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Fourscore Business Law handles the majority of our clients’ work internally. Our experience serving as outside general counsel for our clients allows us to efficiently work with highly-talented lawyers outside our four walls, when necessary, to deliver an excellent customer experience that entrepreneurs, investors and business people love. The team is in growth mode, and we intend to retain the Fourscore Principles as we expand. Jesse Jones spent six years practicing in Big Law in Delaware and North Carolina before helping scale a young law firm in Durham over a two year period. Now, he’s at the opposite end of the spectrum, applying the Fourscore Principles to build a law firm for a new generation of businesses.
Jesse Jones
Jesse’s clients range from early-stage tech startups iterating in the founder’s garage to mature companies with scores of employees. As the founder of Fourscore Law, he guides his business clients through formation, financing, scaling and exit, handling wide-ranging projects in a general counsel role. Jesse also regularly represents individuals, angel groups and venture funds in their investment activities.Jesse is a South Jersey native and graduated with a degree in exercise science from Eastern University in the Mainline area just outside Philadelphia. Although he has lived in North Carolina for years and graduated from Wake Forest Law School, he will never give up on his Philadelphia sports teams. He loves living in Raleigh with his awesome wife and four kids, all of whom keep him laughing every day.

Bar Admissions
North Carolina
Delaware

Education
J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law, 2009
B.S., Eastern University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2006

Civic
Board of Advisors, Kraft Family YMCA

Recognition
Business North Carolina magazine Legal Elite 2017 & 2018
Red Rocket Ventures: Raleigh-Durham's Best Lawyers for Startups
Super Lawyers Rising Star
Doug Colvard
Doug is a lawyer with Fourscore Business Law and primarily practices in the areas of corporate and business law. Prior to joining in 2018, Doug worked for several years in the financial services industry, focusing primarily in the derivatives and brokerage space before leaving to join Fourscore. Prior to his legal career, Doug worked at a venture backed startup, in investment banking, and was an educational consultant.

Doug advises and assists enterprises ranging from start-ups, middle-market companies, and multi-national corporations across a broad range of industries including finance, technology, health care, manufacturing, advertising, and software to name a few. Doug also regularly assists closely-held businesses in a wide variety of contexts including business formation and organization.

Though a great deal of Doug’s energy is devoted to his law practice, Doug enjoys spending time with his wife, Lauren, and two dogs (a lab rescue and a golden retriever), as well as spending time outside running, playing tennis, golfing, skiing, and traveling. Their favorite vacation destination is Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Doug and his wife are also becoming DIY house project experts (although he's best suited sticking to legal advice).

Admissions:
North Carolina

Professional/Community Activities:
Member, North Carolina State Bar and Tenth Judicial District Bar
Member, North Carolina Bar Association
Member, Young Lawyers Division
Member, Business Law Section
Member, Wake County Bar Association

Education:
B.S. in English Literature, Minor Business-Finance: Elon University, North Carolina, 2010
J.D. Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law
M.L.A. Coursework, Harvard University, 2011
Matt Sellers
Matt helps advise startups and entrepreneurs who want to create a vision that turns more than a profit. Assisting in equity distribution, scaling, asset allocation, and exit strategies, he strives to be a force for social good; walking alongside clients as they inspire a better world. Matt is an innovative thinker and has an aptitude for language (he’s proficient in Mandarin), which helps clients quickly respond to unforeseen challenges or expand into new markets. While born and raised in Chapel Hill, he graduated with a degree in Government from Cornell University in upstate New York, and after attending the University of Pennsylvania Law School, he relocated to the Triangle. In his free time, he reads, plays basketball, and escapes to nature.

Education:
J.D. UPenn Law School
Certificate in Management: Wharton Business School
B.A. Cornell University

Noteworthy Activities & Honors:
Article Editor of East Asia Law Review
Kappa Alpha Society Member
Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society Member
Penn Law Pardon Me Project Volunteer
Volunteer English Tutor for Burmese refugees
Jessica Jones
Jessica Jones joined Fourscore Law at its inception and is responsible for communications management, document exchange and scheduling. Jessica embodies the Fourscore principles of customer service, proactive communications, dedication, efficiency, and approachability. She brings extensive customer service and operations management experience from her previous management positions and is excited to be part of the Fourscore team.