To The General Counsel:
You are responsible. Even when you hand things off to outside counsel, the buck still stops with you.
But you can’t try every case, and you can’t navigate every specialized issue of intellectual property or corporate finance. You can’t bring it all in house, no matter how much you might like to. You simply don’t have the time, the staff, the expertise, or the resources.
But you also don’t have the money to hire as much as you might like. In the current financial climate, something has to give – if it hasn’t already, and more is coming.
What you need is expert, cost effective, efficient help selecting quality outside counsel.
- Not the traditional gold plated consulting firms with their old boy network and RFP’s that effectively double the cost of finding counsel by stretching out the timeline and burying you, your staff, and the potential firms in paperwork.
- Not some fancy new piece of software you don’t have time to learn and aren’t going to use enough to justify the cost of.
I will do the research based on your criteria and report back with a short list of recommended firms. I’ll ask all the questions and communicate all your “must haves” to make sure you get the local counsel you need, can work with, and will deliver quality work while respecting your budgetary realities. You can think of this process as prescreening or pre-qualifying outside counsel, and giving you a short list that you can more comfortably choose from. And I can do it faster and at less cost than you doing it in house.
When I was in Marketing at West (the legal division of Thomson Reuters) my assignment was to target law firms that were using competitive products and services. So I spent a lot of time studying law firms across the country and getting to know their practice areas, strengths, and weaknesses. I give you my unbiased outside counsel recommendations based on objective research. I’m not affiliated with any law firm, and I don’t take any money, compensation, fee splitting or anything of the kind from local counsel. I only work for you to try to find the best outside counsel for your needs.
So give me a call toll-free at 877-546-8281 and let’s get started. We can even set up a video conference if you’d like. If you chose to use the contact form below, please be sure to include your name, address, email and phone. Thanks.
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