About us
About Our Firm
Experienced Corporate Law Firm Built Around Your Business
Horton Legal Strategies PLLC is a diverse-certified corporate and M&A law firm representing founders, entrepreneurs, and middle market businesses across New Jersey, New York, and Washington DC. Our senior legal team brings institutional-level transaction experience to the deals and decisions that define your business — delivered directly, without the overhead of a large firm.
Our vision
To Unleash Bold Ideas and Accelerate Success
We believe legal counsel should do more than protect — it should propel. Every engagement is built around your growth, your deal, and your next move.
Legal counsel that propels bold ideas forward
Growth-focused strategies for every engagement
A firm built for founders, executives, and investors
Accelerating success at every stage of your business
Our Mission
Legal as a Catalyst for Growth
We equip businesses, founders, executives, and investors with a strategic legal platform designed to support revenue goals, accelerate innovation, and create lasting value — transforming legal from a cost center into a competitive advantage.
Strategic legal platform built around your goals
Transforming legal from a cost center to a growth driver
Supporting revenue, innovation, and business value
Counsel aligned with your business — not just your case
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Client testimonials
what our client say about us
Our clients value direct access to senior counsel, clear communication, and legal strategies that move as fast as their business decisions.
Highly recommend Lenore at Horton Legal Strategies! I had a 30-minute consultation with Lenore that was incredibly valuable for my legal business planning. She helped me gain clarity on where to focus my energy for the upcoming year and identified which legal strategies would best support my current business season. What I appreciated most was her ability to pinpoint quick wins I could implement right away while also mapping out longer-term options. If you're looking for strategic legal guidance that's both practical and actionable, she's your person!
It was such a pleasure working with Lenore and her team at Horton Legal Strategies. Lenore and her staff are highly intelligent and professional. While they handled some business attorney work for my company, I also learned that their firm specializes in helping business owners find buyers. I connected them with a friend who was looking to sell his company, and he was equally impressed with how smoothly everything was handled. Highly recommended!!!
Lenore has assisted me with several matters in my business for many years. She is knowledgeable, communicative and very approachable. Her ability to explain and guide me through changing legalities of my industry puts me at ease in stressful times. I feel incredibly empowered by her and know that, with Lenore and the Horton Legal Strategies team, I have a group of champions in my corner.
I had such a great experience with Horton Legal Strategies PLLC! From the very beginning, Sebastian was kind and super helpful in getting me scheduled for a consultation with the CEO, Lenore. I originally booked 30 minutes, but Lenore took the time to speak with me for a full hour—at no extra charge—which I really appreciated. She was down-to-earth, knowledgeable, and genuinely worked with me to make things fit my budget. It also makes me happy to support a minority-owned firm doing amazing work here in NY. And fun fact—Lenore and I share the same last name (no relation… I think), which feels like a good sign for what’s to come. Excited to continue working with them.
I met with Lenore Horton in New York recently and am impressed with her and her team at Horton Legal Strategies PLLC. Her understanding of corporate formation, contracts, and IP ownership issues impressed me and gave me information that I am able to use immediately in my business. I will definitely recommend this boutique business law firm for others and will reach out to them in the future. Please use her and her team for all your legal needs!
Horton Legal is highly recommended. It is the most ethical services around. They are truly interested in what’s best for you and whatever business you are conducting. “Being ethical means acting in accordance with accepted principles of right and wrong conduct, demonstrating moral virtues like honesty, fairness and compassion, and taking into consideration the well-being of others and society as a whole”. Well done Horton Legal Strategies!
Clients and Case Studies
Lenore Horton ( Horton Legal Strategies has been Lyteworx Legal Counsel on and off for several years. She has been an invaluable resource and I trust her completely.
It was such a pleasure working with Lenore and her team at Horton Legal Strategies. Lenore and her staff are highly intelligent and professional. While they handled some business attorney work for my company, I also learned that their firm specializes in helping business owners find buyers. I connected them with a friend who was looking to sell his company, and he was equally impressed with how smoothly everything was handled. Highly recommended!!!
You were the only firm who would have gotten paid even if the deal died, but you ended up being the firm most motivated to get it done. Without Horton Legal Strategies, we wouldn't have closed. That's integrity.
Horton Legal is highly recommended. It is the most ethical services around. They are truly interested in what’s best for you and whatever business you are conducting. “Being ethical means acting in accordance with accepted principles of right and wrong conduct, demonstrating moral virtues like honesty, fairness and compassion, and taking into consideration the well-being of others and society as a whole”. Well done Horton Legal Strategies!
Lenore has assisted me with several matters in my business for many years. She is knowledgeable, communicative and very approachable. Her ability to explain and guide me through changing legalities of my industry puts me at ease in stressful times. I feel incredibly empowered by her and know that, with Lenore and the Horton Legal Strategies team, I have a group of champions in my corner.
Highly recommend Lenore at Horton Legal Strategies! I had a 30-minute consultation with Lenore that was incredibly valuable for my legal business planning. She helped me gain clarity on where to focus my energy for the upcoming year and identified which legal strategies would best support my current business season. What I appreciated most was her ability to pinpoint quick wins I could implement right away while also mapping out longer-term options. If you're looking for strategic legal guidance that's both practical and actionable, she's your person!
Lead Counsel representing OPTIS Consulting Group, Inc. (US entity) in its strategic partnership with private equity firm Shore Capital Partners. Closed September 2025.
Represented owner of a NY government contracting firm in reverse merger after sale of significant stake to non-performing partner. Ongoing engagement.
Lead Counsel representing owner of Lyteworx Automation Systems in acquisition by Edgesource Corporation. (Closed May 2026.)