ABA Journal

Virtual Law Office Listed as a “Law Firm Website That Works”

March 25, 2009 by Stephanie Kimbro 2 Comments

The April edition of the ABA Journal published an article entitled Law Firm Websites That Work. Under the category “Virtuality”, my virtual law practice is described along with illinoisdivorce.com. The article consulted a list of panelists to provide suggestions for law firm websites that are productive in the categories of branding, solo, innovation, virtuality, all […] ...READ MORE

BigLaw Attorneys Taking to Virtual Law Practice

March 9, 2009 by Stephanie Kimbro Leave a Comment

The ABA Journal published an online article today about the progress that Virtual Law Partners (VLP) has made in recruiting attorneys from large law firms. One of the reasons for the growth is the downturn in the economy and large law firm layoffs. The beneficial reasons cited for the move to a virtual law firm […] ...READ MORE

Attorneys Scared of Web 2.0? ABA Journal Article Says Yes.

October 1, 2008 by Stephanie Kimbro 1 Comment

The September issue of the ABA Journal ran an article entitled Web 2.0 Still a No-Go: Lawyers Slow to Adopt Cutting-Edge Technology. I’ve been wanting to blog about this article for a couple weeks now because I think any virtual attorney should find it interesting. The article consisted of three pages of charts showing that attorneys […] ...READ MORE

Billable Hour Must Die – ABA Article

August 5, 2007 by Stephanie Kimbro Leave a Comment

This is the comment I posted to an article entitled, “The Billable Hour Must Die”, by Scott Turow, published in the ABA Journal‘s August issue. “I am hoping that lawyers, especially litigators, will more often be bold enough to consider offering clients alternative billing arrangements.” I agree with this statement made by Turow in his […] ...READ MORE