Virtual General Counsel
David Moore
Registered patent attorney. Founded, built and sold a technology company before law school. Contracts, employment, IP, disputes, capital, growth.
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Fractional executives, Maryland and DC
The senior people you cannot afford to hire. On retainer, together.
A general counsel, a CIO and a chief security officer who have each run companies, served on the same team, for owner-led businesses with 10 to 150 employees. One monthly retainer. No marketplace, no recruiter, no junior staff.
The Virtual C-Suite is a standing team of fractional executives based in Maryland. Three named partners, a registered patent attorney and former tech founder (general counsel), a 30-year IT operator (CIO) and a 25-year FBI executive (security), work with your leadership team on a monthly retainer, in person in the Maryland, DC and Virginia corridor and remotely nationwide.
What is a fractional executive team?
A fractional executive is a senior leader who works for your company part-time, usually 8 to 30 hours a month, on a retainer instead of a salary. A fractional executive team is several of them who already work together, so the legal, technology and security sides of a decision get made in one meeting instead of three. Most firms sell one fractional role at a time. We sell the table.
Who it is for
- Owner-led companies with 10 to 150 employees and $2 million to $50 million in revenue [confirm range]
- Businesses about to do something they have not done before: franchise, launch a regulated product, take a government contract, sell
- Companies that have outgrown "ask my accountant and my cousin who does IT" but cannot carry three executive salaries
- Leadership teams in Maryland, DC and Northern Virginia who want people in the room, not on a dashboard
Who it is not for
- Startups looking for an interim full-time executive for a funding round
- Companies that need a help desk, bookkeeping or a marketing agency (we can point you to good ones)
- Anyone who wants to pick from a list of 500 résumés. There are three of us.
The three seats
Virtual General Counsel
Virtual CIO
Duane Epperly
30 years in IT. Founder of EDG.tech, a managed IT and security provider since 2016, and co-owner of two franchise businesses. Roadmap, budget, security posture, vendors, compliance.
Fractional CIO →
Virtual Chief Security Officer
Daniel Ramos
25 years in the FBI, retired as Assistant Special Agent in Charge. Led the investigative and crisis response to the 2019 El Paso Walmart attack. Threat assessment, workplace violence prevention, crisis response.
Fractional CSO →How an engagement works
What does it cost?
Single-seat retainers start at $2,500 a month. The three-seat team starts at $6,000 a month, and at its fullest, with all three partners embedded, runs about $35,000 a month, which is less than the fully loaded cost of one full-time general counsel. Ranges, inclusions and what we do not charge for are on the pricing page.
Pricing →$2,500a month, single seat, from
$6,000a month, three-seat team, from
Problems we are built for
01Franchising your businessThe agreements, the unit technology standard and the security standard, from partners who have operated franchise units.
02Launching a medical deviceA patent attorney, a CIO and a security chief for the road to an FDA submission.
03Selling your businessThe cleanup that moves the price, three years out or six months out.
04Getting CMMC, HIPAA or Safeguards readyExecutive ownership of a CMMC, HIPAA or Safeguards program when you cannot hire a CISO.
05A security incident or crisis this weekA former FBI crisis commander, a business litigator and a CIO on one call within hours.
A Maryland firm, working across the DMV
Two of us are in Maryland and one is in El Paso, Texas. We meet clients in person in the I-270 corridor, Frederick, Baltimore, Washington DC and Northern Virginia, and work remotely with companies anywhere in the US.
In personMaryland · Washington DC · Northern Virginia
PartnersMaryland (2) · El Paso, Texas (1)
RemoteAnywhere in the US
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