Contract Attorneys
At Virtual Law Firm, Lawyers Will Work at Home, Earn 85% of Billings
Posted Jul 16, 2008, 08:19 am CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A lawyer-entrepreneur is joining with 14 other lawyers to start a new legal venture called Virtual Law Partners.
The firm will employ lawyers who work at home, saving on overhead and costing clients less in legal fees, the Recorder reports. Craig Johnson, the lawyer who formed the Venture Law Group in 1993, told the publication that the typical large law firm business model is “a situation that can’t continue.” That business model includes high associate salaries, prestigious offices and billing rates as high as $800 an hour, he said.
His Virtual Law Partners “just seems like an idea whose time has come," he said. He hopes to employ hundreds of lawyers working from home doing all kinds of… Continue reading...
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