ARM ONE — THE ADVISORY ENGINE
Strategic & Legal Advisory
Senior Counsel, program design and legal operations for organizations navigating complex terrain. Fractional GC without the full-time overhead.
ON THIS ARM — EIGHT SERVICES
Strategic Advisory
Legal & Litigation Support
Program Design & Management
Narrative Strategy & Communications
Fundraising & Donor Engagement
Legal Operations
Civic Convenings — The Civic Room
Fractional GC & Startup Advisory
DEVIKA TANDON
ARM TWO — THE PUBLIC PLATFORM
The Civic Room
Curated panels, civic convening, and conversation at the intersection of law, advocacy, and social justice — produced with the organizations doing the work.
ON THIS ARM — THREE OFFERINGS
Partner to produce curated salons
Fundraising Activation
Moderator & Facilitator Services
Building power where law, strategy, and story intersect.
Ideate Legal advises leaders doing the most consequential work of our time.
The Civic Room is where stories get told.
12 years
Inside the system from every angle — federal, in-house, nonprofit
NYSE IPO
Senior in-house counsel at FIGS through a successful public offering
65+ cases
Representing unaccompanied children in immigration and state court
4 federal institutions
DOJ Attorney-Advisor overseeing the legal portfolio across SoCal
ONE SPINE — WHAT WE STAND FOR
The most important work doesn't happen in isolation.
It happens when the right legal infrastructure meets the right story, in the right room, at the right moment. Ideate Legal was built for the organizations and leaders doing that work — who need a strategic partner that can keep up. We bring senior legal counsel, narrative strategy, and convening power to nonprofits, advocacy organizations, mission-driven companies, and builders at every stage of growth.
Through The Civic Room, we put those organizations on stage — in front of the donors, policymakers, media, and allies who need to hear their story most. Two arms, working the same problem: the legal position and the public story, held by one practice.
ONE FOUNDER — ONE VISION
“Law is a bridge, not a barrier. The best legal counsel doesn't just manage risk — it builds the infrastructure for what is possible. We don't just protect your interests. We help you advance them.”
DEVIKA TANDON · TORONTO → SYDNEY → LOS ANGELES
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