Sentences with phrase «because more law firm»

Because more law firm websites don't address the psychological needs of the legal consumer.

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Among Ganim's reported expenses in the last three months were $ 10,000 for the Simsbury law firm that unsuccessfully represented him in his effort to overturn a state law that barred him from participating in the public campaign financing system because of his felony conviction and more than $ 3,400 to reimburse the city of Bridgeport for the mileage driven by the city police detective who chauffeurs him to political events as well as events in his official capacity as mayor.

With 755 horsepower the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette zr1 is the most powerful Corvette ever it's also the most technologically advanced behind me are the rolling s's at Road Atlanta and we're here to see if we can reach to the supercar levels of performance afforded by this thing's massive power big tires and the tall wing on the back after that we'll take to the streets to see if a car this powerful can behave itself in public this is a monster of a car I've had some brief track opportunities moving this morning to get used to the pace of this machine which is phenomenal we're gonna warm up as we get out to the road Atlanta and sort of build up to the pace that this car can operate at now initially when you hop in this car you have this shrine to the engine right above you you see the line of the hood it kind of dominates the center of the view you can see over it it doesn't affect visibility but it's immediately obvious and that kind of speaks to what makes this car special it's a monster of an engine listen to that [Music] that is tremendous tremendous acceleration and incredible power but what I finding so far my brief time here at the Atlanta is that everything else in the car is rut has risen to match hurt me while I lay into it on the back straight look you know 150 mile - an - hour indicated we're going to ease up a little bit on it because I need to focus on talking rather than driving but like I was saying the attributes of the rest of the car the steering the braking capability the grip every system of this car is riding to the same level of the power and I think that's what makes it really impressive initially this is undoubtedly a mega mega fast car but it's one that doesn't terrify you with its performance potential there's a level of electronic sophistication that is unparalleled at this price point but it's hard not to get you know totally slipped away by the power of this engine so that's why I keep coming back to it this car has an electronically controlled limited slip differential it has shocks filled with magnetically responsive fluid that can react faster to inputs and everything this car has a super sophisticated stability control system that teaches you how to drive it quick but also makes you go faster we haven't even gotten into exploring it yet because the limits of this car are so high that frankly it takes a while to grow into it but [Music] I think what's impressive about this car is despite how fast it is it is approachable you can buy this car to track dates with it and grow with it as a driver and as an owner I think that's a really special [Music] because you will never be more talented than this car is fast ever unless you are a racing driver casually grazing under 50 miles an hour on this straight okay I'm just going to enjoy driving this now [Music][Applause][Music] this particular Corvette zr1 comes with the cars track performance package a lot of those changes happen underneath the sheet metal but one of the big differences that is immediately obvious is this giant carbon fiber wing now the way this thing is mounted is actually into the structure of the vehicle and it makes you know loading the rear hatch a bit more difficult but we're assuming that's okay if you're looking for the track performance this thing delivers also giving you that performance are these Michelin Pilot Sport cup tires which are basically track oriented tires that you can drive on the street but as we wake our way to the front of the thing what really matters is what's under the hood that's right there's actually a hole in the hood of this thing and that's because this engine is so tall it's tall because it has a larger supercharger and a bunch of added cooling on it to help it you know keep at the right temperature the supercharger is way larger than the one on the zo six and it has a more cooling capacity and the downside is it's taller so it pops literally through the hood the cool thing is from the top you can actually see this shake when you're looking at it from you know a camera from the top of the vehicle this all makes for 755 horsepower making this the most powerful Corvette ever now what's important about that is this not just the power but likewise everything in the car has to be built to accommodate and be able to drive to the level of speed this thing can develop that's why you had the massive cooling so I had the aerodynamics and that's why I had the electronic sophistication inside [Applause] we had a lot of time to take this car on the track yesterday and I've had the night to think about things Matt today two crews on the road and see how this extreme performance machine deals with the sort of more civil minded stuff of street driving the track impressions remain this thing is unquestionably one of the most capable cars you can get from a dealer these days a lot of that's besides the point now because we're on the street we have speed limits they have the ever - present threat of law enforcement around every corner so the question is what does this car feel like in public when you slow this car down it feels like a more powerful Corvette you don't get much tram lining from these big wheels though we as the front end doesn't want to follow grooves in the pavement it is louder it is a little firmer but it's certainly livable on a day to day basis that's surprising for a vehicle of this capability normally these track oriented cars are so hardcore that you wouldn't want to drive them to the racetrack but let's face it you spend more time driving to the track than you do on the track and the fact that this thing works well in both disciplines is really impressive I can also dial everything back and cruise and not feel like I'm getting punished for driving a hardcore track machine that's a that's a really nice accomplishment that's something that you won't find in cars that are this fast and costs maybe double this much the engine in this car dominates the entire experience you can't miss the engine and the whole friend this car is sort of a shrine to it the way it pops out of the hood the way it's covered with coolers around the sides it is the experience of this car and that does make driving this thing special and also the fact that it doesn't look half bad either in fact I think it has some of the coolest looking wheels currently available on a new car this car as we mentioned this car has the track package the track package on this car gives you what they call competition bucket seats which are a little wide for my tastes but I'm you know not the widest person in the world this automatic transmission works well I mean there's so much torque again out of this engine that it can be very smooth and almost imperceptible its clunky on occasion I think I'd might opt for the manual although Chevy tells me about 80 % of its customers will go for the automatic I don't think they're gonna be disappointed and that's gonna be the faster transmission drag strip on the street - and on the racetrack man it was a little bit more satisfying to my taste though we've talked about the exhaust I have it set in the track setting let's quiet it down a little bit so you can hear the difference now I've set that separately from everything else so let's put it stealth what happened to the engine sound that's pretty that's pretty amazing man stealth is really stealth and then go back to track Wow actually a really big difference that's that's pretty great the Corvette has always been a strong value proposition and nowhere is that more evident than this zr1 giving you a nearly unbeatable track performance per dollar now the nice thing is on the road this doesn't feel like a ragged edge track machine either you could genuinely drive it every day the compromises are few and that's what makes this car so special if you like what you see keep it tuned right here and be sure to visit Edmunds.com [Music]

