ModelCounsel is the practice of Kelton Shockey — a patent attorney and former enterprise product counsel who builds software. The combination is the point: I understand AI products technically, I've sat on the enterprise buyer's side of the diligence that stalls deals, and I can sign the opinion that releases one.
I kept watching good products stall in the security reviews I was helping run — and good startups overpay BigLaw or fly blind because a real product lawyer was out of reach. ModelCounsel is the fix for both.
I spent years as product and regulatory counsel inside large technology organizations — the side of the table that runs the multi-week security and AI reviews vendors have to clear. The same review, over and over, blocks good products for reasons a focused legal opinion can resolve in weeks. Meanwhile, AI-native startups can't justify a $250–400k in-house GC and don't want a law firm's hourly meter. ModelCounsel is the answer to both: flat-rate product-legal counsel that moves at a builder's pace, plus an insured attestation for the moment a deal gets stuck.
Flat monthly subscriptions or scoped flat-fee projects. You always know the cost before we start, so you never hesitate to ask a question.
Direct access by Slack, text, or call. AI drafts first; I review everything; my license is on every document. Quarterly scope reviews keep the plan matched to your stage.
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