Outside Fractional Counsel
MJK Law Corp. gives growing companies an experienced general counsel without the cost of a full-time hire. Mark J. Kayton has spent more than 30 years inside businesses as general counsel and executive, handling contracts, compliance, transactions, and disputes. Get clear answers you can act on, and keep your business moving.
Practical, Responsive Legal Support
Our work spans the day-to-day questions and larger matters that come with operating, growing, and managing a company.
Day-to-Day Business Legal Guidance
Clear advice when a contract, relationship, compliance question, or operational decision has legal implications.
Contract Drafting, Review & Negotiation
Commercial agreements with customers, vendors, service providers, partners, and others your business depends on.
Corporate Governance & Entity Matters
Guidance on ownership, governance, corporate documentation, internal approvals, and other entity-level business needs.
Regulatory, RESPA & Anti-Kickback Compliance
Compliance counsel with particularly deep experience in RESPA, settlement services, referral relationships, affiliated business arrangements, and anti-kickback requirements.
Commercial Transactions & M&A Support
Legal support for acquisitions, sales, strategic transactions, due diligence, negotiations, and transaction documentation.
Financing & Investment Documents
Counsel on equity and debt financing, investment documents, capital formation, and related business transactions.
Collections & Business Dispute Resolution
Practical guidance for payment disputes, contract disagreements, and other commercial conflicts before they become larger problems.
Litigation Management & Outside Counsel Coordination
Oversight of litigation strategy, outside attorneys, costs, communications, and the business decisions surrounding an active dispute.
Counsel That Understands Your Industry
Who We Serve
We work with businesses across the country, in coordination with locally admitted counsel where a matter requires it, and with particularly deep experience in title, settlement, mortgage, real estate, technology, AI, and fintech. We also advise small and mid-sized companies in other contract-heavy and operationally complex industries.
More Than 30 Years of Business and Legal Experience
Meet Mark J. Kayton
Mark has spent his career working both inside and alongside businesses. He has served as general counsel, advised startups and established companies, worked on major transactions, managed litigation, and developed particularly deep experience in title insurance and settlement services.
That perspective helps us look beyond the isolated legal question and understand what the answer means for the company making the decision.
Getting Started
Step 1
Tell Us What You Need
Reach out with some context about your company, the issue in front of you, and the kind of support you are looking for.
Step 2
Speak With Mark
Mark will discuss the matter with you, identify the immediate legal needs, and determine whether MJK Law Corp. is the right resource for the work.
Step 3
Put the Right Structure in Place
Depending on the scope, we may work together on a specific project, an hourly basis, a flat-fee arrangement, or as an ongoing legal resource for the business.
Get Experienced Counsel for What You’re Facing Now, and What’s Ahead
Working Alongside Your Team
Overflow Support
Sometimes internal legal teams need an experienced attorney who can step in, understand the assignment, and get to work.
Mark can provide overflow and project-based support for contract review, NDA work, due diligence, transaction support, and other defined legal assignments when existing teams need additional capacity. Tell us more about what your team needs, and we can tell you how we can help.
Questions About Fractional and Outside General Counsel
The cost depends on the amount and type of legal support your business needs. MJK Law Corp. can work on a flat-fee or hourly basis, depending on the engagement. A company with recurring contract and compliance needs may require a different arrangement than one bringing us in for a specific transaction or project. We will discuss the expected scope of work and fee structure before moving forward.
No. MJK Law Corp. can assist with a specific contract, transaction, compliance matter, dispute, or other defined project. For businesses with recurring legal needs, the relationship can become more ongoing. Over time, we get to know the company, its operations, and the issues that tend to come up, allowing us to serve as a long-term legal resource rather than starting from scratch each time.
A good time is when a legal question starts affecting a business decision. That could be before signing an important agreement, entering a new commercial relationship, changing a business structure, responding to a dispute, or moving into an area with regulatory implications. Bringing counsel in earlier often gives the business more options than waiting until an agreement has been signed or a problem has escalated.
Same business day. Mark does not close out a workday until every email and message has a response. On a day taken up by a closing, an all-day negotiation, or back-to-back client meetings, that response may be a short acknowledgment with a time for the fuller answer, but you will hear back before the day ends. Business questions usually arrive with a deadline attached, and waiting several days for counsel creates a second problem on top of the first. The goal is a legal resource you can actually reach when a decision needs to be made.
Some matters require attorneys focused on areas such as litigation, tax, or bankruptcy. We can help identify when specialized counsel is appropriate and remain involved as the company’s general legal resource. That may include selecting and coordinating with outside attorneys, helping management understand the issues, reviewing strategy, and keeping specialized legal work connected to the broader needs of the business.
Ideally, before a new relationship or compensation structure is put into practice. Referral arrangements, affiliated business arrangements, joint marketing efforts, settlement service relationships, and other proposed structures can raise questions under RESPA and anti-kickback requirements. Mark’s experience in title, settlement, and mortgage services allows him to review both the legal requirements and the way a proposed arrangement will function in practice.
Yes. We can become involved while an agreement or transaction is still being negotiated, rather than after the documents are final. That may include reviewing commercial contracts, financing documents, investment arrangements, acquisitions, vendor relationships, or other proposed transactions. The goal is to understand the terms, identify legal and business concerns, and help leadership make a more informed decision before committing the company.
Yes. Mark has experience directing outside counsel and managing litigation from the company’s perspective. Mark can help review strategy, coordinate communication, monitor the matter, and keep management focused on the business implications of the dispute. This can be especially valuable for companies without an internal general counsel who would otherwise be responsible for overseeing litigation and communicating between executives and trial counsel.
There is no single milestone, but legal support becomes increasingly important once a startup has real operations, outside funding, meaningful contracts, employees, regulatory concerns, or significant commercial relationships. Mark has worked with startups from the inside and understands early-stage companies, including technology, AI, and fintech businesses. MJK Law Corp. is generally a stronger fit for well-capitalized startups with active legal needs and a serious path toward continued growth.
Yes. MJK Law Corp. can step in when an internal legal department, general counsel, or outside law firm needs additional capacity for a specific project or period of heavier workload. That may include contract review, NDA work, transaction support, due diligence, or other defined assignments. We work within the existing legal structure rather than trying to replace the team already in place.
Let’s Sit Down and Figure This Out
Tell us about your company, the issue you’re dealing with, and the kind of legal support you’re looking for.