Ever wonder if you need contracts and lawyers to make sure you get paid for your work? Mike Monteiro says "yes, indeed!" Mike's the Design Director of Mule Design in San Francisco, which he co-founded with his wife, Erika Hall. He's the Author of "Ruined by Design: How Designers Destroyed the Word, and What We Can Do to Fix It," and he's also a frequent presenter of design-related discussions such as the one above, an activist, a raconteur, and an all around right on cat.