Southern California Virtual Law Office of Vinod Shankar

Attorney Vinod Shankar has opened a virtual law office based in Southern California and will be providing services to artists and musicians pertaining to such legal matters as  intellectual property protections, copyright registrations, trademark registrations, and licensing, among others.  The Virtual Law Office of Vinod Shankar will also be providing legal services related to Internet Law, public interest and community organizing and nonprofits.

Shankar is a licensed member of the California State Bar and a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.  He holds a B.S. Cognitive Science, with a specialization in computing from UCLA  and a J.D. from Pierce Law, in Concord, New Hampshire.  While in law school, he was the editor of Pierce Law’s Intellectual Property News Blog and co-chair of the Pierce Law Public Interest Coalition.  He also attended the eLaw Summer Institute at University College Cork in Ireland.  Prior to forming his own virtual law office, Shankar worked as a contract attorney in Los Angeles.

For additional information about the Shankar’s virtual law office, please visit the website.

Virtual Law Office of Neal E. Bartlett Opens in California

Attorney Neal E. Bartlett has launched a virtual law office providing legal services pertaining to California law.  The virtual practice will cover services including estate planning and probate administration, family law, bankruptcy, criminal law and business formation. Special offers and pricing on unbundled legal services are provided on the virtual law office website.

Bartlett is a licensed member of the California State Bar and a member of the Santa Barbara Bar Association.  He is also admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.  Bartlett holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Management, cum laude, from California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, CA and a Juris Doctor from the University of Oregon School of Law where he was on the editorial board of the Oregon Law Review.  During law school, Bartlett held an internship with the Hon. Charles Carlson at the Lane County Circuit Court in Eugene, Oregon and completed a second internship at the Douglas County District Attorneys Office in Roseburg, Oregon.  Before attending law school and during undergraduate work, Bartlett worked for a major mortgage company as a supervisor and manager and later as Vice President in Remittance Processing.

For more information about Neal E. Bartlett and his virtual law office, please visit the website.

Warner and Associates, PLLC Virtual Law Office Launches in Texas

Warner and Associates, PLLC have added a virtual law office to their existing law office in Houston, Texas.  The firm provides a full range of corporate and other legal services pertaining to Texas law and boasts an established network of legal experts and attorneys across the country.  Legal services that may be provided by the firm include Blue Sky laws, federal and state and local income, employment, property and excise taxes including sales, use and gasoline taxes, general corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, medical industry legal services, non profit corporate legal services, real estate, securities regulation and wills and estate planning.

Managing partner Deon Warner holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado and a J.D.  from Howard University School of Law. Warner is an active member of the State Bar of Texas, the Houston Bar Association, the Houston Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association and the National Bar Association. To read more about Deon Warner, please visit the website.

Barbara Seymour, Of Counsel, holds a B.S. in Business Administration from South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, South Carolina and her J.D. from Georgetown University in Washington, D. C., with a concentration in Taxation.  She also holds an M.B.A. in Business Administration from Harvard University in Cambridge, MA.  She is an active member of the American Bar Association, Section of Taxation; the National Bar Association, Houston Bar Association and Houston Lawyers Association. To read more about Barbara Seymour, please visit the website.

For more information about the Warner and Associates, PLLC practice and virtual law office, please visit the website.

Harrill Law Provides Virtual Law Office with California and North Carolina Legal Services

Harrill Law has added a virtual law office to their full-service southern California law practice creating a multijurisdictional virtual law practice  for both California and North Carolina.  Please see the firm’s website for a full list of services provided that pertain to California or North Carolina law.  Owned and operated by attorney Jonathan P. Harrill, the Harrill Virtual Law Office was established “for domestic and international clients seeking legal counsel on California and North Carolina civil laws.”

Harrill is admitted to practice law in the states of California and North Carolina.  He is a member of the State Bar of California, the North Carolina State Bar and the American Bar Association.  Harrill holds a B.S. in International Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and a J.D. from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California.  Before opening his law practice, Harrill worked for a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company and later in the commercial real estate development industry. For more information about Harrill, please visit the website.

From the Harrill Law website:

Clients of Harrill Law may choose to receive full-service legal counsel in a traditional law firm structure or limited legal counsel and services through this website over a secure HTTP network, the best industry standard protection available on the Internet. Because the Internet has become one of the most widely used methods of communication, Harrill Law has integrated virtual law practice technology to better serve tech-savvy clients by providing seamless, efficient legal counsel and services over a secure network.

The Law Offices of Sulaiman and Associates Opens Virtual Law Office in Illinois

The Law Offices of Sulaiman and Associates has added a virtual law office to their existing law practice based in Chicago, Illinois.  The firm is one of the leading Chicago based foreclosure defense law firms and provides services pertaining to foreclosure defense litigation, loss mitigation, workout agreements and mortgage foreclosure education. 

The firm is “dedicated to defending the rights of borrowers against lenders and collection companies.”   Other legal services provided include estate planning, asset protection, tax law, advanced commercial transactions, real estate development law, real estate contracts and real estate related litigation. The firm’s website includes a blog with resources related to the areas of law practiced by the firm’s attorneys.

Ahmad T. Sulaiman was named in Super Lawyers Magazine as an Illinois Rising Star 2010.  He holds a J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and a degree in Political Science & International Studies Magna Cum Laude from Loyola University.  For additional information about Sulaiman and the virtual law office of Sulaiman and Associates, please visit the website.

From the firm’s website:

Our Firm feels that a Virtual Law Office best helps us to fulfill our core values. We believe that:

•    Individuals Deserve Access To The Legal Profession
•    Legal Services Should Be Affordable and Available
•    We Can Provide Efficient, Cost-Effective Service with a Swift Turnaround Time
•    Individuals Should Only Buy The Services That They Need
•    Improving Our Ability To Provide Legal Services Allows The Firm To Grow

For more information about virtual law practice or the VLO software, please contact us.

