A transactional business law firm
Schneidman Law is Good, Good Counsel for small business owners.
Flat-fee, on call, and proactive counsel from a lawyer who knows your business, not just your file. No hourly billing, no surprise invoices, and no waiting weeks for a call back.
Rooted in Franklin, serving Middle Tennessee, and trusted by clients across the country.
What does Good, Good Counsel mean?
Good, Good Counsel® means legal work that is good twice: good in competence and good in character. The first good is wise, straightforward, reliable, no-nonsense legal work done right. The second good is integrity, honesty, and advice built to serve the client and stand the test of time.
It rests on a proverb: plans made without counsel tend to fail, and plans made with the right advisers tend to succeed. Many attorneys can claim the first good. This firm holds itself to both. And counsel means more than answering legal questions. It means thinking about the timing, the tradeoffs, what comes next, and what you might not be seeing yet.
The firm is selective about who it takes on, not because of limited space, but because Good, Good Counsel® only works within the right relationship. Being selective is how the firm makes sure every client gets a real, ongoing counsel relationship, not a transaction.
Read the full philosophy on the Good, Good Counsel® page, see who we take on, and learn why we don’t bill by the hour.
What does Schneidman Law do?
Schneidman Law offers four services: outside general counsel, business acquisitions and sales, real estate transactions, and construction law.
What makes Schneidman Law different from other business attorneys?
The difference is depth. Schneidman Law gets to know three things well: the business, the owner, and the people around the business. Most business attorneys know the file in front of them. Knowing all three is what makes the counsel genuinely useful.
The business itself
How it actually operates, how it makes money, and where the risk lives. Counsel shaped by the way your company really runs, not by a template.
The owner as a person
Your goals, what drives you, and what keeps you up at night. Advice is shaped by who you are and where you are going, not just by what a contract says.
The people around it
The key relationships, partners, and team dynamics that shape every decision, because no business decision happens in a vacuum.
Who is Andrew R. Schneidman?
Andrew R. Schneidman is a business and real estate attorney and the founder of Schneidman Law. He built the firm to be the lawyer his clients call before a decision gets made, not after.
He would rather give you a straight answer you don’t want than a careful one you can’t use, and he thinks a lawyer’s job is to make a decision clearer, not to prove how complicated it is.
Read Andrew’s story and the firm’s philosophyCommon questions for a Franklin business attorney
What kind of attorney is Schneidman Law?+
Schneidman Law is a transactional business attorney practice in Franklin, Tennessee. The firm handles outside general counsel, business acquisitions and sales, real estate transactions, and construction law.
How is a flat-fee business attorney different from an hourly lawyer?+
An hourly lawyer bills for every call, so owners hesitate to pick up the phone. A flat-fee business attorney works on one predictable monthly amount, hours never counted, so counsel happens before decisions instead of after problems.
Does the firm only serve Franklin, Tennessee?+
No. The firm is rooted in Franklin, Tennessee, serving Middle Tennessee, and trusted by clients across the country. Most counsel work happens by phone and video, with the Franklin office available when meeting in person helps.
When should a business owner talk to an attorney?+
Before signing, not after something breaks. The right time to involve a business attorney is while a contract, hire, deal, or lease is still taking shape, which is exactly what the flat-fee model makes affordable. Founders building from the start have their own path.
Does Schneidman Law help form a new business?+
Yes. Business formation, choosing the right entity, filing the paperwork, and drafting the operating agreement, is part of outside general counsel. The business formation guides walk through the decisions involved.
The next step is a conversation.
A short talk about what your business needs and whether this is a good fit, both ways.