Sophisticated law departments should conduct site visits
of their primary law firms (yes, really)
I have not heard of a law department that peered this far into the bowels of billing (although I know of a pharmaceutical company that toyed with limiting the profit margin
of its primary law firms), but the quest makes sense.
Not exact matches
Before you start splitting time between two or more states, consider which you want to be your
primary place
of residence, or domicile, said attorney John J. Scroggin, an accredited estate planner and partner with Roswell, Georgia - based
law firm Scroggin & Co..
A partner in the
law firm of Phelan, Pope & John Ltd., he served as Phelan «s legal counsel during his
primary campaign.
(1) The following shall be exempt from the Credit Services Organization Act: (a) A person authorized to make loans or extensions
of credit under the
laws of this state or the United States who is subject to regulation and supervision by this state or the United States or a lender approved by the United States Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development for participation in a mortgage insurance program under the National Housing Act, 12 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; (b) A bank or savings and loan association whose deposit or accounts are eligible for insurance by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or a subsidiary
of such a bank or savings and loan association; (c) A credit union doing business in this state; (d) A nonprofit organization exempt from taxation under section 501 (c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code; (e) A person licensed as a real estate broker or salesperson under the Nebraska Real Estate License Act acting within the course and scope
of that license; (f) A person licensed to practice
law in this state acting within the course and scope
of the person's practice as an attorney; (g) A broker - dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission acting within the course and scope
of that regulation; (h) A consumer reporting agency; (i) A person whose
primary business is making loans secured by liens on real property; (j) A person,
firm, corporation, or association licensed as a collection agency in this state or a person holding a solicitor's certificate in this state acting within the course and scope
of that license or certificate; and (k) A person licensed to engage in the business
of debt management pursuant to sections 69 - 1201 to 69 - 1217.
Holmstead's coal clients have doled out over $ 10.7 million dollars (UPDATE June 2017: $ 23.5 million) to his
firm since he joined in 2007, and a
primary undertaking
of Holmstead's has been to block and weaken
laws that cut back on mercury pollution from power plants.
In this, the first installment
of a three - part series based on that study, let's examine the «big picture» for
law firm website traffic: What are the
primary sources
of the traffic to your website?
Newer forms
of legal publishing are emerging, but their
primary focus is on pay to play — on getting
law firms and vendors to pay them to be covered by them or to have their articles published.
With the ascendance
of Google, many
law firms are focused on the traffic that comes from search engines, but, in fact, there are three
primary sources that bring you visitors: direct (30 percent
of overall traffic), referral (21 percent), and search (49 percent).
In recent years,
law firm websites have emerged as a
primary point
of contact with prospective clients.
Today, via Joe Hodnicki
of the
Law Librarian Blog (who also summarized the survey in September), I learned that Toby Brown at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog pulled out his adding machine and did some calculations, concluding that making such a move, at least for «primary law» materials, would save a firm roughly $ 1500 per year, per attorney (assuming the reduction is from two — Westlaw and Lexis — to on
Law Librarian Blog (who also summarized the survey in September), I learned that Toby Brown at 3 Geeks and a
Law Blog pulled out his adding machine and did some calculations, concluding that making such a move, at least for «primary law» materials, would save a firm roughly $ 1500 per year, per attorney (assuming the reduction is from two — Westlaw and Lexis — to on
Law Blog pulled out his adding machine and did some calculations, concluding that making such a move, at least for «
primary law» materials, would save a firm roughly $ 1500 per year, per attorney (assuming the reduction is from two — Westlaw and Lexis — to on
law» materials, would save a
firm roughly $ 1500 per year, per attorney (assuming the reduction is from two — Westlaw and Lexis — to one).
While it may be true that «Not a day goes by without a legal professional telling us that he or she relies almost entirely (or entirely) on CanLII for his or her
primary law needs», and that it is a «practice enabler» for small
firm or solo practitioner, it is not credible as a vehicle for serious legal research other than a source
of recent cases.
It behooves any website designer to stay focused on the
primary goal
of the
law firm they're serving.
The number
of partners who identify white - collar criminal defence and investigations as their
primary practice focus has more than doubled at Am
Law 200
firms since 2011
Large
firms that offer services in many types
of law and geographic locations can use
firm knowledge to help clients find an attorney in a certain practice area or part
of the country for representation in a matter or jurisdiction the client's
primary attorney doesn't normally handle.
Lightfoot's superior skills and legal insight into these DuPont matters distinguished the
firm as one
of the best among an already elite group
of DuPont
Primary Law Firms and Service Providers.
Instead, says Morgan, it wants to be considered as more
of a thought leader on the significant issues facing lawyers and
law firms (Litera Microsystems»
primary market).
But it's also a necessity since email is still one
of the
primary communication mechanisms between
law firms and their clients.
Seventy percent
of large companies are so dissatisfied with their
primary law firm that they would not recommend it to others, according to a survey
of large and Fortune 1,000 companies released this week by The BTI Consulting Group.
The Survey
of Law Firm E-Marketing Practices, published by the
Primary Research Group, found that
firms with 20 or more practice groups were the most likely to publish blogs, with nearly 40 percent
of such
firms having them.
In other words, you've given yourself the opportunity to turn more non-clients into clients, which is the
primary function
of your
law firm website.
The Survey
of Law Firm E-Marketing Practices, published by the
Primary Research Group, found that
firms with 20 or more practice groups were the most likely to publish blogs, with nearly 40 percent -LSB-...]
If the
primary function
of your
law firm website is to turn non-clients into clients, your chunky, dense, statute - addled copy isn't going to do that.
I would suggest that the answer lies in changing the ways in which lawyers perceive their
primary job function — and that
of law firms — and that startup culture can provide incredible guidance in this regard.