Jamil Kassimali is licensed to practice law in the State the Missouri and is a registered member of the Bar Association of Metropolitan Saint Louis.  He received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.  Prior to founding his own solo practice, Kassimali has had experience working on both state and federal cases that encompassed a wide variety of legal issues, including: commercial and private real estate, insurance, child custody and support, sexual harassment, bankruptcy, employment discrimination, public administrative proceedings, estate planning, corporations, zoning, municipal transportation and nuisance ordinances, and criminal defense.

To read more about Kassimali Law, please visit the virtual law office website.

Combs earned her Bachelor of Business Administration from Baylor University and her law degree from South Texas College of Law, magna cum laude.  Combs has been licensed to practice law in Texas since 1994.  She currently resides in North Carolina and provides legal services related to Texas Law online through the virtual law office website.   As the busy mother of three young children, Combs appreciates the flexibility that her virtual law office provides for her family life as well as the benefits for her online clients, many of whom are also young families seeking estate planning services.

For more information about Texas Wills and Trusts Law Online or Rania Combs, Attorney at Law, please visit the website which includes a blog and resources for prospective online clients.

From the program description, the topics that will be covered include:

What is a “virtual law firm”

The benefits of delivering legal services online

The web architecture for a virtual law firm

Online applications, such as web-enabled document automation

Ethical issues in the delivery of online legal services, including confidentiality, security, unauthorized practice of law, client identification, conflict of interest checking and client authentication procedures

Criteria of vendor selection

The costs associated with setting up a virtual law practice

Marketing your brand and virtual law practice online

If  you are interested in virtual law practice or are operating a virtual law firm, please consider attending this session.  In addition to practical advice on this form of delivering legal services using technology, the session will also provide 1.5 hours of CLE credit in most states.

From the firm website:

Chris founded this office based on two principles:

1.  Everyone should have equal access to quality legal services; and

2.  We all should do our part to lower our negative impacts on the environment.

Through this website Chris strives to fulfill these principles.  Using a secured internet based software, the Firm provides unbundled legal services at a lower cost, with a lower environmental impact, as compared to brick and mortar law firms.

Chris McChesney received his Bachelors of Science degree in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation from the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL and his law degree from The American University, Washington College of Law.  He is licensed to practice law in both Florida and Maryland.  McChesney has experience working for multiple Federal agencies, the District of Columbia, and non-profits and served as a Presidential Management Fellow for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Justice.  In addition to his solo practice, McChesney continues to work as a realty specialist for HHS.   For more information about McChesney and the virtual law practice, please visit the website.

The idea of the Nevada Virtual Law Office (NVLO) was born from Andy’s love of technology and desire to make legal services reasonable for the average person. He wants to make sure people have good quality and easily accessible legal counsel at rates they can afford.

Urban has 26 years experience in the legal profession including working in private practice and serving as the second attorney in the Henderson, Nevada City Attorney’s office.   More background on Urban’s extensive legal experience is located on his virtual law office website.  Urban holds a law degree from Gonzaga University School of Law in Spokane, Washington and has extensive experience  in contract matters, local government purchasing issues, bid protests, eminent domain matters, public records and Nevada open meeting law issues as well as wills, trusts and probate matters.

Susskind looks at changes in the profession as well as the impact that the economic recession has had on an attorney’s clients.  He mentions disruptive technologies as another factor that will force legal professionals to find more innovative ways to provide legal services or face the consequences of losing their practices to the competition who will find ways to embrace the circumstances.  

If you are considering virtual law practice, whether as a solo or working with other attorneys to form a virtual law firm, this article is one more motivational reason to consider a web-based method of delivering legal services.

Benjamin Norman and Stephanie Kimbro, co-founders of VLOTech, are working closely with Total Attorneys to build dynamic legal products and services that will allow attorneys to provide legal services to the public online and create virtual law practices that expand their business potential.

“Combining with VLO Tech furthers our mission to improve the quality and delivery of legal services for consumers and attorneys,” said Kevin Chern, President of Total Attorneys.

“It was really a match made in heaven,” said Kimbro. “Their product generates leads, but [attorneys] were missing the ability to work remotely with clients.”  Norman said he plans to travel to Chicago regularly during the transition to continue the development of the project, then work remotely from Wilmington.  “We will be able to work with their developers and their infrastructure,” Kimbro said.

As a result of the acquisition, VLOTech clients will benefit from the knowledge and experience of Total Attorneys as the leaders in offering products and services to solos and small firms.  Development of the VLOTech software continues to be driven by the feedback of its attorney users, and both Benjamin and Stephanie look forward to continuing to work with attorneys who understand that the future of the delivery of legal services will be found online.

VLOTech has been working with Total Attorneys to find ways to integrate the VLOTech software into their products and services. This exciting joining of forces will provide existing VLOTech clients with the services and products that Total Attorneys offers which will help them to grow their virtual law practices.

Both Co-Founders of VLOTech, Benjamin and Stephanie, will now work for Total Attorneys on the virtual law practice software.  We know that this is the future of the delivery of legal services and we want to be a part of it!  Stephanie will be a Total Attorneys Evangelist as well as continue to operate her virtual law office in North Carolina.  Benjamin will join the Total Attorneys team as a senior developer.

We look forward to the exciting and innovative advancements that this will bring to law practice management and the legal profession.

Washington received a BA from Skidmore College and a JD from the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Law.   She is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Metropolitan Black Bar Association and the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyer and Business Divisions.  Before admission to the bar, Washington provided legal services to the modest-income community in Pittsburgh.  In addition to being the proud mother of a toddler,  when time permits, she provides pro bono legal services to the New York City community.