Nia Calloway
Founder and attorney
Nia was an engineer before she was a lawyer, and she still reads a contract the way she read a spec: what has to happen, by when, and what breaks if it doesn't.
Business law · Denver
Counsel for companies, from first filing to final signature.
Formation, contracts, deals and disputes for owners and founders. One lawyer, a written scope before any work starts, and documents you can read without a translator.
Practices
Build. Grow. Protect.
The work is sorted by where your company is, not by the name of the statute.
- 01
Build
Start the company so it holds up when money, partners and employees arrive.
How Build worksEntity choice and formation
Founder and operating agreements
Equity, vesting and IP assignment
First customer and vendor contracts
- 02
Grow
Sign bigger deals, raise money, buy or sell, with a lawyer on call for the questions in between.
How Grow worksCommercial contracts and redlines
Seed and Series A financings
Buying or selling a business
Outside general counsel
- 03
Protect
When a deal goes wrong, get a clear read on your position and the cheapest way out of it.
How Protect worksContract disputes and breaches
Demand letters and responses
Partner and co-founder exits
Mediation and negotiated settlements
Matters
Recent work, by what it got done.
Series A closed
Venture financing, logistics software
Term sheet to closing in five weeks, with the founders keeping two of three board seats.
2025
Asset sale signed
Sale of a family-owned HVAC company
The buyer's indemnity cap came down from the full price to a fifth of it.
2025
Co-founder exit agreed
Two owners of a restaurant group
Resolved in one day of mediation, with no lawsuit filed and a buyout paid over four years.
2024
LLC formed and staffed
Three-founder outdoor gear startup
Operating agreement, vesting and IP assignments signed in the first week.
2026
Sample matters. Every matter is different, and past results don't guarantee a similar outcome.
Who you work with
One lawyer, start to finish.
No handoffs to an associate you've never met. The person who scopes your matter is the one who drafts, negotiates and answers your email.
Resources
Notes for founders
Short reads on the decisions that are expensive to undo.
- Financing
Five clauses to read twice in a term sheet
Liquidation preferences, board seats, pro rata rights, protective provisions and the no-shop: what each one does to you later.
Nia Calloway6 min read - Formation
LLC or C corp: what changes when you raise
Why most investors ask for a corporation, when an LLC is still the right call, and what converting later involves.
Nia Calloway5 min read
Tell me what you're building.
Start with a short intro call. You'll get a written scope and estimate before anything is billed.
Please don't send confidential details until we've agreed to work together.