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Another large firm lawyer goes solo – and it’s all about the [lower] rates

March 16, 2007 by Carolyn Elefant

One of the unintended consquences of the expansion of large law firms is that this trend may drive more lawyers to start their own firms. Think about it – though large firms hope that increased size will foster economies of scale and result in savings, there’s still a whole lot of overhead involved in running [...]

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New Women’s Firm Provides Family Friendly Service

June 15, 2006 by Carolyn Elefant

This short blurb from the Nashville Business Journal (6/12/06) announces the formation of an all female law firm, the Harpeth Law Group, comprised of Kristi Dearwood, Caitlin Noe Moon and Christina Ferrell Daugherty.  The announcement states that the firm “is billing itself as a provider of “family-friendly” legal services.”  And according to the website, the [...]

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Alaska Lawyer Goes Solo

March 13, 2006 by Carolyn Elefant

There’s soon to be another new solo on the block, Steve Wells of the Alaska Blawg, who’s leaving the Public Defender’s office to start a new firm (hat tip to Kevin at Lex Blog for mentioning this).   Steve writes that: This is one of the saddest and yet most exciting posts I have written. For [...]

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