THEY ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS!!!
Remember this person works for the people that hired them, which may not be you. So know where the chain of purpose is. Why is this attorney talking to you and what is his/her agenda? This is not a defeat kind of thing, this is a mindset. The lawyer will back the project as long as he knows what side his bread is buttered on.
Another big point is to keep in mind that even if the attorney is the "Legal" in the line item on the budget they are going to act 100% in there best interest. Many people in the indie level write there own contracts or hire an attorney on a "pay you the line item out of the budget when we get money" agreement.
This of course means the attorney will ALWAYS have another agenda that is more important than your project, even if they are being paid something. Remember, it may be your passion project, but to them it's just another movie. It may seem like this is negative but it's really just basics in business that get forgotten because of the dynamic between the art of film and the business of film.
All of the above is true, and the attorney you hire can still do a great job of representing you and your project.
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