29 March 2005. LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell provide a utility for helping people find a lawyer that matches their legal concern. Consumers should fill out the form requesting information about their location and legal issue. You will receive a list of participating lawyers who practice in the relevant area of law. You then submit an e-mail request for help, and the lawyer chooses to respond, or not.
Lawyers pay an annual subscription fee to participate. While the service might help those building a new practice, lawyers should review the categories available. Make sure the one(s) you represent are present in the list and clearly defined. I imagine some consumers might not know how to categorize their legal problem. When I filled in the form, it forced me to select a category even though my legal concern (special education) was not represented.
18 October 2000. FindLaw offers this database containing over 500,000 lawyer and law firm listings. Search by lawyer or firm name, or location, to find a list of law firms or lawyers in certain practices, or specific law firms or lawyers. Most of the listings I reviewed offered attorney name, firm name, address, phone, and broad practice areas. I found no information about education or experience. 22 August 2000. FirmSeek helps those seeking legal and other services find a firm, and those wanting to expand their client base find clients. To find a law firm for your legal issue, first select "law" and then "find the right firm." The database, which works like an expert system, lets you search by type of litigation or transaction, industry, United States or other country, and other qualifiers. I recommend trying a broader search if your specific one fails to find a match.
The database returns information about the firm (also consulting, accounting, public relations, lobbying, and finance firms), and provides for requesting an RFI or RFP online. Registration is free for users of this database. Further, "firms that accept projects through Firmseek agree not to charge Firmseek users any premiums or fees beyond what they would normally charge."
22 October 2002. JurisPro, an expert witness marketing company, offers a free directory of expert witness profiles. Search by keyword, or expert or company name. Or browse the subject index. Profiles include some or all of the following: contact information, picture of expert, introduction, Web page (hosted by JurisPro), background information, articles, references, and curriculum vitae. 5 October 2001. American Lawyer Media offers an online catalog of books and other products for sale. Search or browse the catalog, then make your purchases online. 20 September 2004. A joint project of California Indian Legal Services and Public Interest Clearinghouse, this Web site provides the public with basic legal information and legal resources in California. It indexes and categorizes legal information from external sources on a variety of topics, including housing, family, health, protection from abuse, work, consumer issues, immigration, civil rights, seniors, estate planning, Native American issues and disability issues. It also offers a directory of legal service providers in California as well as an information and referral service. 18 February 2003. The Lawyer Group offers a directory of lawyers in the United Kingdom. It contains over 1000 law firm profiles, which searchers may query by location, firm name, practice area, number of partners and number of fee earners. 9 July 2001. This site, authored by attorneys, offers commentary and services primarily for consumers. Find answers to common legal questions like how to find a lawyer or what happens if someone dies without a will. Or, review checklists intended to help you avoid legal problems. The site also offers several legal forms (primarily for use in New York) and summaries of court decisions pertaining to various legal topics (banking, divorce, elder law, estate planning, health care, landlord/tenant, personal injury, tax and more). Unfortunately, these brief commentaries do not always include sufficient information for tracking down the case. 6 January 2000. Revised 4 December 2007. LexisNexis offers a number of legal or law-related sources via this site. Find a lawyer by personal or firm name, location or practice area. Search for articles on law-related topics by keyword. Find experts by keyword or category, legal organizations or events, descriptions of key LexisNexis online resources, such as the Law Digest, and more.
Recent enhancements to the site include a side-by-side comparison feature for reviewing lawyer and law firm listings and client reviews (published with the permission of the reviewed firm).
Registration is required to access and use this site. Some services are fee-based. 4 December 2007. LexisNexis provides a free expert witness finding tool. The directory contains information about more than 50,000 experts, consultants and other service professionals. Search by keyword or browse by category. 15 September 2000. Our guide does not list individual commercial services unless they offer information of value to legal professionals or to those conducting legal research. MicroLaw certainly meets this criteria. Legal professionals will find numerous articles on various aspects of legal technology, many of which have appeared in magazines like Law Office Computing.
The site also offers a glossary of technology terms and legal news.
22 October 2002. Revised 17 October 2007. American Lawyer Media offers this searchable directory of expert witnesses. Search by name, keyword, location, or other criteria to find expert witness profiles and contact information. Profiles often include a photo, full resume, e-mail contact (address hidden), education, licensing and primary expertise. You may also browse the database by expertise. 20 September 2004. Part of the personal injury Web site, Injuryboard.com, this search engine helps you find a personal injury lawyer or law firm. You can search by keyword in a specific state or nationwide. Results include a link to the lawyer/law firm, a firm profile and hits to pages within the lawyer/law firm Web site that match your query. Related information appears to the right of the search results. This includes brief articles (overviews), news, FAQs and government reports. 11 January 2001. Currently in beta, this new service offers consumers a private secure method for finding attorneys. It also helps lawyers find ways in which to expand their services. Choose from two different levels of service: Basic (permits anonymous solicitation of legal services) or Plus (provides a private but fully disclosed environment). All users must register. 19 October 2000. Find private practice law firms and solicitors, who "have a current Practising Certificate issued by the Law Society of England and Wales." Search by name or legal specialty. The database covers a number of countries. Listings include:
Names of all solicitors in the firm
Specialist areas of work - by 52 different categories
Membership of Law Society specialist panels
Languages spoken
Legal aid and fixed fee interview availability
Emergency contact numbers
Branch office details
Locations maps (launched by clicking on the postcodes)
Web site links
An extensive A to Z topical index explains various legal practices and occasionally offers links to other Web sites for additional information.
29 March 2005. FindLaw offers this tool for finding information about an attorney's litigation record. Search by a lawyer's name, or search and compare lawyers by a description of their experience. Information provided includes the lawyer's name, law firm affiliation, address, phone, fax and practice categories. Registered users may also display the names of the first 10 relevant cases, dockets or judges. Accessing the full-text of the relevant information requires logging in to your Westlaw account.
Technical note: Pop-up blockers may interfere with the performance of this search utility. If you receive no response when you click a hyperlink, disable any pop-up blockers on your PC.
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