Sentences with phrase «lawyer advertising because»

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I am retired and not advertising to help lawyers make money but because i love dogs and hate injustice.

It doesn't seem to violate any of the Washington rules on lawyer advertising, but as we all know, just because something may not be illegal does not make it a good idea.

Then there's the matter of amassing a certain level of knowledge and experience — the lawyers who excel here are those who often discount or minimize the need for certain types of advertising, understandably so, because they often benefit from reputation and word - of - mouth.

Because this area is highly congested with numerous attorneys and a lot of money spent on lawyer advertising, legal professionals must be aggressive and innovative to stand out from the competition.

We don't get a free bite at the apple every time the next shiny place to advertise comes around just because it's not explicitly forbidden; it's our responsibility as lawyers to know whether their advertising passes muster or not, and to avoid advertising that might violate the rules.

«We as lawyers not only have to cope with ordinary stresses like everybody else, but we also have to cope with the stress associated with things like state bar and attorney advertising regulations, which differ greatly from state to state, and can result in a lawyer losing his or her license because some CLE credits were approved by one state, but not by the other.

Kevin O'Keefe: In essence it helps lawyers do a type of work they want to do for the type of clients they would like to do it for, and the Internet is a powerful tool in order to get that work, because the best lawyers I've been aware for 35 years practice or 17 and the best work comes by relationships and word - of - mouth, it doesn't come from advertising or pushing your message out and the feeling on most lawyers» part in most legal marketers» part is that they are talking about getting attention and that goes back to the days of Billboards, TV ads, yellow pages that type of thing, which is okay, which you may not have to resort to that or to fall to that, with the advent of the Internet.

Using easy to remember and dial legal vanity numbers provide attorneys with the opportunity to keep their lawyer advertising simple and ultimately flex their legal muscles because they will remain in business long enough to do so.

Blackmun found that the absence of lawyer ads hurt the legal profession, holding that «the absence of advertising may be seen to reflect the profession's failure to reach out and serve the community,» and that many people in need of legal services do not contact an attorney because they worry about pricing or finding a competent lawyer.

Advertising for lawyers fails because, as a profession, we're not prepared to admit that, once one allows advertising at all, if one wants the most effective advertising, then it's no different than advertising for any othAdvertising for lawyers fails because, as a profession, we're not prepared to admit that, once one allows advertising at all, if one wants the most effective advertising, then it's no different than advertising for any othadvertising at all, if one wants the most effective advertising, then it's no different than advertising for any othadvertising, then it's no different than advertising for any othadvertising for any other service.

Ross is able to take the insights and techniques of great general advertising and implement them in the legal context because... he is... able to speak truth... in a way lawyers understand and appreciate instead of being offended about,

Here, I think, it's called the Blue Book and that's the book of lawyers directory that is available to people who've recently been arrested and that was like the whole thing is you had to be in there, and everybody poo - pooed online advertising because I guess they don't think people have been arrested are able to search.

Sam Glover: I haven't checked in with some local criminal defense lawyers lately to see if this is still the case but it used to be that the assumption was that you had to get yourself in like the jailhouse phone book, hear I think it's called the blue book, and that's the book of lawyers directory that is available to people who've recently been arrested and that was like the whole thing, is you had to be in there, and everybody kind of poo pooed online advertising because I guess they don't think people who've been arrested are able to search, how does online marketing work if that's true?

Because some material on this web site constitutes lawyer advertising, and this web site may be viewed from anywhere in the United States, particular disclosures are required by the rules of some states.

In this post, Turkewitz criticizes New York's controversial 2007 advertising rule, which the Second Circuit hears today, not because the rules ban lawyer solicitation — «an ugly blight on the profession,» according to Turkewitz — but because the rules outlaw certain protected First Amendment communications, while enabling lawyers to circumvent the ban through «ethics laundering.»

«It appears that my Legal Ethics Blog brought this problem to a head because it was the first law - related blog launched by a Kentucky lawyer — or at least the first that came to the attention of the Attorneys» Advertising Commission.»

Unfortunately, because we are the only company with access to our exclusive list of vanity numbers, other lawyer marketing companies selfishly advise clients not to advertise with vanity numbers while fully understanding their long term benefits.

Many lawyers think that advertising their legal fees is unprofessional, but the reality is that consumer behavior has changed dramatically because of the Web.

Just because fifty or a hundred dollars does not give you desired results doesn't mean that lawyer internet advertising is irrelevant for you.

Both solutions will occur because the power of the news media and of the internet, interacting, will quickly make widely known these types of information, the cumulative effect of which will force governments and the courts to act: (1) the situations of the thousands of people whose lives have been ruined because they could not obtain the help of a lawyer; (2) the statistics as to the increasing percentages of litigants who are unrepresented and clogging the courts, causing judges to provide more public warnings; (3) the large fees that some lawyers charge; (4) increasing numbers of people being denied Legal Aid and court - appointed lawyers; (5) the many years that law societies have been unsuccessful in coping with this problem which continues to grow worse; (6) people prosecuted for «the unauthorized practice of law» because they tried to help others desperately in need of a lawyer whom they couldn't afford to hire; (7) that there is no truly effective advertising creating competition among law firms that could cause them to lower their fees; (8) that law societies are too comfortably protected by their monopoly over the provision of legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as to be able to solve this problem; (9) that when members of the public access the law society website they don't see any reference to the problem that can assure them that something effective is being done and, (10) in order for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able to operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able to obtain a lawyer at reasonable cost.

Research indicates that it is very difficult for people to find a lawyer offering limited scope assistance, in part because of the small number of lawyers offering such services and in part because lawyers who are offering such services do not always advertise it.

Legal ethics rules, as I understand the Bates decision, are a restriction on free speech that is allowed because the U.S. Supreme Court held that lawyer advertising is commercial speech.

So what I comment on in my blog is first of all, it is lawyer advertising — at least under the New York definition it would be, because it's a primary purpose of this material, this communication that he's sending out to these people for the purpose of getting business, getting clients to hire him.

Putting lawyer advertising next to advertising for DIY legal kits is a bad idea for the public and for lawyers because of the subconscious association.

This is because the rules designed to protect individuals from lawyers» misleading advertising seldom achieve their purpose — especially in the field of workplace law, where lawyers market directly to the general public.

I did not mention lawyers as being included within the foregoing list of professionals because it used to be that lawyers could not advertise, but now they are falling into line with the commissioned income chasers and are beginning to brag about how they can sue for more for less (for «free» even) if they don't win (except for the large retainers and disbursements which are never mentioned within their misrepresentative ads).