Atlanta law firms

Some associates in Atlanta are benefiting as their law firms detect hints of a turnaround and increased business.Some examples, reported in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Labor and employment law firm Fisher & Phillips gave its associates a $10,000 pay raise, citing business from companies seeking advice on labor issues and defending labor lawsuits. Morris, Manning & Martin has hired nine lawyers in the last six months, reinstated its summer associate program and restored pre-recession salaries in select practice groups after 10 percent pay cuts.Morris Manning managing partner Louise Wells told the newspaper that her firm has definitely seen signs of improvement. “We don’t have crystal balls, but all our core groups are up,” she said.Fisher & Phillips chairman Roger Quillen said his firm never experienced a downturn. “While the whole legal industry was way off, we showed substantial growth in every category,” he told the … [Read more...] about Some Atlanta Law Firms See Business Uptick, and Associates Benefit

Updated: An Atlanta law firm is trying to warn consumers about a scam involving phony checks using its bank account information.Lisa Estes, office administrator for the Fryer Law Firm, told the ABA Journal that scammers have used law firm bank account information to create realistic looking checks in four different ruses in two years. The first three times, recipients received letters telling them they were being given checks as part of a mystery shopper program. The last time the recipients were told they had won a sweepstakes.The check recipients lost out, however, when they learned too late that the checks were phony and the money they returned to the scammers was not covered.“The checks look legitimate, bearing watermarks and all,” Estes says. “They are really good at creating these checks.”At first the scammers sent out checks ranging from $30,000 to $40,000, but that apparently raised red flags among some recipients, Estes says. The check amount was … [Read more...] about Law Firm’s Accounts Hijacked by Scammers Who Promise Sweepstakes Win

A lawyer has pleaded guilty to stealing $145,000 from an Atlanta law firm where he worked as a managing attorney.Wayne Williams, 50, was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to theft and forgery, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. He was accused of stealing the money from the personal injury law firm Joel & Associates.Williams will also have to surrender his law license and write a letter of apology. Prosecutors say Williams took about 24 checks intended for the law firm and deposited them in his personal checking account. … [Read more...] about Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Stealing $145K from His Atlanta Law Firm

It’s important to include certain social media tools in your law firm’s blog to drive more traffic and make it easier to share your ideas.Don’t get me wrong, content is always king. But adding the items listed below to your legal blog will make it a more powerful tool:1. RSS Feed (Real Simple Syndication). This allows people to subscribe to your blog and stay updated on your latest posts. You might even consider starting an e-newsletter so those that want to can have your law firm’s blog content sent directly to their inbox. This will keep your blog top of mind with your target audiences.2. Link back to your firm. Make sure you include a link to your Atlanta law firm’s Website on your blog home page and in the About or Bio page of your blog too. You want visitors to be able to find your firm page easily, so put it right out there for them.3. Twitter Account. Include a link at the top of the page that goes directly to your law firm’s Twitter … [Read more...] about What Every Law Firm Blog Should Contain

Taylor English says its “hybrid” law firm model will offer more support to its work-at-home partners than other virtual law firms, according to the Daily Report (sub. req.). press release. Taylor English currently has about 150 lawyers.The virtual partners will work from home and, in a system similar to that of other virtual firms, they will keep 80 percent of the revenue from matters they originate and handle.Taylor English already has an “eat what you kill” compensation system that pays a percentage for origination. The virtual hub system “syncs in effortlessly with the model we already run,” law firm founder Marc Taylor told the Daily Report.Virtual lawyers will have the same opportunities to become equity partners as lawyers working in the firm’s brick-and-mortar office. … [Read more...] about Atlanta law firm plans to add a virtual branch