Sentences with phrase «other small law firms»

In 2002, I merged that business with four other small law firms.

Not exact matches

ONE of Perth's newest, and smallest, law firms is working with some of the world's biggest companies, capitalising on a niche area in which few other businesses in the Asia Pacific region have experti

Connect with other startups or local groups to find some solid recommendations, as there are a number of small law firms that specialize in startups.

Others work well for some businesses, but maybe not a small law firm.

[1] Small law firms are quite like other small proprietorships where the owner is actively involved in the busiSmall law firms are quite like other small proprietorships where the owner is actively involved in the busismall proprietorships where the owner is actively involved in the business.

Aaron and Sam discuss what this merger means for other small firms and what non-attorney ownership means for Conduit Law and the legal industry in general.

Ruby Receptionists is a virtual receptionist service for small law firms and other businesses.

Among small law firms, I noticed some standout figures that revealed just how much (or how little) time attorneys are spending on tasks other then the practice of law.

Scalability — from the phone system to other information systems — is often the last thing on an attorney's mind as they start a small or solo law firm, especially if they haven't run a business before.

O'Marra said the requirement for a sufficient ethical screen is not a complete lack of interaction between the tainted lawyer and other lawyers working on the case, which would be impossible in a small law firm context.

«Dedicated to the demands and desires of solos and small law firms, the clients we serve and others in the legal profession who use our services or dream of going out on their own.»

But if you're a small firm that does the same kind of law as the thousands of other small firms out there, with the same sort of service at the same kind of price, then you're not offering anything distinguishable to the market.

Unfortunately, too many law firms sacrifice deliverability on the altar of savings (i.e., pennywise, pound foolish) by using cheap email blast services that attract hordes of small businesses (and some «bad guys» too) who don't follow best practices and hurt the reputation of all the other companies using the same mail server IP addresses.

Best Paths to White Collar Criminal Lawyer — If you're interested in practicing white collar criminal law, Biglaw may not always be the best option right out of law school, suggests Professor Ellen Pogdor at White Collar Crime Profs.. Other options include Department of Justice Honors Program, the FBI, state attorney generals» offices or smaller firms that specialize in white collar criminal practice.

continuing problems in recruiting and retaining blacks and other minorities at the top law firms; the rise of a small group of lawyers who focus on Supreme Court cases; the decline in civil rights cases that make it to the high court; and the court's dwindling caseload.

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.

For a deeper look at SEO strategies and other online marketing techniques you and your firm can put to use right away (rest assured: you don't need to be a tech whiz), download FindLaw's newest digital book, «Lawyer Marketing 102: Websites for Small Law Firms,» here.

Good phone manners and other aspects of the client intake process are discussed further in the free playbook, Legal Marketing 101: A Guide for Small Law Firms.

Most small and medium law firms have adopted one of the major case management systems to help with contact management, billing, calendaring, file storage, and other aspects of managing a case.

It's easier to know who helps whom and who only works on his or her own clients at a smaller law firm, where all the partners know each other, than at a large firm with offices scattered across the globe.

In addition to addressing the e-discovery issues of law firms large and small, the conference has expanded into E-Discovery Week, with an additional Law School E-Discovery Core Curriculum Consortium, including legal educators from law schools such as the City University of New York, Georgetown, Southern Illinois University, the University of Texas, and othelaw firms large and small, the conference has expanded into E-Discovery Week, with an additional Law School E-Discovery Core Curriculum Consortium, including legal educators from law schools such as the City University of New York, Georgetown, Southern Illinois University, the University of Texas, and otheLaw School E-Discovery Core Curriculum Consortium, including legal educators from law schools such as the City University of New York, Georgetown, Southern Illinois University, the University of Texas, and othelaw schools such as the City University of New York, Georgetown, Southern Illinois University, the University of Texas, and others.

In other words, the traditional law firm operating under the traditional law firm business model is an inhospitable place for many, many lawyers — a place where their success depends not upon their skills as a lawyer but upon their abilities in areas in which they have no training, interest or aptitude, as well as upon their gender and the color of their skin; a place that requires them to sacrifice their personal lives; a place where they do not feel valued or fulfilled in their work; a place and where opportunities are denied to them and only a very small number can reach positions of success.

Virtual Paralegal Services helps solo and small law firms improve the accuracy, consistency and reliability of time tracking, using the client firm's communications platform of choice — phone, email, dictation, web or other means.

Law Firm Suites announces new attorney marketing blog series, Marketing Mondays, aimed at providing self - employed attorneys practical strategies that are successfully executed by other small firm attorneys to attract and retain new clieFirm Suites announces new attorney marketing blog series, Marketing Mondays, aimed at providing self - employed attorneys practical strategies that are successfully executed by other small firm attorneys to attract and retain new cliefirm attorneys to attract and retain new clients.

