The legal professionals listed on this site have agreed to devote a portion of their practice to qualifying
clients at reduced fees.
Not exact matches
FACE relies on
client fees and charitable donations to be able to provide the service
at such a
reduced rate.
• Opportunity to host private events in Wave Hill House for VIP
clients, vendors and / or personnel
at a
reduced rental
fee
I will also on occasion
reduce my
fee percentage pre-suit
at the time of the signing of the contract if there are multiple
clients involved in the same accident.
By contrast, as Jordan Furlong describes
at Law 21, many powerful corporate
clients are still having difficulty in forcing law firms to
reduce their
fees.
«We can help these
clients by alerting them to resources like A2J — or even offering unbundled services
at a
reduced cost in conjunction with A2J (for example, even after the
client follows the A2J tutorial, a lawyer might still, for a modest
fee, agree to review the
client's pleading before filing).»
And what's the point in billing flat
fees (which
at least some
clients do want) if you still have to
reduce everything to time in the end?
That said, family lawyers are increasingly looking
at ways to manage and
reduce costs for family
clients, including fixed
fees for procedural steps instead of hourly rates and directing
clients to methods of resolving disputes outside of the overburdened court process such as mediation, collaborative law and arbitration.»
(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.
To attract and retain these great attorneys — and do so through a model that greatly
reduced client fees — we built the firm on a model that permits these attorneys to work from a position that support their life balance and from locations not possible in traditional practice settings and,
at the same time, strips away overhead and fixed salaries that underpin a very large part of a traditional law firm's
fee structure.
The strengthening of court control has led to a more disciplined approach by lawyers and
clients to the instruction of experts; the knowledge that the case management judge might not permit expert evidence
at all or might restrict it to a single joint expert, or limit the
fees payable or recoverable, has
reduced the use of expert evidence to bolster cases, and has possibly controlled expenditure on experts,
at least in some cases.
As the Global Practice Leader, Managed Legal Services
at Major, Lindsey & Africa, Mark and his colleagues in the Solutions Practice Group work with
clients to develop outsourced talent solutions that allow them to
reduce their legal
fees while improving the quality of work performed on their behalf.
Overall,
clients will see a wide variety of legal documents delivered
at a fraction of the time it originally took to produce them and enjoy
reduced legal
fees to match.
When the settlement or verdict funds are collected, any
fees that have been paid by the
client at the
reduced rate will be credited toward the contingent
fee that is received.
Switching to fixed
fee or value pricing should
reduce client objections since they would know the total price before the work begins (or
at least a price range).
IT Project Manager — Professional Highlights Serve multinational corporations in a variety of technology based strategic planning and administration roles Offer expertise as a consultant, programmer, engineer, business analyst, and database administrator Lead technology projects for NASA, U.S. Customs, American Express, and General Electric Design and implement reporting, customer service, marketing, sales, and financial management software Responsible for network and database design, administration, and security Oversee enterprise - wide hardware and software upgrades resulting in increased efficiency Minimize operational and manpower costs through effective technology solutions Serve as forecast budget analyst for Joint Project Management Operations
at Kennedy Space Center Develop reporting application tool using crystal reports engine on CD throughout Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Station resulting in $ 500,000 savings on user licensing
fees Create detailed project plan with well - defined tasks, milestones,
client sign - offs, test cycles, and specifications which served to communicate project progress to management Develop visual basic application for financial banking Institution using crystal reports to
reduce the company's response time resulting in initial reporting from 2 - 3 hours to just 45 seconds Oversee multimillion - dollar software implementation for Miami Air from a consultancy level Upgrade Great Plains software platform and administered security access for Miami internal databases Write over 200 SQL stored procedures from access databases for financial institutions Compose business correspondence and prepared statistical spreadsheet analysis for Kennedy Space Center Recognized by colleagues and superiors for outstanding job performance, reliability, and efficiency Conduct surveys of operations to assess needs and identify high priority improvements Complete major product releases meeting very aggressive schedules and budgets Serve as a member of the International Cyber Threat Task Force Utilize fluencies in English, Portuguese, Arabic, French, and German to communicate with a diverse clientele Continually study emerging technologies and industry best practices Perform all duties with positivity, professionalism, and integrity
The One Case Collaborative Project offers
clients a collaborative process
at a substantially
reduced fee.
Due to the generosity of Valley Church in providing space for Kairos Counseling Center, we are able to allocate a portion of our time to provide services
at reduced fees for
clients who are facing financial hardship or are otherwise unable to afford services.
If the firm can not or will not
reduce its commission upon a
client's request, the firm's salespeople should be prepared to point out the value of the services the
client will receive for the
fee charged, as well as how these services will most likely lead to a transaction
at a fair price within the shortest period of time.
If Realtors are
reducing their level of service to their
clients they should
at least
reduce their
fees to compensate for their conflict of interest.