Cummings & Cummings Law is a technology-forward, multi-state law practice representing business owners, executives, real estate developers, and their families. Our firm pioneered the Law as a Service (LaaS) model, replacing the traditional, archaic approach to the practice of law with a low-friction model that leverages technology (backed up by human expertise) to eliminate bottlenecks and non-value-added work.
Our clients range from Series A two-person technology startups to Fortune 100 organizations. Our attorneys cumulatively wield decades of experience working with and for firms including American Airlines, PricewaterhouseCoopers, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Dell Technologies, Walmart, Halliburton, and others.
We remain a small firm by choice and are selective with the clients and matters we accept, just as clients should be discerning in retaining a law firm.
We counsel clients on how to structure, grow, and transition ventures while aligning legal decisions with tax, wealth preservation goals, and lifestyle goals.
Our practice includes business and commercial law, corporate governance, LLC and partnership matters, business transactions and dispute resolution, commercial real estate, executive compensation, ERISA, business tax planning, nonprofit matters, and estate planning for entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals. We also counsel clients on commercial real estate development and management.
Our attorneys integrate risk management, financial analysis, forensic accounting, and tax perspective into our engagements, particularly in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private lending, fundraising, and diligence-driven transactions.
Additionally, we represent clients building or investing in technology and emerging verticals, including blockchain and digital assets, fintech, quantum computing, and AI.
We are not the cheapest law firm, nor is that our objective. We work exclusively with clients who view incisive legal counsel not as an operating expense to be minimized but as a capital investment to be optimized.
Founding Attorney and Chief Executive Officer
Chad is an attorney and Certified Public Accountant serving Florida and Texas with dual licensure in both states. He holds a number of other finance, accounting, tax, and risk management credentials which he applies in his law practice for the benefit of his clients.
Previously, he served in operations and finance with the world’s largest accounting firm (PricewaterhouseCoopers), airline (American Airlines), and bank (JPMorgan Chase & Co.). He has also created and advised a variety of start-up ventures.
He is a member of The Florida Bar and the State Bar of Texas and holds two law degrees: the Juris Doctor (J.D.) and the Master of Laws (LL.M.). He also holds active CPA licensure and undergraduate and graduate degrees in accounting and taxation, respectively, for a total of four degrees and ten professional licenses and certifications.
He lives and works in Bonita Springs, Florida and serves clients throughout Florida and Texas.
Attorney and Executive Vice President
Lisa A. Cummings’ legal career spans five decades and several sectors and enterprises, including, for example, in-house counsel and other roles—domestic and international—with Halliburton, Dell Technologies, Walmart, Mercer, Kerr-McGee (now Occidental Petroleum), Cadbury Schweppes (now Keurig Dr. Pepper), Plains Capital Bank, Chesapeake Energy (now Expand Energy), Hertz, Michaels Stores, Cityblock Health, and others.
She holds an undergraduate (B.S.) degree in accountancy from the University of Oklahoma and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Oklahoma School of Law. She is admitted to the Oklahoma Bar Association and counsels clients on matters involving ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code, executive compensation, employee benefits, and complex multi-state employment law matters.
She lives and works in Bonita Springs, Florida and Dallas, Texas and serves clients nationwide and globally on matters of federal law.
Chief Administrative Officer
For more than 30 years, Jeanne has dedicated her career to implementing and managing comprehensive employee health and welfare and retirement programs and supporting Fortune 100 enterprises. Her passion lies in ensuring benefit strategies that not only safeguard the well-being of employees but also drive organizational success. With a steadfast work ethic, a keen eye for detail, and a leadership mindset, she takes pride in delivering solutions that balance cost-effectiveness with industry-leading best practices.
Jeanne’s decades of experience span myriad sectors, enterprises, and roles, including Benefits Connection, Dell Technologies, Rockport Healthcare Services, Cadbury Schweppes (now Keurig Dr. Pepper), Hertz, Michaels Stores, and others.
She applies her multinational experience, cross-functional expertise, and project management acumen in her role as Chief Administrative Officer at Cummings & Cummings Law to deliver outstanding service to internal and external stakeholders alike and to assist in developing and realizing the firm’s strategic vision.
She lives and works in Southern California and supports firm operations globally.
We often receive inquiries from new and would-be entrepreneurs, small business owners, and start-up founders (including those going the entrepreneurship through acquisition/search fund route) about the most common legal questions and issues they face in conceiving and managing their ventures. To that end, we have compiled a small library addressing the most commonly asked questions, which we have made available at no cost. Click the button below to get started.
Practice Verticals
/ Our Areas of Focus
Our practice emphasizes, but is not limited to, the law as it intersects businesses (ranging from early stage start-ups to Fortune 100 enterprises) and their stakeholders.
When clients hire our firm, we apply not only our legal knowledge, but also our skills and expertise accrued in operations, finance, and legal departments at some of the largest ventures in the world, bolstered by our insights from forming and growing our own ventures.
Prospective clients particularly appreciate this confluence of experience and find it a tremendous value as compared with the costs of onboarding one or more “consultants,” attorneys, accountants, and tax advisors.
Cummings & Cummings Law serves entrepreneurs, businesses, and high-net-worth individuals at the complex intersection of law, finance, taxation, and corporate strategy. From early-stage startups to Fortune 100 companies, the firm offers legal counsel grounded in real-world business experience and deep technical subject matter expertise.
The firm advises clients on a wide range of corporate and operational legal matters, including:
New and evolving businesses rely on the firm to ensure sound legal and financial structuring:
The firm counsels employers, founders, and executives on executive compensation and benefit plan design, including under ERISA:
The firm offers advanced legal counsel for commercial and mixed-use real estate developments, including:
The firm prepares and negotiates commercial leases for retail, industrial, hospitality, and medical facilities, addressing:
Cummings & Cummings Law provides personalized estate planning for entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals, including:
Cummings & Cummings Law facilitates seamless redomestication to effectuate the change in domicile of corporations and limited liability companies into Texas and Florida, including:
To protect intellectual property assets, the firm provides trademark registration services, including:
While our firm does not offer traditional public accounting services such as audits or bookkeeping, Cummings & Cummings Law is a leader in advanced forensic accounting and analysis, particularly in the contexts of due diligence, fraud prevention, detection, and correction, internal control implementation, and tax, including:
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