I'm reading the two stories completely differently:
In the OP's case, he's the technical co-founder without sufficient technical skills to launch a company. I think this is actually under-reported in start-up failures and missed as a root cause in debacles like the ObamaCare web-site. So you have to ask whether the company would still exist without the CTO and whether this co-founder was/is a liability.
In your case, you were clearly the technical guy and capable of producing the required product, but you were worse at picking your co-founders.
I'm not disagreeing with the idea of legal representation, but I think your best paragraphs are buried near the end. He should let the CTO take over the technical domain and move onto another area where he can help ... or he should leave.
In the OP's case, he's the technical co-founder without sufficient technical skills to launch a company. I think this is actually under-reported in start-up failures and missed as a root cause in debacles like the ObamaCare web-site. So you have to ask whether the company would still exist without the CTO and whether this co-founder was/is a liability.
In your case, you were clearly the technical guy and capable of producing the required product, but you were worse at picking your co-founders.
I'm not disagreeing with the idea of legal representation, but I think your best paragraphs are buried near the end. He should let the CTO take over the technical domain and move onto another area where he can help ... or he should leave.