eLawyering Blog
"Reports on developments in eLawyering, virtual law practice, virtual law firms, and virtual lawyers. Monitors developments in technology, online legal services, unbundled legal services, and ethical issues that affect the delivery of legal services online."
Author: Richard Granat is co-chair of the eLawyering Task Force of the ABA’s Law Practice Management Section and based in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. He is founder and president of DirectLaw Inc., a legal services firm specializing in creating legal solutions that serve consumers directly; he also founded MDFamilyLawyer.com, which offers residents in Maryland and Washington D.C., family law forms bundled with legal advice for a fixed price. He is also a partner in EpoqUS, a company founded in the United Kingdom that uses a technology platform to deliver complex legal documents.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Practice Management • Legal Technology • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from eLawyering Blog
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A Report from Darryl Mountain, Guest Blogger, on the Pacific Legal Technology Conference
On Friday, October 2nd, I presented at Vancouver’s Pacific Legal Technology Conference on the topic of Virtual Law Practice with Simon Chester of Heenan Blaikie and Nicole Garton-Jones of Heritage Law. We discussed the…
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Virtual Law Office Technology, LLC (VLOTech) has been acquired by TotalAttorneys
Virtual Law Office Technology, LLC, (VLOTech) based in North Carolina has been acquired by TotalAttorneys, a well-regarded law firm marketing and management services organization based in Chicago. VLOTech should do well and flourish under TotalAttorneys…
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DirectLaw Announces New Program for Recent Law School Graduates and Solo "Start-Ups"
We have been observing the dip in employment of recent law school graduates and the number of lawyers being terminated from mid and large size law firms. We think this will result in a resurgence…
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The "Good Enough" Legal Solution
There has been some recent blog comments [See: Carolyn Elefant 's Blog [about the meaning of Robert Capps article in this month's WIRED Magazine, (September 2009) about the concept of "Good Enough", "Good Enough" solutions, (when…
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ABA Journal Announces First Group of Legal Rebel Profiles
The American Bar Association Journal has started a new Legal Rebels project to get lawyers thinking about how to change the legal profession. The Journal recognizes that the legal profession is undergoing structural change accelerated by…
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The Good Enough Revolution
The month's WIRED Magazine, (September 2009) has an interesting article on how the Internet is enabling "Good Enough" solutions, (when cheap and simple is just fine). I have maintained for a long time that often there is…
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New DirectLaw Virtual Law Firm Features Released
It has been a very busy summer at DirectLaw. We are constantly adding features to our DirectLaw Virtual Law Firm Platform. Sometimes new features are suggested by our growing network of DirectLaw law firms; often…
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New DirectLaw Firm In Texas focusing on OnLine Wills
DirectLaw has announced that the Law Office of Kyle Rhodes, based in Fort Worth, Texas has subscribed to DirectLaw's virtual law firm platform to enable the firm to offer legal services over the Internet to…
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Total Attorneys Responds to Zenas Zelotes Attack
Total Attorneys has responded to Attorney Zenas Zelotes filing of ethics complaints in 47 different jurisdictions. The Total Attorneys response can be found here. Total Attorneys summarizes its response as follows: "In a nutshell, Mr.…
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Total Attorneys Being Sued for Violation of Legal Referral Rules
TotalAttorneys, a so-called marketing association of attorneys that operates legal referral web sites, such as TotalDivorce and TotalBankruptcy , is being sued in multiple jurisdictions by Attorney Zenas Zelotes, a consumer bankruptcy attorney, based in Hartford, Connecticut and Nevada, for…