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a couple of primary things that make our
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firm different than others
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first is staffing our firm has
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experienced lawyers probably more so
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than most
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we do not do law school recruiting we
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don’t have summer clerkship programs
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as a general rule we don’t hire baby
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lawyers our lawyers are experienced that
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already know what they’re doing
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and the staffing is not by pyramid like
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a lot of firms do
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our senior lawyers actually do the work
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obviously you have matters that require
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more than one lawyer so we’re capable of
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staffing
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but when you hire us we have people that
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are experienced at what they’re doing
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actually doing the work
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and the second because of our structure
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and because we don’t have some of the
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overhead expenses of other firms
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our hourly rates are significantly less
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than you
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would pay for comparable lawyers doing
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the same kind of work
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we have 60 lawyers we are a full service
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law firm so we can handle any issue that
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an individual or business has from
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cradle to grave
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all the specialties that you could think
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of and name estate planning real estate
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patent work litigation we cover the
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whole waterfront
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if we have a certain special specific
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area that we’re not
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fully experienced and capable of
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handling we’ll advise a client of that
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either get that help or send them
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somewhere else
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so we only handle what we know how to
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handle but with 60 or a lot of
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60 lawyers we pretty well cover the
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waterfront in any legal problem a client
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would have as an individual
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or as a business
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well lawyers are in the service business
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and clients
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deserve to know what’s going on to be
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informed
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to have deadlines met to have effective
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communication whenever it’s needed
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so you keep a client informed so that
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there are no surprises or as
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you manage the surprises so information
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and sharing of information is critical
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when someone wants to hire a lawyer i
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think the most important factor is
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communication
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hire someone that you can understand
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what they’re saying you
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communicate with them you develop
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confidence in them
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it’s really the job of a lawyer is to
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provide the client with information
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it’s the job of the client to make
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decisions that’s going to be a better
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decision the more informed it is so we
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take our experience to give the most
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information that is available to the
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client
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so the client can make the most informed
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decision
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we charge for our services in the
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traditional fashion primarily hourly
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rates
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although we will take certain cases on a
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contingent basis
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we have some cases that will be fixed
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fees or some matters that will be fixed
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fees
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but that’s a discussion we have with the
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client at the onset
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and try to work out something that that
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works for both of us
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the bulk of our work is done by hourly
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rate
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but we are open to discussing any
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arrangement that
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would help the client solve the problem