I currently own and operate Broken Limits Media LLC (BLM), a so far profitless company. Once finished with our current, ftp project/game we have a nice shot at making a game for an actual client, with actual money.

I've been meeting with the partners of another comany, we'll call them AB, for some time now, and I've had them sign some roughly written collaboration/confidentiality agreements. I'm 100% interested in doing things correctly, so I'm asking for advice on legal maters like this. I'll probably post some more seperate topics, as I believe I have a number of valid questions when it comes to Game Development and Business.

I know how to write a basic contract with a short paragraph and all, since I've been writing them for about 5 years now for home improvement agreements (I also currently own an asphalt company called Xsealer Asphalt Maintenance), but I'm pretty sure one simple paragraph will not suffice. I've written three page agreements for these BLM clients, and I got them to sign one to lock them in. However, I'm still not completely confident that my extensive, detailed wording is top-quality contract material. Should I get a lawyer to do these things for me? Won't that cost my company a lot of money, money that we may not entirely have right now??

What are the pros and cons of getting a lawyer involved, how do I find a lawyer with experience in game dev law, and is it worth looking into at all?

I'm willing to relinquish more information if necessary. I'm asking on behalf of my team and everyone else who has these same serious questions.

Ok.. Thanks.

One more question. Will it be an issue having a lawyer out of state? I think I would prefer to see my lawyer in person, but if I cannot is it just as good to communicate via email and phone?