Andrew Monroe Baer

I love being a business and technology lawyer.  In my 13 years in practice (12 of them spent here in Philadelphia), my greatest source of professional satisfaction has been spending time with many terrific business clients, getting to know them and learning to appreciate their ideas, hopes and worries.  I consider myself particularly lucky to have started my practice in the era of the Internet, which opened new vistas for business lawyers and confronted us with all the possibilities, as well as the legal challenges, of emerging technologies.  I am also thrilled to live and work in Philadelphia, with its rich arts scene, growing technology sector and vibrant nightlife, and its new focus on walkable urbanism and sustainable quality of living.  

After years in big law firms and as in-house counsel for companies, I am highly sensitive to clients' concerns about the cost of legal services, particularly in these tough economic times, and believe that lawyers must understand their clients' business goals and work creatively to promote them.  I founded Baer Business Law to get back to what I know and do best:  providing straightforward, down-to-earth counseling and transactional assistance for clients, telling them what they need to know to achieve their goals and protect their businesses rather than wasting their precious time and money on insignificant issues.  My commitment is to provide responsive, high-quality business, technology and intellectual property law services at affordable cost and put the client back in the driver's seat.