We're thrilled to share an exciting milestone at SPZ Legal. Starting February 1, 2026, we introduced a new role at the firm: Senior Startup Counsel (SSC). This role is designed to recognize the depth of experience and expertise of our senior attorneys, and provide greater clarity around client ownership, responsibilities, and long-term growth opportunities at the firm.
Congratulations to Our First Senior Startup Counselors
We are proud to announce that the first attorneys to be promoted into the Senior Startup Counsel role are Gea Kang, Sam Taylor, and Hannah Porter. Each of them has demonstrated an exceptional level of dedication, expertise, and care for the clients they serve as well as an incredible level of support for our team as a whole. Please join us in celebrating this well-deserved recognition of their hard work and commitment to SPZ Legal and our core values.
At SPZ, we strongly believe in treating our team members well and fostering a collaborative environment that supports professional development and work-life balance.
The SSC role is intentionally flexible and is not designed as a one-size-fits-all position. Instead, it allows senior attorneys to shape a career path aligned with their individual goals, whether that means deepening expertise, taking on leadership or firm-building initiatives, or pursuing a hybrid approach that blends both.
Our goal is to support SSC attorneys in building a fulfilling, sustainable, and rewarding long-term career at SPZ.
At its core, the SSC role is also great news for the founders and startups we serve. When you work with an SSC attorney, you're working with someone who has spent years in the trenches of startup law. They are deeply experienced, highly skilled, and genuinely invested in your success.
Equally important, SSC attorneys are supported, mentored, and set up to thrive. Because they aren't overloaded or stretched thin, they come to every client matter fresh, focused, and at their best. That kind of environment doesn't just benefit our attorneys, it directly translates into higher quality work and better outcomes for our clients.
We believe that a well-supported attorney is a better attorney, and our clients deserve nothing less.
The SSC role reflects SPZ's commitment to recognizing experience, investing in long-term careers, and providing flexibility for attorneys to grow in ways that matter to them. We are excited to introduce this position as a meaningful next step for senior attorneys at the firm, and we look forward to supporting SSC attorneys as they continue to build impactful, sustainable careers at SPZ.