But we thought we'd take a little bit of a break from that and talk more about its purpose and why we built it, which is that in law practice and small firm law practice if you are a creative business person or an innovator or tech oriented or trying to think up ways to better serve clients that haven't been tried before, we've found that that can be really isolating and that there can often be a lot of active resistance from other lawyers, from bar associations, from regulators, and that it can just be a really strange experience to be someone trying to make your business better, make the world better, and to feel alone or to feel like people are actively trying to stop you from doing that.

But, of course, law firm attrition numbers aren't just explained by job trends in other fields but by the fact that few lawyers find the career satisfaction they crave working 60 - hour weeks on small bites of large cases.

Even though the event exceeded my expectations last year, they really stepped up their game and even invited other organizations to join in on the fun, offering programs for women in the legal profession and small firms, like those hosted by Evolve Law.

Biglaw attorneys also need mediators and arbitrators, and smalls are less likely to be conflicted out than neutrals at other large law firms.

«Limiting the use of paralegals and other nonlawyer professionals may make it increasingly difficult for many lawyers, particularly small firms and solo practitioners, to practice to the top of their licenses,» says Ellen Murphy, a professor at the Wake Forest University School of Law who specializes in professional responsibility issues.

To help small law firms and solo practitioners like Bergian, Firm Central connects and integrates documents, communication, time and billing, calendar, legal research, and other administrative functions for greater efficiency and ease of use.

Like other small businesses, small law firms are often more flexible, more efficient, and adapt to change at a faster pace than their big counterparts.

She also hopes the site will help law students learn about the possibilities of small - firm practice and enable small - firm lawyers to broadcast their accomplishments to others in the legal profession and the public at large.

As LTN editor Monica Bay reports, two other publications that she oversees took home honorable mentions in the same category: Small Firm Business, for the column «Practice Perfect,» and Law Firm Inc., for Monica's column «Dirty Little Secrets.»

We discussed the genesis of LawStudio, how small - and mid-sized law firms are using it, the trends that are driving the use of an application like LawStudio, and how client and litigation demands have fueled the need for collaboration, among other topics.

«Sharing space with other small firm attorneys provided me the resources I needed to practice law at a high level, plus a steady stream of referrals from suitemates dramatically reduced overhead,» says Furnari.

Furnari started Law Firm Suites in 2006 to help other self - employed, small firm attorneys do the same thFirm Suites in 2006 to help other self - employed, small firm attorneys do the same thfirm attorneys do the same thing.

Although smaller firms know what they want in a reporter, finding the time and resources to determine whether a reporter meets their qualifications can prove difficult, and usually results in their using one of two methods to find the right reporters: seeking professional references from other law firms that require litigation services, or seeking reporters through the aid of court reporter firms.

This is an important lesson for law firms, because other online legal services such as UpCounsel are already on the scene attracting startups, small business owners, and entrepreneurs with affordable and convenient unbundled legal services.

Our twice - yearly TBD Law conference is designed to accelerate small firms and other legal service providers and help them prepare for the future of law practiLaw conference is designed to accelerate small firms and other legal service providers and help them prepare for the future of law practilaw practice.

Aaron Street: Unless you are a small business attorney, I don't see how other law firms are really going to directly benefit from that community.

These tools, including Bill4Time and some of the others that you mention, can produce a compelling return on investment for small law firms and help them to continue to compete against the large ones.

Consequently, top law firms fiercely compete against each other over a very small segment of the law student population.

A small group of approximately 20 firms is widening its lead over all other firms and concentrating its share of Am Law 100 profits.

CloudMask offers cost - effective and efficient data encryption for law firms, whether large or small, in Google Apps, Office 365 and other Cloud solutions.

There is no denying that the often - punishing hours and expectations of law firms both large and small are too much for women faced with the responsibilities of motherhood and other family and household responsibilities.

Some of us are former academics, others were in the public service, others practiced law in small towns or large firms.

In - house are also showing their preference for using boutique law firms with 72.6 per cent saying they use smaller specialized firms in the area of IP, tax, employment law, and other areas.

KM at smaller law firms is made relatively easier, not because there's any less to remember, but that we externalize our knowledge to other people and our systems.

Bodine says the ruling means that law firms can now buy and sell other firms as investments, pick up other firms to handle spikes in business, or even own smaller firms so they can bill out certain work at lower rates.

Besides representing and counseling small businesses, sole proprietors and other individuals throughout the city, I work on a contract basis as a per diem lawyer to other New York sole practitioners, law firms and out - of - state attorneys.