Is Your Business Protected? A Proactive Legal Guide for Founders with Julie Barnett

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In this episode of The Moss HR Minute, Nicole Moss, Co-Founder of Moss Consulting HR Services, sits down with Julie Barnett, Founder and Executive Director of Lomond Legal. Joined by Preslie Deusenbery, Moss Consulting’s Phoenix HR Area Manager, the conversation dives deep into the high-stakes world of employment law and the critical need for business owners to move from reactive panic to proactive protection.

Julie explains why the traditional hourly billing model often fails growing businesses, leading to "panic buying" legal services only after a crisis has hit. She shares insights into her innovative fixed-fee, all-inclusive legal model that provides employers with predictable costs and a passionate defense.

Key topics discussed in this episode include:

• The Psychology of Legal Risk: Understanding the difference between face value risk, true risk, and negotiation risk.
• The Fixed-Fee Revolution: Why predictability in legal costs allows founders to be proactive rather than waiting for a lawsuit to land on their doorstep.
• The Power of Documentation: Why Julie believes that if a conversation or incident isn't written down, it effectively never happened in the eyes of the law.
• Scaling Across Borders: The challenges and opportunities Julie faced when bringing her UK-tested legal model to the US market.
• The "Owner Mindset": Why employers deserve a legal and HR partner who thinks like a founder and takes their business challenges personally.

This episode is a must-watch for operators and founders who want to safeguard their businesses against EEOC claims and lawsuits while building a culture of transparency and credibility. Julie wraps up the session by sharing her best advice for reducing legal risk—delivered, of course, within one Moss Minute.

Guest Information Julie Barnett, Lomond Legal Email: [e-mail] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliebarnettel/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lomondlegal/

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