Counsel for the inflection point.

Hart David Carson LLP is a corporate, M&A, and private-capital law firm that counsels companies, founders, sponsors, and family offices at the moments that define them: the sale, the raise, and the entrance into markets that do not yet have rules. The firm also offers corporate counsel on demand, providing general-counsel judgment without a full-time hire.

Hart David Carson LLP is based in Chicago: its principal office at 1 East Erie Street in Chicago, where we meet by appointment, a second office in Oakbrook Terrace, offices in London and Dubai through partner firms, and meeting locations by appointment in seven further US cities. A partner network of independent firms extends the firm's reach across five continents for matters that cross borders.

Hart David Carson LLP pairs a partner-led core in Chicago, with offices in London and Dubai through partner firms, and a partner network of independent firms spanning five continents. One partner stays accountable for the whole matter and you have that partner's direct line, while the firm coordinates locally admitted counsel wherever a matter sits.

Corporate counsel on demand is Hart David Carson LLP's fractional general-counsel service, with board-level and general-counsel judgment embedded when you need it and dialed back when you don't. It serves companies between their first outside lawyer and their first chief legal officer.

Yes. Alongside its corporate and transactional work, the firm advises the families behind those companies, including founders, family offices, and private clients, on wealth and succession. One matter, viewed from two chairs.

Hart David Carson LLP was founded in 2013 in Chicago’s western suburbs and works from River North and Oakbrook Terrace today. From the outset the firm has worked the frontier, as counsel to healthcare from 2013, international and offshore structuring from 2014, digital assets from 2014, cannabis and regulated industries from 2015, and the wellness and longevity sector from 2020. It arrived early, where the rules were still being written, and remained as those fields became established industries.

You can reach Hart David Carson LLP directly by phone at +1 630-395-9496 or by email at counsel@hartdavidcarson.com, and a partner replies. The firm is partner-led, which means a partner answers the phone, and a senior team is assembled around your matter rather than assigned to it.

HDAi is Hart David Carson LLP's own AI-forward legal platform. The largest part of it is the Document Studio, 124 free legal document generators across ten categories, each a guided interview that assembles the real document live as you answer. Every template is reviewed by a senior partner, and when you want a partner to finish a draft you book a planning call. Two flat-fee packages sit alongside it, each finished by a licensed attorney, so clients get platform speed with law-firm accountability. The Illinois Family Plan covers a will, both Illinois powers of attorney, and a living will on request, at $1,250 for one person or $1,750 for a couple, engaged by December 31, 2026. Company Launch covers an Illinois LLC with an operating agreement at $1,250 for one owner or $2,000 for two or more, including the state fee, or a Delaware C-corporation at $2,500 plus fees.

No. The firm's practice is corporate, M&A, private-capital and private-wealth counsel, and it does not accept personal-injury or workers'-compensation matters. Former clients in those retired practice areas can reach the firm through the practice-transition notice.