You can find lawyers in the phone book or with a search engine. They usually take out advertisements indicating their specialty -- business law and/or contracts

You can find lawyers in the phone book or with a search engine. They usually take out advertisements indicating their specialty -- business law and/or contracts is generally what you want. Call one up and ask for an appointment. Typically, the initial interview is to find out if you've found an appropriate lawyer and if they have the time to sell to you. If either of these things are misaligned, the lawyer will almost certainly offer you a referral to another lawyer who is more appropriate or available for you. After a successful interview, you generally pay some money as a retainer. It may or may not be applied to your billed hours. A business lawyer's function is to tell you how to accomplish your goals without violating laws, or that your goals are fundamentally illegal, or how to accomplish a goal in a law-abiding fashion that will minimize legal risk. If you are about to enter into a contract, a lawyer will review it for you and point out areas of higher risk, and possibly suggest ways to mitigate those risks. If you have a particular intention for the contract, the lawyer will help your phrase it so that a court of law will understand what you are intending. Almost all of the above is true for accountants, as well, except that instead of advising you on legal matters, they will advise you on accounting matters (which have a strong overlap with legal matters). Accountants figure out which paperwork you need to file, and can complete most of it for you.