That's because law firms, he says, «do not have the infrastructure and, more importantly, neither do they have the leadership or capability to do what accounting firms are capable of doing in terms of providing fiscally prudent consulting services to businesses.»

What the UK Twitter report didn't point out, but should have, is that boutiques and smaller firms produce many of the best law firm Twitter feeds — not because they're more «personal» and «engaging,» I believe, but because they necessarily pursue a narrow focus: they're restricted in the type of work they offer and / or the marketplaces in which they offer it.

They think they will make more money because they don't spend much to keep their law firm going.

Because there's evidence that small law firms that integrate TV and online marketing receive more than 87 % additional contacts from potential clients compared to firms that don't.

I worked in law firms, and I think this is a case where rate of rent is more important than having books, and where the publishers will benefit by ratcheting up costs of online because they know firms will have no options.

In general, for law firms, we find that email marketing is most suited to marketing to existing clients and referral sources (simply because these subscribers are accustomed to receiving emails from attorneys at your firm on a regular basis), while blogs and social media are more effective at marketing to prospective clients, the media and other unknown parties.

I found this article really interesting, you make excellent points, especially because, when someone is searching for a law firm, a large majority will come across the firms website for example and first impressions always count when it comes to certain situations — you're very right, it needs to be more about the client rather than the brand as those things build them selves organically if you can provide the right «user experience»

My clients appreciate working with me because I am hard - working, responsive, and I know what it takes to help attorneys and law firms become more successful online.

Yes, he may be probably more negative on the industry generally (just because of legal numbers declining / firms cutting costs / outsourcing of lawyers etc. rather than he thinks law firms are suddenly going to decide they don't need information nor switch to a Google style product) but more that the old duopoly that drove profits is dead.

Thanks to new technology and business models now viable because of that technology, a new breed of law firm is emerging that (unlike their predecessors who attracted attorneys by offering jeans, MacBooks, and a more relaxed atmosphere at the cost of lower compensation) can compensate their attorneys on par with and in many cases better than larger firms.

Automation is yet one more thing to be thankful for this Thursday, because when you automate your law firm, you reduce the time spent on administrative tasks.

