Legal Marketing & Consulting

7th Circuit limits attorney fees in lawsuit against faxing lawyer to percentage of actual claims

Class-action lawyers who sued on behalf of accountants who received unsolicited legal newsletters aren’t entitled to fees based on the total $4.2 million in funds that is available to claimants, a federal appeals court has ruled. Instead the lawyers are entitled to fees based on the number of accountants who…

Jul 12, 2016 2:16 PM CDT

Womble Carlyle announces strategic alliance with UK firm

A strategic alliance announced Wednesday by Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice and the United Kingdom-based Bond Dickinson is intended to help each of the well-known firms expand its footprint in the other’s home country. The two plan to refer business to each other, collaborate in pitching business to clients, provide…

Jun 15, 2016 1:15 PM CDT

Many of the most-profitable law firms have little presence on Twitter

Some of the 10 most profitable U.S. law firms in the country have essentially no presence on Twitter. They include Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, which has no account, and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, which apparently established an account in 2009 but has published no tweets, Bloomberg’s Big Law…

May 31, 2016 5:20 PM CDT

‘Super lawyers’ and ‘rising stars’ are warned about accolade advertising

Lawyer advertising that mentions awards such as “Super Lawyers,” “Rising Stars” and “Best Lawyers” has spurred the filing of many complaints with a New Jersey committee that considers ethics of lawyer advertising. The New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Lawyer Advertising has received so many grievances that it decided to…

May 23, 2016 6:15 AM CDT

Dentons launches free legal-referral network that relies on new technology

Dentons has has created a free legal-referral network and is inviting law firms to participate. The new service, called the “Nextlaw Global Referral Network,” will allow member law firms to concentrate on what they do best while referring out other matters, according to a press release. The network is based…

May 9, 2016 11:47 AM CDT

Is Avvo’s fixed-cost service a fee-sharing violation?

The timing seemed prescient. One day after the ABA adopted a hotly contested resolution to guide states in their regulation of nontraditional legal service providers, Avvo rolled out Avvo Legal Services, offering fixed-fee, limited-scope legal services through a network of attorneys in 18 of the nation's most populous states.

May 1, 2016 1:30 AM CDT

In Canada, Axess offers legal services in Wal-Marts

Is a law firm coming to a Wal-Mart near you? What may seem like a far-fetched idea is a reality up north. Axess Law is operating in 10 Wal-Mart stores in Toronto. And the firm is growing.

May 1, 2016 1:10 AM CDT

LSC will develop ‘legal portals’ to help people find civil legal services

The Legal Services Corp. announced on Tuesday that it is developing online “legal portals” to help people who need civil legal help find the most appropriate forms of assistance. The project will begin with pilot portals in one or two states, according to a press release and the Am Law…

Apr 19, 2016 12:02 PM CDT

Is your law firm in trouble? These scenarios pose threats

Does your law firm have significant long-term bank debt? Does it give minimum guarantees to lateral partners? Then it could be at risk of faltering or failing, according to a law firm consultant. Altman Weil principal Ward Bower says that even one of these scenarios may put a law firm…

Apr 13, 2016 5:45 AM CDT

The ‘magnet’ of expertise draws clients, generates fees

“We’re all here today because we’ve been lied to,” said Richard James, an entrepreneur and law firm consultant. “It wasn’t malicious. People we trusted told us things we thought to be true. We were told to get a good education, get a job at a good firm and get good…

Apr 11, 2016 1:30 PM CDT

Once someone needs a lawyer, negative views of the profession fall

“I’m happy to be here and talk to you about how you all suck,” said Nika Kabiri, Avvo’s director of strategic insights. No, Kabiri hadn’t been hypnotized by some Las Vegas magician into thinking she was a waitress who hurls abuse at the customers. Instead, Kabiri’s Saturday morning speech during…

Apr 11, 2016 12:15 PM CDT

In spite of regulations, lawyers should be bold with their advertising efforts

It was gloomy and gray for most of the day as the seventh annual Avvo Lawyernomics conference kicked off Friday from the Wynn Las Vegas. But it certainly felt like the record crowd of more than 600 attendees Avvo touted, as the conference rooms were filled to capacity. Maybe the…

Apr 11, 2016 10:54 AM CDT

Avvo announces it is offering free legal forms

In a move intended to direct more clients to Avvo lawyers, the company announced Thursday at its Lawyernomics conference that it is offering free legal forms over the Internet. Initially, the free Avvo Legal Forms library will offer only 20 documents. However, by the end of the year the company…

Apr 7, 2016 3:25 PM CDT

At 7th annual Avvo Lawyernomics, the emphasis will be on ‘unmarketing’

Scott Stratten, president of UnMarketing, has an interesting analogy for lawyer marketing in an increasingly competitive marketplace: One of his earliest jobs was serving as a sales training manager for a bubble wrap company. “The thing about bubble wrap is that everyone needs it, so my job is to tell…

Apr 7, 2016 8:00 AM CDT

As its stock hovers near a record low, Slater & Gordon GC resigns after two months

Moana Weir started work on Jan. 29 as in-house legal chief and company secretary for Slater & Gordon, the Australia-based personal injury Goliath that made history by becoming the world’s first law firm to go public. But last month, after less than 60 days on the job and after law…

Apr 5, 2016 12:05 PM CDT