The Blake Law Firm PLLC

We are sorry that we needed to seek the help of an attorney, but happy that when we did, we were able to find James Blake. James answered the phone from my first frustrated phone call where I explained that after having a lease for our business in Northwest Austin for 24 years and in this particular building for 10 years, we suddenly ran into issues with our new landlords (our building had been sold to a new out-of-state company) and apparently they read our lease differently than we and our previous landlords did. I tried via phone calls, letters, and ultimately return receipt requested letters to discus and resolve the issue on my own, but after 5 months of receiving no reasonable response, much less resolution, we decided we needed a lawyer. nnFirst, I just wanted to know if he felt we were interpreting the lease correctly. I am not a lawyer and a lease contains some rather complicated language, so I wanted to start there with a professional. He felt that we were reading it correctly and said that he and his colleges are seeing our same issue happening quite a bit all of the sudden Austin, probably due to the rapid growth. nnWe had never personally or professionally had a dispute requiring legal counsel before so this was all very new to us. James walked us through every step of the process and did quite a bit of background research for our position. Ultimately, once we had legal counsel and after months of back and forth, our landlords (and their team of lawyers) acquiesced and we were able to get reimbursed for the overages that we had paid per their demand and that moving forward we would be assessed the rate in our contract. He was genuinely happy for us when it all resolved stating "love it when the good guys win." Well, the good guys were getting no where before calling on his expertise. I can't recommend him enough.

Wow, I just called him to ask if he does reviews for contracts. He was kind enough to ask me "what state and county"....he pointed me in the direction to get an attorney in Michigan so I would not have to pay travel fees "if" I was to be called to court.....who does that? This guy!!!nWhat a solid individual and what a very, very rare find in the world now. He is now saved in my contacts and if I was to need anything in the Austin area that fall within his wheel house I'm heading here.

I called Mr. Blake for help on a possible case. He was patient and listened to my situation. Although Mr. Blake was not able to help me directly as he does not handle my type of case he did refer me to a collogue that was able to help. I have worked with many attorneys for various reasons and Mr. Blake was a straight forward and very helpful.

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I have had the pleasure of working with James since May 2013 in forming my engineering consulting business. I would highly recommend James Blake to anyone seeking legal counsel for small business related issues. James has advised me on a multitude of issues since I started my company, including but not limited to: business startup and formation, negotiating business contracts, putting in place independent contractor agreements and work orders, intellectual property advisement, non-competition agreements, lead generation, and general business development advice. He is extremely accessible by phone and email, is always quick to respond. When he has given an estimated date for a deliverable, he always delivers on time or early. In addition, he has taken the time to get to know me and my business, and understand some of the highly technical work that I do. As a technical consultant, it was important to have someone who could help take the technical work that I do and translate that into a business model that is attractive to potential clients. Working with James has been an excellent experience, and has served my business very well.