At law firms the IT department frequently says, the lawyers should use this or that contract technology because it is faster and more accurate, but everyone ignores them.

With Counterculture, I am able to communicate with clients in a much more open way because they don't see us as a traditional law firm.

Law schools like law firms are hugely resistant to change because the status quo is far more comfortable than changing to a state we have never inhabitLaw schools like law firms are hugely resistant to change because the status quo is far more comfortable than changing to a state we have never inhabitlaw firms are hugely resistant to change because the status quo is far more comfortable than changing to a state we have never inhabited.

Cyber crime through ransomware has become more common in small law firms and hackers typically demand payment via bitcoin because the currency is hard to trace.

You only accept walk - ins which is... it's super interesting to me because I think that's completely opposite of every other law firm and nonprofit I'm aware of, and so I wanted to ask you more about that.

As this article, from Working Mother magazine describes, law firms are more willing to accommodate flexible schedules these days — not necessarily out of noble motives, but because it's financially expedient to do so.

For lawyers just starting out, integrating cloud - computing platforms into your practice will likely be less of a challenge compared to more established law firms because you will have less time, energy, and money invested in preexisting software programs and processes.

LPO is not a threat to law firms, but it is a threat to the way law firms traditionally have gone about their business because what LPOs bring to the equation is efficiency, a focus on process, and a much more streamlined approach to the creation and delivery of legal work.

That's an exaggeration, of course, but whether you feel you can stand to hear one more thing about EDD, it seems likely it will continue to dominate, simply because of the critical issues facing law firms and in - house legal departments.

«It may be that law departments stop using a particular firm not because of any gaffe or malpractice, but because another firm made a more attractive offer of service.»

I think the problems of bill - padding and double - billing likely pales in comparison to (1) the expense incurred by parties because of lawyers making overconfident recommendations to embark on misguided litigation where those recommendations happen to coincide with the interest of the attorney to bill more hours; and (2) the excessive billing caused by law - firm technological and human - resources inefficiencies that regularly result in the wheel being reinvented at client expense.

But secondly, I think we as women have to continue to advocate for our very conservative profession, looking at ways that law firms of all sizes and shapes can more fairly and adequately deal with women with young children, because it is an enormous brain drain if the profession doesn't get there.

And because Lateral Link gathers information more efficiently through an online interface, it passes cost savings on to job hunter by offering a $ 10,000 bonus to members who land positions at law firms.

In a law firm, things can get a little bit more ambiguous because there are multiple partners with multiple preferences.

In addition, many law firms can be old fashioned in their approach to calculating risk, considering it more likely for a «Friday fraudster» to use the phone when attempting to hijack funds being transferred for house completions, because this has been the mode of threat in recent years.

Taken to its logical extreme, these challenges present a huge threat to the whole of the leverage model employed by the larger law firms because fewer staff lawyers are needed and the opportunity to make profit via people leverage becomes more limited.

He agreed already to pay the balance, but it is my belief that he will fail again, because he has been flip - flopping for more than a year ago and that is my reason to contact a Law firm like yours to help enforce him to comply with the rest payments.

Then when law firms began to hire marketing professionals I moved over because 1) it meant more money, and 2) I have a PhD in comparative law and public policy and my post-doc was to write a book on the Supreme Court, so I know more about law than audits.

It's partially because our initial work with law firms — way back we started doing more mass tort work and mesothelioma lawyers — campaigns with Google AdWords and personal injury, auto accidents, slip and fall, et cetera.

Meanwhile, these four types of damage caused by the problem are getting worse: (1) to the population in that there are many thousands of people whose lives have been damaged for lack of legal services; (2) to the courts in that they are being clogged, as judges have warned, by high percentages of self - represented litigants, because their cases move much more slowly than those that have lawyers; (3) to the legal profession in that it is shrinking and is predicted to have a very negative future of contracting and of law firms failing; and, (4) to legal aid organizations because it is politically very unwise for governments to fund them better with taxpayers» money, to enable them to provide free legal services to more poor people, while the majority of the taxpayers can not obtain legal services for themselves at reasonable cost.

