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Fractional General Counsel
I've built legal departments from zero, three times. Now I build them for companies that need a GC but aren't ready for a full-time hire.
Learn moreGranbury, Texas
A partner's attention.
A national firm's reach.
25-year corporate attorney. Three-time public company General Counsel. Dual-licensed in the United States and Canada. Partner at Scale LLP, a national firm licensed across 22 states.
★★★★★ 5.0 on Google · Legal 500 Dallas Elite · Scale LLP Partner · 3 Bar Admissions
Chuck Kraus
Partner · Scale LLP
25+
Years of
Practice
Practice
3×
Public Company
General Counsel
General Counsel
2
Countries
Licensed
Licensed
22
States at
Scale LLP
Scale LLP
4
State Bar
Admissions
Admissions
The Firm Behind Your Attorney
One attorney. One relationship.
A whole firm deep.
When you work with me, you're not hiring a solo practitioner. I'm a partner at Scale LLP, and every legal need your business encounters stays inside one relationship.
You
One call.
One number.
One number.
Chuck
Your counsel.
Your quarterback.
Your quarterback.
Scale LLP
One national firm.
22 states.
22 states.
Corporate & Securities
M&A, capital raises, governance, SEC compliance, de-SPAC transactions
Chuck's FocusGeneral Counsel Services
Outsourced GC for companies at every stage of growth
Chuck's FocusLitigation
Commercial disputes, white-collar defense, investigations, arbitration
Scale NetworkReal Estate & Land Use
Commercial property, development, zoning
Scale NetworkFintech & Financial Services
Regulatory, payments, blockchain, lending
Scale NetworkWhat I Focus On
Has your lawyer
done this before?
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Cross-Border Transactions
Dual-licensed in the U.S. and Canada. One attorney for both sides of the border, from de-SPAC transactions to dual-listing on the TSX and NYSE.
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Corporate Governance & Boards
I've been on the board. I've been the GC reporting to the board. I advise on fiduciary duties, risk governance, and investigations from experience, not theory.
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Texas Business Law
From formation to exit. Contracts, M&A, structuring, shareholder agreements, and the strategic counsel that turns a transaction into the right transaction.
Learn moreBeyond these four areas? IP, litigation, employment, real estate, fintech, I bring in a colleague from Scale LLP. Same firm. Same standards. One relationship.
Client Testimonial
Sometimes Legal can be viewed as the 'business prevention department' — but it was the exact opposite with Chuck. He was extremely strategic, added valuable contributions across all areas of the business, and was a fantastic partner to commercial.
Jennifer Warawa
Former Chief Commercial Officer, DIRTT (TSX: DRT)
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Most people arrive with a situation, not a practice area.
Find the one closest to yours. If none of them fit, the phone works too.
My business partner wants out.
Or you do. What the agreement says usually decides it, and if there is no agreement the options narrow fast.
Buy-sell agreements →Someone sent me a demand letter.
Read the clock before you read the argument. Answering badly is worse than answering slowly.
Demand letters →I am selling the company.
The price is agreed at the letter of intent. Everything after that is about keeping it.
The owner's side of the deal →We have outgrown having no lawyer.
Contracts monthly, governance decisions accumulating, and nobody whose job it is to see them coming.
Fractional general counsel →A former employee took something.
Customers, files, or a team. What you can stop depends on what was signed and how it was written.
Non-competes in Texas →The other side filed in a court I do not know.
If the amount clears five million and the claim qualifies, it may belong in the Texas Business Court.
Does your case belong there →Reference, free to use
Kraus Law maintains the complete published record of the Texas Business Court’s Eighth Division in Fort Worth, which hears cases from eighteen North Texas counties including Hood, Tarrant and Parker. All twenty-four opinions, each with what it holds. Alongside it sit an index of every decision the Fifteenth Court of Appeals has issued from a business court case, a sortable tracker of sixty-seven opinions statewide, and a glossary of two hundred and ninety-seven Texas business law terms.
None of it is gated. It is the work we do anyway, published because a client who understands the terrain asks better questions.
Latest Insights
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Raising Capital in Texas: SAFEs, Notes, and What Investors Want
A GC who has closed de-SPACs, dual-listings, and early-stage rounds explains the three capital instruments, what each one costs, and the term…
Data Breach Response: The First 72 Hours
What Texas businesses are legally required to do after a data breach, notification deadlines, attorney-client privilege protection, and the…
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you're building.
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Last updated: August 20, 2026