Employment law support

Separation agreement drafting

Separation agreements fail on technicalities: a missing revocation period, an over-broad release that a state has outlawed, an OWBPA disclosure that was not attached. We draft to the jurisdiction and the employee's circumstances so the release actually releases.

Published price
$200–600 / agreement
Turnaround
48 hours
Without us
$800–2,500

Fixed per unit, not hourly. No minimum engagement. Quoted before we start.

What you receive

A separation and release agreement drafted to the jurisdiction's required disclosures.

  • A complete draft agreement in your firm's format
  • Release language drafted to the jurisdiction's limits on scope and carve-outs
  • Consideration, timing, revocation and effective-date provisions correctly sequenced
  • OWBPA compliance where the employee is over 40, including the required disclosure schedule for group terminations
  • Confidentiality, non-disparagement and reference provisions drafted to current enforceability limits
  • A compliance checklist covering deadlines, delivery and what must happen before payment

What it costs, and what it replaces

Both figures are published ranges for the same unit of work. Ours is fixed before we start; if our process gets faster, that is our gain and your price does not move.

How engagements are structured →
Price per agreement · same work, both sides
Adnah Legal
$200600 / agreement
Typical cost without us
$8002,500 / agreement

Roughly 76% lower at the midpoint of each published range.

How the work runs

  1. 01

    Threshold check

    We identify which regimes apply — age thresholds, group programme rules, state-specific restrictions on release scope and confidentiality — before drafting a word.

  2. 02

    Drafting to the limits

    The release is drafted to the widest scope the jurisdiction allows, with the carve-outs it requires, rather than to a national template that a state will partially void.

  3. 03

    Timing architecture

    Consideration period, revocation period and effective date are sequenced explicitly, with the calendar dates computed rather than left as a formula for someone to apply later.

  4. 04

    Review and checklist

    A qualified lawyer reviews the draft, and it is delivered with a compliance checklist covering delivery, deadlines and the conditions that must be met before payment is made.

What we need from you

  • Employee details: role, tenure, age bracket, and the jurisdiction of employment
  • The separation terms agreed and the consideration being offered
  • Whether this is an individual or group termination programme
  • Your firm's precedent agreement

What we check before delivery

  • Age-threshold and group-programme requirements are checked against the employee details given
  • Release carve-outs required by the jurisdiction are checked as present
  • Revocation and consideration periods are checked as correctly sequenced with calendar dates
  • Confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions are checked against current state restrictions

When firms send us this

  • Individual separations needing an agreement out the same week
  • Reductions in force requiring group-programme disclosures across multiple states
  • Employers with a national template that has not been checked against state law recently
  • High-volume employment practices where agreements are a constant drip

Questions about separation agreements

  • Do you handle group terminations?

    Yes, including the disclosure schedule that has to accompany a group programme where age thresholds apply. Getting that schedule wrong is one of the more common ways a release is later avoided.

  • Do you advise on the amount of consideration?

    No. You set the terms; we draft them and flag where the structure creates a legal problem, such as consideration that may not be adequate because it was already owed.

  • Can you draft to our precedent?

    Yes, and we prefer it. We draft in your format and flag any provision in your precedent that current state law no longer supports.

This service

Send one and judge the output.

Separation agreements at $200–600 per agreement, 48 hours. No minimum, no scoping call, no onboarding cycle.

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