Meet the Founder
A rare combination of legal precision, technology mastery, and entrepreneurial grit — in one advisor.
About Eric
My name is Eric Hulin. I'm a Texas-licensed attorney (Baylor Law, State Bar 2017) with experience in civil litigation and transactional practice, and I've been building websites and digital systems for more than 20 years. As a business consultant and attorney in Texas, I've founded, co-founded, and consulted on businesses across law, technology, ministry, e-commerce, and consumer products.
I founded Rheme because I kept seeing the same problem: smart, hardworking entrepreneurs getting crushed — not by bad ideas, but by bad structure. They had no operating agreement, a website that didn't convert, contracts that left them exposed, or a business model that required them to never stop working.
That's what I fix. Not as a generalist consultant with a slide deck and a hot take, but as someone who has built things, broken things, litigated over things, and developed a genuine obsession with what actually works — versus what just sounds good in a meeting.
For the record: I've been a systems thinker since before I had words for it. I spent years playing chess against my father — he never let me win, not once, until I was actually good enough to beat him. Hundreds of games. It's the same way I approach every business engagement: I'm already thinking three moves ahead while we're still discussing move one.
The Rheme Way
Generic advice is cheap. The right word — the one spoken for your specific situation, at the right moment — is what changes outcomes. I don't offer templates and wish you luck. I study your business, run the scenarios you haven't thought of yet, and tell you exactly what it needs — and what it doesn't.
Every business I build or advise on is designed with one question in mind: "What happens when the owner is not in the room?" If the answer is "nothing works," we have a problem. I grew up playing chess — not casually, but hundreds of games against a father who never let me win until I actually earned it. That kind of thinking doesn't stay on the board. Business is chess, not a coin flip, and good architecture is how you turn chance into strategy. We build systems that scale, automate, and compound.
Attorneys are trained to anticipate everything that can go wrong. Builders make things happen despite uncertainty. Combining both disciplines means I help you move fast while protecting what you're building — legally, structurally, and strategically.
The Journey
Early 2000s
First Website — and the Hook Was Set
Built my first website while still in school. Quickly became the person everyone called when they needed a site. Web design and development became a second language.
2006–2014
Web Studio, Registered Agent Business, Entrepreneurial Roots
Ran an active web design studio serving small businesses and nonprofits. Also built and operated a Texas registered agent and business formation service — an early look at recurring revenue and automation.
2014
Concordia University — B.B.A., Cum Laude
Graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration, cum laude. Business strategy, finance, and management — the foundation that made law school sharper and consulting work more grounded in operational reality.
2014–2017
Baylor Law School — J.D. Earned
Pursued law because business demanded it. Graduated from Baylor Law with a J.D. and immediately opened Lawyer Lighthouse PLLC — gaining hard-won experience in the reality of disputes, contracts, and what happens when businesses aren't structured correctly.
2017–2024
Solo Practice — Litigation, Transactional, Business
Built and ran Lawyer Lighthouse PLLC as a solo civil practice. Handled commercial disputes, business formation and transactional work, contract drafting, and business advisory matters. Saw firsthand every structural mistake small businesses make — and learned exactly how to fix them.
2025–Present
Rheme — Where It All Comes Together
Founded Rheme LLC, a business consulting firm, to combine all of it into one offering: legal strategy, technology, web development, and business advisory — for Texas entrepreneurs who need the full picture, not a piece of it.
Book a free 30-minute discovery call and let's talk about your business — where it is, where you want it to go, and what's standing in the way.