Margot Ellsworth
Founding attorney
Margot founded Plainclause to sell legal work the way her clients sell theirs: a clear scope and a price on the page.
Margot started at a mid-size firm downtown, writing company agreements and financing documents for startups. She noticed that founders delayed calling a lawyer mostly because they couldn’t guess the bill.
She now forms companies and runs the counsel plan, which means she knows most of the firm’s clients by their first contract.
Focus
- Company formation and founder agreements
- Outside general counsel
- Early equity and vesting
Margot’s admissions and education
Bar admissions
Texas
2011
Courts
All Texas state courts
2011
U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
2013
Education
J.D., University of Texas School of Law
2011
B.A., Economics, Rice University
2007
Languages
English
Memberships
State Bar of Texas, Business Law Section
Before the firm
Margot grew up above her parents’ print shop in Waco, and still thinks every business should be able to read its own contracts.
Outside work she runs the trails along Lady Bird Lake and coaches a youth robotics team.
Work with Margot
Tell us what you need. We’ll reply with a written flat-fee quote.
The first call is free and doesn’t make us your lawyers; an engagement letter does.