Federal firearms licensees are notorious for failing to recognize when they need a legal specialist to handle their specific, firearms related issues. Instead, they rely on the local lawyer, or the lawyer “friend” in town. Experts have analogized it to the patient who visits a foot doctor to handle a brain tumor. Yet few FFL dealers across the United States can afford to retain full-time, firearms-specific legal counsel like firearms manufacturers and distributors do to educate them as to legal nuances to preserve their federal firearms license, to defend against lawsuits, and to insure the integrity of a BATF inquiry. Until now.

FFLGuard is a program offered by The Chiafullo Group, LLP (“the Group”), a law firm that serves as the National Coordinating Counsel for all FFLGuard clients. The group strategically aligns itself with other firearms-specific counsel, subject matter experts, and professionals across the country to aid in the common defense of federal firearms licensees. The collective experience gathered in FFLGuard is without comparison, as directed by Christopher M. Chiafullo, an attorney who has dedicated his practice to the defense of firearms manufacturers, distributors, dealers, and trade groups for the last decade.

Through FFLGuard, the Group is authorized by all all FFLGuard clients to engage other lawyers, subject matter experts and professionals to guide them with compliance and other legal defense issues. The Group has identified the engagement of like-minded counsel and their use of non-attorneys as a priority in maintaining the privilege of confidentiality between lawyer and client. Without this privilege, non-attorney consultants operating on their own are subject to disclosing sensitive information regarding each potential FFLGuard participant. Now, as part of FFLGuard, you can enjoy having the power and protection of your own “general counsel” at your fingertips, at a fraction of the expense.