Not exact matches
The slowing economy has hit smaller accounting
firms harder
than the big players,
judging by revenue data released over the past month, with practices in Western Australia affected more
than those in
other states.
Acea M. Mosey, who raised more
than $ 900,000 to become Erie County's Surrogate's Court
judge, will run unopposed after loaning her own campaign half that money and the
other half coming from lawyers and law
firms that would likely appear before her.
Clients still
judge lawyers and doctors on a different level
than most
other professions, therefore still respect and appreciate a law
firm's print ad in a trade publication, or classy brochure.
Firm Analytics also compares opposing counsel to
other law
firms in the jurisdiction, showing whether counsel appears before the trial
judge frequently, and whether they tend to win (or lose) more often
than comparable
firms.
And not only have we appeared in front of that
judge, you could even go deeper sometimes and say, hey, do you know that we have got a 30 % faster time to trial in front of this
judge in these kinds of cases
than other firms that you tend to work with?
For example, in my
firm's family law practice, an enormous amount of time is needlessly wasted by lawyers, clients, and pro se parties traveling to and from court for hearings for no reason
other than to appear in person before a
judge — even when no oral testimony is provided.
For example, procedural questions may turn on unfamiliar sources of enacted law — such as court local rules or
judges» administrative or standing orders — that may be more conveniently found on a given court's official website
than on Lexis or Westlaw, if they are available on subscription databases at all.60 And for practicing attorneys, jurisdiction - specific forms and the previous work of
other attorneys who have done similar things can be valuable resources.61 So legal blogs,
firm white papers, and actual filings available through PACER or Bloomberg Law can be valuable tools — at least as a jumping - off point.