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Eric Proos

Sharpshooter · DISC type DC
Founding Partner at Next Era Legal
📍 United States

Eric Proos is a Founding Partner at Next Era Legal, where he provides fractional general counsel services to help businesses and real estate ventures scale. Holding a J. D. from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, he has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star for six consecutive years. People who have worked with him describe him as professional, disciplined, and efficient.

Inspired by a personal family tragedy, Eric is dedicated to tackling complex legal challenges others might avoid. Outside of his legal practice, he is passionate about fitness, snowboarding, and exploring new restaurants with his family and friends.

Eric believes that in the age of AI, he sometimes has better conversations about the legal aspects of a contract with a client than with the opposing counsel.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Founding Partner
Location
United States
Personality Overview

How Eric shows up

Thorough Evaluator
Fast But Analytical
Rigorous & Demanding

More than the product, they care about the effectiveness of the product. They like to act fast and expect others to do the same. They are very proud of what they do.

Priorities

Topics Eric cares about

Fractional GC Services
His current firm, Next Era Legal, is built around a fractional general counsel model to provide tailored legal solutions for scaling businesses.
Scaling Businesses
His professional focus is on helping larger small businesses and lower middle-market companies scale through legal operations and efficiencies.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Founding Partner
Next Era Legal
5-2022 - 5-2024
Of Counsel - The Berman Law Group
The Berman Law Group
2020 - 2023
Podcast Guest -
EJP Law
2-2016 - 1-2025
Simplifying the legal maze of business & real estate deals
EJP Law, P.C.
2016 - 2017
Independent Contractor
Hart Legal
In the press

Media appearances

Meet Eric Proos | Founding Partner, Next Era Legal. Featured in Shoutout SoCal
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Hidden Gems: Meet Eric Proos of Next Era Legal. Featured in SDVoyager
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Education
6-2021 - 9-2021
Executive Education Course
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
8-2009 - 5-2012
Doctor of Law (J.D.)
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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