Konnect is the HR services partner attorneys refer to when their client needs operational HR help: documentation, investigations, policy work, training, fractional HR leadership, AI rollout. We work alongside counsel, not instead of counsel. Your client stays your client.
These are the situations where attorneys most often send work to Konnect. If your client matches any of them, they're a fit.
EEOC charge, DFEH complaint, NLRB filing, or DOL audit just landed. The legal work is yours. The handbook update, manager retraining, documentation cleanup, and ongoing compliance posture is ours.
Harassment complaint, discrimination claim, retaliation allegation. We conduct the investigation under your direction with attorney work-product protection, deliver a written report, and handle the operational response.
Client is preparing for a likely claim or class action. We audit the underlying HR exposure (FLSA classifications, leave practices, wage and hour, handbook adequacy) and fix what's fixable before discovery.
Buy-side or sell-side. We do the HR diligence (employee files, classifications, open claims, handbook, multi-state compliance) so the deal team can focus on the legal and financial pieces.
RIF planning, WARN compliance support, severance template review, separation administration. You handle the legal exposure analysis. We handle the operational rollout and employee communications.
Client is hiring across state lines for the first time. We build the multi-state policy library, set up state-specific handbooks, and put the compliance posture in place. You do the entity work.
Use the form below or send Jamie a direct email. Tell us the situation, what role you want us to play (independent engagement, work alongside your firm, or under your firm's direction), and how you want us to introduce ourselves.
Before contacting your client, we confirm with you whether the engagement is direct (us with the client) or indirect (us as your firm's vendor on this matter). For active matters, indirect through your firm preserves work-product protection.
You always know where the engagement stands. If your client signs an ongoing Konnect HR Services agreement, you'll know within a week.
Service credit toward your firm's own HR services is the default. Reciprocal referrals (we send you legal work) is always available. Cash arrangements available on request where your jurisdiction permits.
Konnect is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice on referral arrangements. Attorneys are responsible for their own compliance with state bar rules including ABA Model Rules 5.4(a), 7.2(b), 1.5(e), and any state-specific variations. The structures above are designed to be compatible with most jurisdictions, but you should consult your bar's ethics counsel before entering any cash arrangement. Most attorney partners select the service credit or reciprocal referrals options.
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In most states, yes, with conditions. The rules that govern this are typically ABA Model Rules 5.4(a) and 7.2(b) and their state equivalents. Most states permit reciprocal referrals (where the arrangement is non-exclusive and disclosed to the client). Many states permit cash compensation from non-lawyer service providers as long as you comply with the disclosure and non-exclusivity requirements. A few states (notably New York, Texas, and California) have additional or stricter requirements. Konnect is not a law firm and cannot give legal advice on this. Consult your bar's ethics counsel before entering any cash arrangement. Most attorney partners select service credit or reciprocal referrals to sidestep the issue entirely.
When engaged through your firm rather than directly with the client, Konnect operates as your firm's vendor, which generally extends work-product protection to the work we produce at your direction. We sign confidentiality agreements that match the engagement structure. For active litigation, we strongly recommend the indirect engagement structure so that investigations, audits, and documentation are properly protected.
No. We don't render legal opinions, we don't represent clients in legal proceedings, and we don't issue determinations on the legality of conduct. We provide HR operational services: documentation, investigations conducted by trained investigators, policy work, training rollout, day-to-day HR coverage. Where the line gets blurry, we defer to you.
We refer them back to you. Every Konnect HR engagement includes a written acknowledgment that Konnect is not a law firm. When clients ask us legal questions, we tell them to ask their attorney, and if they don't have one, we recommend referring counsel from our partner network, you included.
Your firm's HR needs (handbook, employee onboarding, harassment training for partners and associates, multi-state policies if you have offices in different states) are real. Service credit converts each closed referral into credit your firm can use against your own Konnect engagement. Tier amounts depend on the size of the referred client and are detailed in your Attorney Partner Agreement.
That's the cleanest arrangement and we welcome it. We sign a non-exclusive reciprocal referral agreement: you send us HR clients who need ongoing services, we send you legal clients who need employment counsel. No money changes hands. No conduct rule complications. Just deal flow in both directions.
If you select the cash option and your jurisdiction permits it, the cash bonus is paid 30 days after your referred client's 6th month as an active Konnect client. Reported on Form 1099. Tiered by client size. Paid by direct deposit or check, your preference.
The Konnect Partner Kit covers what we are (and what we explicitly aren't), the engagement options, the reward structures, and the role we play under counsel direction. Drop your firm's logo on the cover and forward it to a client whose HR is the next thing they need to fix.
Download the Partner KitTwo minutes. We coordinate with you before reaching out.
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