Brown & Blaier, PC / Freehold, New Jersey

New Jersey
business lawyers. Built around
your business.

From your first company to your next contract, acquisition, or stage of growth. Practical legal counsel for business owners, founders, and the decisions ahead.

Discuss your business Explore flat-fee options

Start an inquiry through our MyCase form, or call (732) 490-8200.

50+Years of combined in-house
and law firm experience
$30M+M&A deals
2025 to 2026
600+Trademarks managed
5Continents represented

Business decisions. Legal perspective.

Business counsel for what comes next.

Running a business means making decisions about people, ownership, money, and risk. Our New Jersey business lawyers help you put those decisions into workable agreements and a corporate structure that supports your plans.

We advise on formation and governance, draft and negotiate commercial contracts, and assist with buying or selling a business. Whether you need help with a specific transaction or a continuing legal relationship, we start with what your business is trying to accomplish.

Based in Freehold, Brown & Blaier works with startups, entrepreneurs, and established companies throughout New Jersey, with additional work for businesses in New York and abroad.

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Business lawCorporate lawBusiness contractsBusiness sales & acquisitionsStartup advisingOutside general counselIntellectual propertyCannabis business law

Flat-fee legal services & monthly counsel

Choose a starting point.
Know the scope and fee.

A defined project or an ongoing relationship. Compare our published service options, then tell us what your business needs.

For recurring legal needs

Fractional
General Counsel

Ongoing legal support for your business.

$1,000 / month

Base monthly plan

  • Legal consulting and guidance
  • Unlimited emails
  • One contract review, up to 10 pages
  • One-hour phone call
  • Flat-fee pricing for templates

Month-to-month. Fees and third-party costs are additional. Work beyond the listed scope is priced separately.

See monthly plan details

For your new company

Startup legal
packages

$1,500 LLC package

C-Corp: $3,500   /   S-Corp: $3,000

  • Formation and organizational documents
  • Package-specific agreements and resolutions
  • Compare the documents included in each option

The base LLC package includes a single-member operating agreement. Government filing and registered-agent fees are additional.

Compare startup packages

For a new trademark application

Flat-fee trademark
package

$850 per mark, per class

Attorney fee

  • 30-minute brand strategy consultation
  • Knock-out clearance search
  • Application preparation and filing
  • Application tracking and responses to non-substantive Office Actions

USPTO and third-party search fees are additional. Registration is not guaranteed. Other trademark work is scoped separately.

See trademark package

Have a different project in mind? Explore all flat-fee services or use the startup package calculator to prepare for a conversation. Confirm the final scope and fees with our firm.

Outside & fractional general counsel

Ongoing legal support for your growing business.

When legal questions are part of running your business, it helps to have counsel who understands the company behind them.

Our attorneys bring in-house legal experience to outside counsel work. We help connect the immediate legal question to your company's commercial priorities, obligations, and next steps.

Discuss ongoing counsel

Is fractional general counsel a fit?

Consider a continuing relationship when your team regularly reviews customer or vendor contracts, needs guidance on employee and contractor relationships, or faces recurring ownership and management questions.

A monthly counsel plan provides a defined scope for recurring support. A specific transaction or a larger project may need a separate engagement.

Explore our broader outside counsel practice

Trademark counsel & brand protection

Build your business.
Protect its identity.

Your name and brand deserve attention alongside your contracts and company structure. Our trademark attorneys work with new applicants and businesses managing established brands.

Discuss clearance and filing, existing registrations, licensing, maintenance, or a potential trademark conflict. The flat-fee application package is one option; ongoing brand protection may call for a different scope.

Trademark attorneys & ongoing brand protection Flat-fee trademark application package Discuss your trademark through MyCase

Meet Brown & Blaier

In-house experience.
Personal legal relationships.

Our attorneys have worked inside companies and in private practice. That perspective shapes how we approach contracts, corporate decisions, and the legal needs of a growing business.

Elliott J. Brown, shareholder at Brown & Blaier

Elliott J. Brown

Corporate and in-house General Counsel experience, including work with consumer products, fashion and lifestyle businesses, and trademark portfolios.

Meet Elliott
Adam Blaier, shareholder at Brown & Blaier

Adam Blaier

Business, corporate, technology, and intellectual property counsel, with experience in IT consulting and telecommunications companies.

Meet Adam
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News & insights

Latest insights for business owners.

Explore our latest articles on business law, company formation, contracts, and protecting what you build.

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Asset Purchase or Equity Purchase: Pros and Cons of Each

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When buying or selling a business, one of the most important decisions is how the transaction will be structured. In most mergers and acquisitions (M&A), a deal is structured as either an asset purchase or an equity purchase (referred to as a stock purchase for Corporations or membership interest purchase

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Should Your Startup Be an LLC or Corporation?

September 28, 2026 No Comments

Search Google for the best legal entity for your new startup, and you will get different opinions. Startup advisors and CPAs will probably recommend a limited liability company (LLC). That’s because an LLC isn’t subject to double taxation and is easier to set up. On the other hand, many startup lawyers will

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The Benefits of S-Corps

September 28, 2026 No Comments

Anyone starting a new business is faced with a lot of decisions. Arguably the most important is choosing the business entity type and tax status. Business lawyers and CPAs will present entrepreneurs with several options to choose from depending on the legal entity, including “S” election.  Each type of legal entity

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Before we talk

Questions about working with our firm.

When should I speak with a business lawyer?

Consider involving counsel before signing an important contract, adding an owner, forming a company, or buying or selling a business. Bring the proposed transaction, business goals, and timing to the conversation so the legal work can be scoped around your needs.

Do you offer flat-fee business legal services?

Yes. We publish startup packages, a trademark application package, and a monthly outside counsel plan. Each has a specific scope and additional-fee disclosures. Other matters can be discussed separately. Compare the service options.

Do you offer monthly outside counsel plans?

Yes. Our base monthly counsel plan is $1,000 per month with the listed consulting, email, contract-review, and phone-call inclusions. It is month-to-month, and custom plans are available. Unlimited emails do not mean unlimited legal work. Review the plan and exclusions.

Can you help after a trademark application is filed?

Our trademark practice includes work on existing brands, maintenance, licensing, and enforcement matters. Tell us the status of your application or registration and the support you need. Services outside the application package are scoped and priced separately.

What happens after I submit an inquiry?

We typically email to arrange a time to talk. If your inquiry provides sufficient detail, we may instead send a proposed scope of work with fees. Submitting the form does not establish an attorney-client relationship; avoid sharing confidential information before an engagement is established.

Your next business decision

Let’s talk about what you’re building.

Tell us about your company, your legal question, and any relevant timing. Whether you need a business lawyer for a particular matter or counsel for the road ahead, start the conversation here.

Start a business inquiry Call (732) 490-8200

Continue to our firm's MyCase intake form.

Brown & Blaier, PC
36 W Main Street, Suite 204, Freehold, NJ 07728
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