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Risk management & litigation posture.

Most executive risk advisory waits until a complaint is filed. Clemons Wright maps the disputes, threats, and unresolved tensions that could become litigation — and coaches the operating posture that keeps them from becoming one. We have lived it firsthand.

Pre-litigationActive dispute coachingDocument-risk scoring (AEGIS)Most requested

Who this is for

Founders, CEOs, GPs, owners, and public-facing leaders who are facing one of four situations:

  • A live dispute — a demand letter, a cease-and-desist, a regulatory inquiry, an angry vendor or co-founder, a public accusation, a pre-litigation tender that has not yet become a filed complaint.
  • An active matter with represented counsel, where you want a second set of eyes on strategy, motion practice tempo, and the operating decisions that flow from the case.
  • A pro se litigant who needs operator-grade coaching to think alongside, while keeping legal representation separate (we do not represent in court — see what we do not do).
  • A precautionary review — no dispute today, but the business is in a category (creator economy, family-company succession, regulated tech, public-facing personality) where litigation exposure is structural and worth mapping.

Problems we actually solve

ProblemWhat that looks likeWhere we help
You do not know what your real exposure isThree open disputes; nobody has connected them; the operating team is reacting to whichever one is loudestLitigation-risk map of the entire business with severity scoring
You received a document and do not know how scared to beA demand letter, a contract revision, a regulatory request, a term sheet with weird carve-outsAEGIS document-risk score: six-dimension profile plus similarity index in 24 hours
You are about to make a decision that has legal opticsFiring a senior person, terminating a vendor, removing a co-founder, going public with criticism, walking from a dealPre-decision posture coaching: what to say, what not to say, what to write down, what to escalate
You have an attorney but you are not sure they are on top of itSlow filings, missed deadlines, expensive vague memos, settlement pressure that does not match the factsCounsel-oversight coaching (see also Counsel Diligence)
You are pro se and overwhelmedThe dockets are real, the deadlines are real, the opposing counsel is real, and you are doing this aloneOperator-grade coaching from someone who is currently doing it himself in 4 federal matters
A public-facing incident is unfoldingPress, social, regulator, customer base — all in motion at onceCrisis-posture coaching; statement language; stakeholder-map sequencing

The AEGIS engine

AEGIS is Clemons Wright's proprietary document-risk-scoring engine — built and used internally by Dustin on his own active matters before it became a client offer. Upload a single PDF and within 24 hours AEGIS returns:

  • Six-dimension risk profile — (1) procedural exposure, (2) substantive merit, (3) evidentiary support, (4) deadline risk, (5) opposing-party posture, (6) jurisdictional fit.
  • Similarity score — pattern-match comparison against a corpus of 1,300+ indexed federal filings drawn from the founder's own active matters.
  • Narrative summary — operator-language explanation of what each dimension means for your situation.
  • Suggested next questions — what to ask your attorney, what to think about before responding, what to surface to your operating team.

AEGIS is software-only with no human review (this is what keeps it on the right side of the unauthorized-practice line — see disclaimers). Source PDFs are auto-deleted within 24 hours of report delivery. Reports remain available to you in your account.

Best for: demand letters, cease-and-desists, regulatory inquiries, term sheets, contract revisions, settlement offers, motion drafts you want a second read on before sending to your attorney, complaints filed against you that you want to understand quickly.

Deliverables

  • Litigation-risk map — a one-page operator-grade view of every dispute, threat, and unresolved tension in the business, scored on severity and likelihood, with sequencing recommendations.
  • 12-month readiness plan — concrete operating actions (document retention policy, communication discipline, governance memos, escalation chain) sized for the next year.
  • AEGIS document reports — PDF deliverables for each document scored. Six dimensions, similarity index, narrative summary.
  • Decision-posture memos — for live decisions that carry legal optics: what to say, what not to say, what to put in writing, who to tell.
  • Recorded coaching sessions — live $99 Get Grilled sessions for active dispute reasoning; all calls recorded and retained for 7 years.
  • Counsel-oversight notes — when you have outside counsel, structured notes on what to ask, what to request in writing, what red flags to watch for.

How we work

  1. Triage call ($99 Get Grilled) — 30 minutes, private, recorded. We hear the situation, you ask questions, we recommend the right entry point.
  2. AEGIS pass on any documents in motion ($79 per document, 24-hour delivery).
  3. Risk-map sprint (2–3 weeks) — full litigation-risk map of the business, 12-month readiness plan, decision-posture memos for the top three pressures.
  4. Active-matter retainer (monthly) — weekly coaching sessions, AEGIS scoring included, on-call posture support, counsel-oversight notes.

Pricing & timeline

FormatTimelineFee
Ask the Founder (group — lived-experience touch)30 minutes · up to 6$19
Get Grilled by the Founder (1-on-1 decision pressure-test)30 minutes · private$99
Document Risk Score (AEGIS, async)24-hour delivery$79 per document
Risk-map sprint2–3 weeksFrom $9,500 fixed
Active-matter retainerRolling monthlyFrom $4,500 / month

Why us

Dustin L. Clemons is actively litigating four federal-court matters and one state matter pro se. The 2025 motion-practice record includes a BNSF anti-SLAPP motion denied, a Preliminary Injunction granted, and a Motion to Withdraw Deemed Admissions granted. The Ninth Circuit appeal is fully briefed pro se against three Big-Law firms. See the full track record.

That means Clemons Wright's risk-management service is not a vendor that read a book. It is a coaching service operated by someone whose calendar this week includes a motion deadline, a discovery dispute, and a Rule 60(b) motion for limited remand. The methodology is the same one he uses on his own matters.

What we do not do

We do not represent clients in court. We do not draft or sign court filings on your behalf. We do not negotiate on your behalf. We do not tell you whether your case has legal merit — only a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction can answer that. Communications are not privileged and may be subpoenaed. See disclaimers.

You have 24 hours. The document is on your desk.

Upload it to AEGIS — six-dimension risk profile and similarity report in your inbox tomorrow.