enterprise value scales into the billions.
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