Jarel Curvey
Fractional GC
Corporate Law
Contracts
Data Privacy
Employment Law
Compliance
My Story
Jarel Curvey is an experienced legal advisor licensed to practice in New York, California, and Illinois, with more than ten years of supporting organizations across diverse industries, including startups and Fortune 500 companies.
He provides practical legal advice focused on real business needs in areas such as contracts, compliance, corporate governance, intellectual property, employment law, dispute resolution, and risk management.
Jarel’s approach is straightforward and designed to help clients navigate complex regulations and competitive markets without unnecessary complexity.
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As a trusted fractional general counsel, Jarel works closely with business leaders to build effective legal frameworks that align with their goals. He helps improve efficiency, streamline contract negotiations, support business growth, and protect key corporate interests. With a combination of detailed legal knowledge and business insight, he offers clear guidance that reduces risk and builds strong partnerships while providing senior-level legal expertise in a flexible and cost-effective way tailored to each company’s unique needs.
Steven Church
Steven has spent the bulk of his career supporting small and medium-sized firms as outside general counsel. He has a passion for helping his clients grow and aims to provide risk-based legal advice designed to keep his clients focused on their core competencies.
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Steven holds a degree in International Labor Relations from Cornell University where he was a Merrill Presidential Scholar and a law degree from Columbia University where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
Beginning his law career at Cleary Gottlieb, he spent four years in the bank regulatory practice, advising the world’s largest financial institutions on complex derivatives and other financial transactions. Following Cleary Gottlieb, Steven was a Vice President of Bank Regulation and Cybersecurity for Société Générale where he advised the board on all manner of bank regulatory and cybersecurity issues. Steven’s experience at Société Générale spurred his interest in pivoting from financial regulation to the issues facing today’s technology companies. In 2022, Steven joined with Colleen Garcia and founded an innovative law firm focused on providing clients with first-rate legal support and transparent, predictable billing.
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Steven lives in New York, NY.