I would say I am an aspiring creative type, I don't think you need to be creative to excel, but I do think you need to be passionate, because once you get over the thrill of having a «cool» law job and not having to work at a firm any more, you need to care about it or else you'll get very frustrated.

Tell me more about your firm because you just described it as creating web apps but there's a law firm and a practice behind that.

A «perfect storm» is about to hit, the report claims, because public bodies and large corporate are seeking to reduce their advocacy spend; solicitor - advocates are increasing in number, and will soak up more advocacy work; 2,000 instructing law firms may close this year, and larger firms may seek to do more in - house; family law legal aid firms are closing shop following the introduction of new contracting rules, and the Ministry of Justice is seeking to cull criminal legal aid firms, perhaps to a level of 70 %, reducing the pool of referral law firms; and tenancies will continue to decrease as chambers merge to consolidate their business position.

Trials take more time and if this is required, the insurance company law firms realize that our firm means business because we have a reputation of going to trial when needed.

Such reviews seem more authentic to people because law firms can not control them.

Because we're so interested in learning more about lawyers» goals and challenges when it comes to running their law firms, we're always looking for new opportunities to understand the law practice management challenges lawyers face.

Lots more to talk about, and if you go to HYPERLINK «http://www.ambar.org/cwpresources» ambar.org/cwpresources, it's all there, because we know that although women constitute a-third of the profession, there are only a-fifth of law firm partners, a-fifth of general counsel at Fortune 500 companies, and law school dean and for women of color, they only occupy 2 % of large law firm equity partnerships.

But some law firms have been known to make strategic decisions based on little more than intuition, gut instinct, or such ill - considered factors as opening a new office based on the desire of a single client, expanding overseas because a rival has done so, or allowing a bigger - is - better mentality to drive a decision to merge.

But wait, there's more: Law firms typically don't show a consistent WCR because of the variability in partner distributions.

Edward Drummond says that this is because leading law firms are aggressively meritocratic so top talent tends to be promoted earlier, and older partners also tend to be moved aside more pro-actively to make room for younger partners or as their income generation slows.

The fact that Lavery is an independent law firm will provide her and the firm more opportunities to effect change, she says, in part because it will mean having «the leeway and the possibility to be nimble and agile, to take decisions [quickly], without having to go to Toronto or Calgary or even a European decision - making centre.»

Because that's «when the chief legal officers of 500 large corporations agreed to push their outside law firms to hire more minorities and women,» writes Ambrogi.

He says that when RAVN tells some law firms: «This will take about a quarter of the time it took you before, it's going to be more accurate and a lot quicker», they just want to show you the door because they think that you're making them poorer.

In his interview with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia, MacEwen observes that the combination of legal outsourcing and too many attorneys at bigger firms will likely lead to more layoffs because the business is just not keeping up with the operating expenses of large law firLaw's Lee Pacchia, MacEwen observes that the combination of legal outsourcing and too many attorneys at bigger firms will likely lead to more layoffs because the business is just not keeping up with the operating expenses of large law firlaw firms.

Because of that law firms have to be more competitive to offer more,» says Sara Lutecki, division director of Robert Half Legal.

(i) BMO reducing its roster of firms from about 800 to 200 with further reductions planned; (ii) the clients of seven sister firms hiring me to help them get control over their legal spend and forge stronger and more value based relationships with their firms; (iii) the many small and mid-sized businesses who hire accountants to do all of their tax and structuring work because it is cheaper than dealing with lawyers; (iv) firms hiring me to help them figure out how to budget, set and meet client expectations without losing money; (v) «clients» who never become clients at all as they do their own legal work based on precedents that friends share with them; (vi) the various forms of outsourcing that are now prevalent (from offices in India to Tory's office in Halifax); (vii) clients hiring me to figure out how to increase internal capacity without increasing headcount in order to reduce external spend; (viii) the success of firms like Conduit, SkyLaw and Cognition (to name a few) who are taking new approaches to «big» and «medium law» work; (ix) the introduction of full time project managers in many firms; and (x) the number of lawyers throughout the profession who regularly don't docket chunks of their time in order to avoid unpleasant fee conversations with their clients.