Hourly by default. Subscriptions and flat fee where they fit.
The simplest way in. No retainer, no monthly minimum, no commitment. Billed only for actual attorney time. AI-accelerated delivery means far fewer hours than traditional counsel for the same or better quality work. And because AI capability keeps advancing, usage-based billing means our effective rate keeps dropping. Every model improvement flows through to you.
For companies with steady legal volume or a preference for predictable monthly cost. Three tiers, all built on the same Foundation. Pricing scoped to your needs in conversation.
Subscription terms are scoped to your situation. We’ll talk through volume, scope, and the right tier together. If hourly is the better fit, we’ll tell you.
Senior GC review on every output. Best fit for well-defined, repeatable work where the scope is clear up front. We quote it before we start; you approve before we begin. If scope shifts mid-engagement, we’ll talk before the math does.
Our rate is lower than Big Law, and the hours required are dramatically fewer because our custom attorney-built AI agents handle the production work that associates bill for. The result is a total cost that is a fraction of what you’d pay elsewhere for comparable quality.
Senior partners bill $1,200–$4,000/hr or more, with associate hours layered underneath. Even paralegals often cost $700/hr or more. Work flows through multiple layers of review, each billing hundreds of dollars per hour. Turnaround measured in days or weeks. The model was built for a world where the only way to handle complex deals was to add more people, and you pay for every person on the pyramid. Whatever company context exists is spread across too many attorneys to be consistently useful.
Fast and cheap until something goes wrong, and then there’s no one to call. Every AI tool explicitly disclaims liability for legal advice. You absorb the risk; the tool doesn’t. And critically, nothing you put into those tools is protected by attorney-client privilege: every prompt, every uploaded document is potentially discoverable in litigation or due diligence.
Attorney accountability. Senior GC judgment. Custom attorney-built AI agents handling the production work associates bill for, so you’re paying for experienced judgment, not layers of review. Company-specific context from day one. Full attorney-client privilege. Work that gets better over time because our processes compound with every engagement.
| Big Law | Full-Time GC | DIY / AI Tools | Talairis Law Group | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typical annual cost | $150K–$500K+ | $300K–$400K + equity | $0–$5K | $20K–$100K typical |
| Attorney accountability | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ Always |
| Attorney-client privilege | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ Inputs discoverable | ✓ Fully protected |
| Senior GC experience | Rare | Sometimes | ✗ | ✓ Every time |
| Company-specific context | Diffused across too many people | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ Talairis Client Genome |
| Startup turnaround | ✗ Days/weeks | Depends | ✓ Instant | ✓ Radically faster |
| Incentive structure | More hours = more revenue | Aligned | No stake in outcome | ✓ Fully aligned |
| Scales with company | ✗ | Somewhat | ✗ | ✓ Built for it |
Our hourly rate is less than Big Law, and Big Law layers associate and paralegal hours on top, with paralegals alone often costing $700/hr or more. An engagement that runs 20 hours at a Big Law firm with mixed staffing often costs the same as a fraction of the hours at Talairis Law Group, because our custom attorney-built AI agents eliminate the production hours you'd otherwise pay for. Our rate is lower, and the total hours are dramatically lower. The total cost is almost always a fraction of what you'd pay elsewhere for comparable quality.
Yes. We offer hourly, flat fee, and subscription arrangements, and we’ll work with you to find the structure that actually fits your situation. Hourly works well when the path forward is less defined, or when you want the compounding efficiency of our AI-accelerated workflows passed directly through to you: work that took hours in the pre-LLM era takes a fraction of that today, and the trend is only accelerating. Flat fees make sense for well-defined, repeatable work where the scope is clear up front. A monthly subscription or retainer can be the right fit for companies with consistent, high-volume legal needs that benefit from predictable budgeting and on-call availability. Reach out and we’ll talk through your needs together and recommend the structure that makes the most sense.
The hourly rate covers actual attorney time: reviewing, editing, and delivering work. You are not billed for AI agent production time. Our custom attorney-built AI agents accelerate the work; you only pay for the attorney time that produces a deliverable you can act on. This is part of why the total cost is dramatically lower than traditional legal arrangements.
Talk to us. We'll be honest about whether a single-project engagement makes sense for what you need, or whether the onboarding investment is the right foundation. We don't push companies into onboarding that don't need it, and we don't take on projects where we can't actually deliver our best work.
This is not a tagline. It is a structural commitment built into how we operate. Our model is designed so that senior judgment is what you pay for, and AI handles everything else. If we can't deliver more value for less than what you'd pay elsewhere for comparable quality, we haven't done our job.