Even though they are seen as important, those compiling
legal directories say some law firms fail to gain the rankings they deserve as the firms often leave inexperienced members of staff in charge of submissions.
Not exact matches
Out of some 570 responses, 96.5 %
said that they'd used an online
legal directory at least once in the past year.
While
legal professionals
say directories are genuinely useful a report released by MD Communications shows more...
Commenting on her appointment, Catherine
said: «The private client team at Birketts has built an excellent reputation and is now ranked in the first tier in the
legal directories.
While
legal professionals
say directories are genuinely useful a report released by MD Communications shows more than half of law firms believe they don't get the rankings they deserve and 84 % are frustrated with the time it takes to make a submission.
And six out of 10 in - house general counsel
say they consult
legal directories before appointing a law firm.
Firms spend a great deal of time and effort on
legal directories, with some submitting over 1,000 entries annually, though less than a third
say they are satisfied with the contact they have with
directory researchers.
As for the regular
directories,
Legal 500
said it wanted to increase its coverage of the stars of the future, and asked law firms to highlight their next generation lawyers in submissions.
The independent
legal directory, Chambers and Partners, lists Ben Posford — Osbornes» Head of Catastrophic Injury — as a «Leading Individual», and
says he «couples meticulous
legal skills with a hugely personable manner with clients and opponents».
(the whole Henry Ford: «if I'd asked my clients what they wanted, they'd have
said a faster horse» argument) I've noticed a number of the
directories, and
legal media / publishers more widely, being more «guerilla» in their marketing lately, largely I think because they're up against law firms fatigued and wary of too much new product development.
When law firms developed their own websites in the early 00s, commentators
said that
legal directories were finished.
Commenting on her appointment, Maria
said: «Birketts is regularly listed in the top bandings in the leading
legal directories for commercial litigation and has more ranked contentious lawyers than any other firm in East Anglia.
In the Chambers
legal directory, a source describes us as «an extremely personable and technically able team, able to express complex advice with simplicity and clarity» while The Legal 500 says «Pervinder Kaur is a first - class technician» and «Yorke Eaton is exemplary [and] extremely knowledgeable&ra
legal directory, a source describes us as «an extremely personable and technically able team, able to express complex advice with simplicity and clarity» while The
Legal 500 says «Pervinder Kaur is a first - class technician» and «Yorke Eaton is exemplary [and] extremely knowledgeable&ra
Legal 500
says «Pervinder Kaur is a first - class technician» and «Yorke Eaton is exemplary [and] extremely knowledgeable».