The Small Business Legal Assistance program provides FREE individual counseling and legal workshops to Seattle-based businesses seeking assistance in re-establishing operations after COVID-related disruption, as well as addressing business needs in a challenging economic recovery climate. Consulting services provided under the Small Business Legal Assistance program will help small businesses implement sustainable solutions around complex legal issues associated with owning and operating a small business, as well as addressing operational strategies that include, but are not limited to:
- Individual consultation with legal professionals
- Corporate and intellectual property education
- Commercial leasing and landlord/tenant issue resources and education
- Access to business specific legal reference materials
- Special programming tailored to underrepresented business owners in the City of Seattle
- Legal clinics and resource development on issues pertaining to small business operations
For questions, translation or interpretation, technical assistance, disability accommodations, materials in alternate formats or accessibility information, please contact Michael Wells (he/him/his), Small Business Advocate, at Michael.Wells@seattle.gov or (206) 724-5480.
Legal Consultants: Communities Rise (smallbiz@communities-rise.org) and The Seattle Public Library (Jay.Lyman@spl.org)
More information: https://www.seattle.gov/economic-development/grow-a-business/consulting-services/legal-assistance#contact