Due to the significant volume
of sources that I relied upon in putting together my presentation at the 2014 Clio Cloud Conference,
Law Firms in a BYOD World, I have elected to provide the
primary and secondary sources here in my blog.
While working with larger
law firms, it has been especially beneficial to cross-tabulate and analyze the results
of interviews / questionnaires by (1) ages
of the partners, (2) whether the partners are lateral hires or have progressed through the
firm's career development program, (3)
primary practice area (s), (4) office location, etc..
Having corporate, securities, bankruptcy and litigation experience, Steve Kesten is able to counsel
firm clients in multiple areas
of the
law; however, his
primary practice focus is transactional
law.
Jon C. Teller acts as one
of the
primary trial attorneys at Wilshire
Law Firm.
Many
of the
primary players in legal technology know each other well, and can see ways that products can complement one another to serve
law firms and legal departments.
Elie Mystal, an editor
of Above the
Law, recently stated in his article Outsourcing: It's Not Just About the Money, that while some law firms are committed to fending off outsourcing until the bitter end; others are preparing themselves for the fight to remain the primary legal advisor to their clien
Law, recently stated in his article Outsourcing: It's Not Just About the Money, that while some
law firms are committed to fending off outsourcing until the bitter end; others are preparing themselves for the fight to remain the primary legal advisor to their clien
law firms are committed to fending off outsourcing until the bitter end; others are preparing themselves for the fight to remain the
primary legal advisor to their clients.
Consequently, as a
law school library, we have an obligation not only to the School but to
law firm libraries and the profession to maintain our extensive print collections
of primary legal materials and
law journals.
any public or private communication made by or on behalf
of a lawyer or
law firm about that lawyer or
law firm's services, the
primary purpose
of which is for the retention
of the lawyer or
law firm.
Referrals and recommendations are some
of the
primary sources
of law firm growth, and traditional offline recommendations are still commonplace.
The
primary sources
of funding for CLSMF are the Legal Services Corporation, The Florida Bar Foundation, United Way
of Marion County, Department
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), individual donors,
law firms, businesses and state and local governments.
Julia Holden - Davis is also a director
of Globalaw and the construction and government contracts attorney practice group leader for Gunster, a United States
law firm with a
primary focus on Florida business.
Called Evolve
Law, its primary focus will be on promoting collaboration among a «community» of lawyers, law firms and innovative legal technology companies in order to speed adoption of new technolo
Law, its
primary focus will be on promoting collaboration among a «community»
of lawyers,
law firms and innovative legal technology companies in order to speed adoption of new technolo
law firms and innovative legal technology companies in order to speed adoption
of new technology.
This can include things like getting an expert opinion, which is
of course what the
firm's clients are already doing, looking at prior history and extrapolating, or conducting research in secondary sources
of information and the
primary law.
Prior to building her appellate
firm, Wendy was an associate in the Global Litigation & White Collar Defense practice groups
of an international
law firm, where she was the
primary associate dedicated to two federal criminal trials.
Law department's primary task was deciding which law firms got what work and on what terms, while law firms did the vast majority of high and medium value work (and a fair amount of low value wor
Law department's
primary task was deciding which
law firms got what work and on what terms, while law firms did the vast majority of high and medium value work (and a fair amount of low value wor
law firms got what work and on what terms, while
law firms did the vast majority of high and medium value work (and a fair amount of low value wor
law firms did the vast majority
of high and medium value work (and a fair amount
of low value work).
Many
of the
firm's lawyers previously worked at large, powerhouse
law firms, and they bring to the practice years
of experience in the
firm's
primary areas
of focus: Personal & Catastrophic Injury, Workers Compensation, Labor & Employment and Social Security Disability.
Improving
law firm management and leadership is the
primary purpose
of this blog and we are always open to your ideas.
Law firms «may not be the
primary target»
of cybersecurity attacks, according to a compelling presentation published online by Accellis Technology, a certified LexisNexis consultant, titled:
Law Firm Cybersecurity: Practical Tips for Protecting Your Data.
In an area
of law in which the
primary source
of legislation dates from 1949, this
firm believes that the overhaul proposed by the paper is long overdue.
The study, How Clients Hire, Fire and Spend: Landing the World's Best Clients, also found that 53.7 percent
of large companies ousted their
primary law firms in the past 18 months.
«I agreed with one
of the panelists who suggested that we can't expect much on the
law firm front until family structures change and women no longer presumptively play the role
of the
primary caretaker for children.
According to BTI, in developing client feedback systems,
law firms need to collect feedback in several areas, including what the client thinks is most important; whether the client is using other
law firms and if so, whether the
firm is the client's
primary firm or one
of their secondary
firms; how the
firm performs as compared to those other
firms; how much
of the client's «wallet share» the
firm currently has; the
firm's weaknesses, points
of value and differentiation; and how the
firm measures up on what BTI calls the 17 activities that drive client relationships.
The CEO
of one organisation for which I used to work (not a
law firm) once made a statement: «Do not hold any meeting unless the
primary purpose
of that meeting is to add value to a client or to the clients in general.»
In the 2013 Annual Report
of the
Law Society of Upper Canada we learn that 9,072 lawyer licensees declared their primary business activity as operating their one - person law fi
Law Society
of Upper Canada we learn that 9,072 lawyer licensees declared their
primary business activity as operating their one - person
law fi
law firm.
The
primary sources
of funding for CLSMF are the Legal Services Corporation, The Florida Bar Foundation, United Way
of Marion County, United Way
of Volusia - Flagler Counties, Department
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Internal Revenue Service, individual donors,
law firms, businesses and state and local governments.
As a
law student, there are several issues which the «tyranny»
of the billable hour present which discourage me from seeking employment in a large or mid-tier
firm where the «billable hours» are the
primary method for charging fees.