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The Columbus Business Journal reports that lawyers who are leaving their jobs are increasingly launching “virtual law firms.” One such firm, FSB FisherBroyles, has 56 lawyers who are “responsible for their own office space, whether that’s home or elsewhere.” Attorney Gideon Moore, who left his corporate law practice to join the FSB virtual law firm, spends “a good deal of his time working from his house” in a small North Carolina town. Moore wrote that it allows him to “go out and spend more time with my clients and go see them where they are.”
Moreover, the flexibility of virtual law firms is attractive to many women. The Columbus Business Journal reports on the increase in female lawyers who are opening virtual law firms “so that they can have more time to spend with their families.”
The beauty of the virtual law firm is that there is virtually no overhead, which allows an “affordable alternative to the traditional law firm.” Although the virtual law firm may not be suitable for complex litigation, it seems that virtual law firms–and the benefit they bring to lawyers and clients alike–seems to suggest that virtual law firms may be the next big time.
Link to original article: Attorneys Say Virtual Law Firms Allow Them To Bill Fewer Hours, Cut Costs
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