Mary Hodges
Tech Startup Attorney (Early Stage Financing Specialist)
California
MO, CA
"Very helpful and knowledgeable!"
About
Mary’s practice has an emphasis on entity formations, managing equity incentive plans and company capitalization tables, early stage financing, website and app terms of use and privacy policies, preparing solid plain-English legal agreements, and counseling clients through the peaks and valleys of entrepreneurship.
As a business owner, Mary knows, first hand, the common struggles, and issues her clients face. She works closely with clients to create forward-thinking and innovative solutions for their legal needs.
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Client Reviews
"Excellent job, as always."
"for corporate document and contract drafting and advise - great partner to be dealing with."
"Mary was incredibly professional and responsive. She understood our requirements immediately, and we're very happy with the caliber of work that she did for us. We will definitely be working with Mary again for all our legal needs!"
"Working with Mary was an excellent experience. Her customer service was exquisite and she took the time clearly answer all my questions. Here responses came within minutes and hours instead of days. Mary made setting up my new business easy, pleasant and stress free. Mary's service was wonderful and I would recommend her to any one and I look forward to doing more business with her in the future. Usually I shop around but from now I am going straight to Mary for all my future needs."
"Mary Hodges is amazing! She pays attention to her clients' needs and is willing to go above and beyond. For me, that meant answering my questions and patiently walking through the LLC formation process, my operation agreement and consulting contract to make sure I understood everything."
"Very knowledgeable and thorough. Was a pleasure to work with."
Work History
NewWave Law, LLC
Sole-Owner
Oct 2014 - Present
NewWave Law, LLC focuses on representing startups in business formation, early-stage financing, equity management, corporate governance, and general business transactions.
Cara Stone LLP
Partner
Jan 2017 - Feb 2019
Mary joined Cara Stone, LLP so her clients could have access to a variety of exceptional legal services. Cara Stone is a lean, top-tier law firm dedicated to providing advice and expertise at the highest levels.
Our sophisticated corporate, securities, finance, litigation, IP, real estate, and commercial counsel has achieved extraordinary results for our clients.
Cosgrove Law Group, LLC
Associate Attorney
Sep 2011 - Sep 2014
Securities Litigation, Government Enforcement Defense, Financial Compliance and Regulatory Affairs, Commercial Disputes, General Business Transactions
The Green Law Firm, LLC
Associate Attorney
Oct 2010 - Jul 2011
Worked as a part-time associate while obtaining my LLM in taxation. The firm had a general practice with a focus on business transactions, family law, civil litigation, personal injury, criminal law