Unlimited HOA Legal Questions. $50 Flat Fee. No Billing Clock.
Most law firms sell time. We got rid of the billing clock instead.
Since 2006, our $50 General Counsel Plan has given Arizona association boards and their community managers unlimited legal questions by phone or email — on your CC&Rs, bylaws, and governing documents, Arizona’s Planned Community and Condominium Acts, new legislation, enforcement questions, meeting and election procedures, and whatever else lands on a board’s agenda. Ask as often as you need. The answer never comes with an hourly invoice.
Why We Built It
Billable hours create a barrier between associations and their attorneys. When every phone call starts a billing clock, boards and managers hesitate. Questions go unasked. Small issues get guessed at — or Googled — until they become expensive problems.
We built the $50 plan to remove that barrier. When a manager can pick up the phone and confirm the right way to handle a records request, a violation notice, or a new statute before acting, the association avoids the misstep entirely. Wrong decisions create liability; quick questions prevent it. An open door is cheaper than a lawsuit — for everyone.
There’s a second benefit most people don’t expect: because our attorneys aren’t compensated by the hour, they have no reason to turn a two-minute answer into a twelve-page memo. You get direct answers, in plain English, promptly. That’s what boards actually need to make a decision at Tuesday’s meeting.
What We’re NOT
Flat-fee general counsel plans have been imitated since we introduced ours. The variations often aren’t the same product.
We are NOT limited to statutory questions. Some plans only cover questions about Arizona statutes, or reserve the right to decide your question is too complicated and bill it hourly. Our plan has covered your community’s own governing documents — CC&Rs, bylaws, rules, amendments — along with statutes, new legislation, and day-to-day board issues since 2006. Your documents are where most real questions live. A plan that excludes them isn’t general counsel.
We are NOT board-only. Your community manager is covered too. Managers are the first call on almost every issue, and a plan that bills the manager’s questions hourly defeats the purpose.
We are NOT a teaser rate that funnels you into hourly work. When an issue goes beyond a question — an amendment project, revising or creating new policies, an opinion letter, a contract review — we quote a flat fee or a not-to-exceed number up front. You approve it before we start. Because we practice HOA law exclusively and have for 20 years, we know what projects take, and we can price them honestly before the work begins. No surprise invoices at month’s end.
We do NOT bill for relationship-building. If we ask how your family is doing, no clock is running. That’s the point.
What the Plan Covers
- Unlimited questions by phone or email for a board member and your community manager
- Your CC&Rs, bylaws, rules, and other governing documents
- The Arizona Planned Community Act, Condominium Act, and related statutes
- New legislation and how it affects your community’s operations
- Attendance at a virtual meeting annually
- Questions on enforcement, meetings, elections, records requests, vendor issues, and the everyday questions boards actually face
When a matter grows beyond a question, you’ll know before any additional fee exists — flat fee or not-to-exceed, quoted up front, approved by you.
Is it Really Unlimited?
Yes. Ask one question a year or one a week. The plan fee doesn’t change, and no question triggers an hourly invoice.
Who Can Ask Questions Under the Plan?
A designated board member and your community manager.
What Counts as a “Question” Versus a Project?
If we can answer it by phone or email, it’s a question and it’s covered. If it requires drafting, formal review, or representation — an amendment, a contract redline, a demand letter — we’ll tell you, quote a flat or not-to-exceed fee, and wait for your approval before doing anything billable.
Do You Cover Questions About Our Specific CC&Rs, or Just State Law?
Both. Questions about your own governing documents have been covered since the plan began in 2006.
Why Can You Do This When Other Firms Bill Hourly For the Same Call?
We practice Arizona HOA and condominium law exclusively, and we serve hundreds of associations. We’ve seen your question before — which means we can answer it quickly, and price everything else accurately.
Stop hesitating before you call your lawyer. Join the $50 General Counsel Plan.
Ask our general litigation lawyers in Arizona for a private case evaluation when you call Halk, Oetinger, and Brown at (602) 759-9205.
