Maryland/DC Small Business Attorney
Welcome to Granat Start Up Lawyer — the law firm that provides online legal services that you can afford and at your convenience. One of our passions is figuring out how to help small businesses and start-ups to get up and running without spending thousands of dollars on legal fees.
Richard S. Granat established Granat Legal Services, P.C. to demonstrate the concept of a law firm on the Web, or a "virtual law firm." A virtual law firm is one which offers legal services online at a price that people of moderate and middle income can afford.
Professional Background and Credentials
Richard Granat is presently co-chair of the ELawyering Task Force of the Law Practice Management Section of the American Bar Association, whose mission is to help lawyers deliver legal affordable legal services over the Internet to clients of moderate income. He is also a liaison member of the Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services of the ABA, which is concerned with developing new methods of delivering legal services to people of moderate means.
In addition, he has served as:
- Coordinator of a pro se project on self-help representation in family law matters at the University of Maryland School of Law — this is where he learned about the power of self-help. See research on pro se representation at http://www.pro-selaw.org/. Attorney Granat maintains this site for others who are interested in this important movement.
- Founder of the People's Law Library of Maryland
- A member of the American, Maryland, and District of Columbia Bar Associations and a member of the group that founded the Civil Justice Network in Maryland and the District of Columbia.
Granat Legal Services, P.C.
9141 Reisterstown Road
Owings Mills, Maryland 21117
Phone: 202-618-4596 ▪ Fax: 561-828-5812



