UNGAGGED
Regulatory Response Readiness
For Professionals in Regulated Industries

When the government calls,
know who to call next.

By the time a professional receives a regulatory letter, subpoena, exam escalation, Wells notice, inquiry, enforcement contact, or document request, several decisions may already matter.

FIRST30 gives professionals and firms a defined first-response pathway before that moment arrives.

What FIRST30 Helps With

Organize the early response quickly and intelligently.

When a FIRST30 matter is activated, the goal is to organize the early response quickly and intelligently. FIRST30 helps create a first-response pathway around:

Capturing the notice, subpoena, request, inquiry, exam issue, or enforcement contact

Identifying the regulator, date received, response deadline, and current stage of the matter

Documenting what has already been said, sent, produced, promised, signed, or forwarded

Creating an initial chronology, people map, document inventory, and missing-information list

Preserving relevant emails, texts, files, notes, records, and communications

Identifying potentially relevant E&O, D&O, professional-liability, management-liability, or other insurance resources

Flagging notice, consent-to-incur-costs, panel-counsel, counsel-selection, or carrier-approval issues that may affect next steps

Identifying whether the firm and the individual may have separate or conflicting interests

Helping determine what kind of regulatory, coverage, or other professional counsel may need to be involved

Preparing the member for a more efficient first conversation with qualified counsel

FIRST30 does not decide legal merits, issue insurance coverage opinions, or replace independent counsel. Its value is readiness, organization, issue identification, and intelligent routing at the moment those things matter most.

The goal is not to solve the whole matter in 30 days. The goal is to make sure the first 30 days are not spent starting from zero.

The FIRST30 Case Map

Bring order to early chaos.

When a matter begins, facts, deadlines, documents, people, insurance questions, and counsel issues can start moving all at once. The FIRST30 Case Map is designed to bring order to that early chaos.

It helps organize:

What the regulator sent or said

What is known so far

What documents exist

What documents are missing

Who is involved

What communications have already occurred

What deadlines may apply

What questions need to be raised with counsel, insurance professionals, the firm, or the member

The Case Map is not a legal opinion. It does not decide who is right. It does not determine coverage. It is an organizational tool designed to help the member have a better, faster, more informed first conversation with qualified counsel.

What FIRST30 Is

A regulatory response readiness membership

A defined first-response pathway for professionals and firms

Readiness, intake, and deadline capture

Preservation and insurance-resource questions

Conflict awareness and counsel routing

Early matter organization

What FIRST30 Is Not

Insurance - it does not transfer risk or pay defense costs, penalties, settlements, or losses

A law firm - it does not create an attorney-client relationship with UNGAGGED

A guarantee of legal representation or a result

A media intake funnel - FIRST30 member matters are separate from UNGAGGED editorial operations

Who FIRST30 Is For

Professionals and firms in regulated environments.

FIRST30 is designed for professionals and firms operating in regulated environments where an inquiry, request, subpoena, exam escalation, or enforcement contact can quickly become serious.

Financial advisors

Registered representatives

RIA personnel

Broker-dealer professionals

CPAs

Audit professionals

Compliance officers

Regulated business owners

Professional-services firms

Investment firms

Accounting firms

Executives and licensed professionals whose reputation, license, livelihood, or business may be affected by a regulatory matter

FIRST30 is for the person who understands that the letter may never come - but also understands that if it does, the first 30 days should not be spent figuring out where to start.

Why Individuals Need Their Own Membership

Your response pathway should be yours.

In a regulatory matter, the firm's lawyer may represent the firm. That does not always mean the firm's lawyer represents every individual inside the firm.

The regulator has counsel. The firm may have counsel. The insurance carrier may have its own process. The individual may have separate interests.

Your career, license, reputation, and future may be personal. Your response pathway should be too.

Why Firms Need FIRST30

Basic intake should not be improvised.

A firm facing a regulatory matter has its own early-stage issues. Who receives the notice? Who preserves records? Who contacts insurance resources? Who coordinates counsel? Who tracks deadlines?

FIRST30 helps the firm establish a defined response pathway before a matter begins. Because when a deadline is already running, basic intake and responsibility should not be improvised.

Membership

Choose your membership

Available for individuals and firms. Annual billing.

30

Individual

$299/year

Less than a dollar a day.

An individual FIRST30 membership belongs to the person. Not the firm. Not the employer. Not the broker-dealer. The individual. That distinction matters because regulatory matters can create separate interests quickly.

Secure Your Individual Membership

Enter your details and we'll reach out within 1-2 business days to confirm your active membership and complete enrollment.

Secure My Spot
30

Firm / Entity

$2,500/year

Firm entity access only.

A firm membership covers the firm. It does not create a separate personal response pathway for the individuals inside the firm. Each individual professional who wishes their own pathway must hold their own individual membership.

Enroll Your Firm

Complete the form below. You'll be asked to acknowledge that this membership covers the firm entity only - each professional must hold their own individual membership.

Enroll My Firm

Questions and Objections

FIRST30

When the government calls,
know who to call next.

Individual: $299/year. Firm: $2,500/year.

When a regulatory contact arrives, having a defined pathway already in place changes everything.

Join FIRST30