Kareen MillsFounder & CEO, Friendsgiving Live® · Most Influential Filipina ’23 🏆 Founder of the World’s Largest Friendsgiving Festival for Women | Angel | Keynote | Sugar Mommy™ Media | Psalm 25:1 ✞

Attorneys Are an Investment

15 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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In this advisory monologue, speaker Kareen Mills (identified as SPEAKER A) addresses entrepreneurs and business owners, urging them to view attorneys as a strategic investment rather than a costly afterthought. She acknowledges the common stigma around legal fees but argues that spending money on legal counsel early saves far greater costs later. Drawing from her own experience, she recounts a seven‑year business pause caused by an infringement letter that could have been avoided with proper legal protection. Mills emphasizes the necessity of having an attorney on standby, creating an employee handbook, and handling legal matters correctly the first time to prevent costly disruptions.

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consult with a professional. And the professional I'm speaking about is attorneys. I know there's a stigma when it comes to attorneys and how expensive they are. And yes, I agree at some point. Now that I am, and I have become, and I haven't always been, become a powerhouse woman, midlife woman, I believe in legal counsel. And I believe that it is much cheaper to spend the money upfront and do it the right way the first time Because when you spend so much time growing a business and you're just going to get an infringement letter, that is a huge issue. It costed me 7 years of pause. You need an employee handbook. You need an attorney on your side.