[blindlaw] independent contractor?

[Mike Gilmore]

What is meant by the term Of counsel?
 
Mike 

--- On Tue, 3/10/09, AZNOR99 at aol.com <AZNOR99 at aol.com> wrote:

From: AZNOR99 at aol.com <AZNOR99 at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] independent contractor?
To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 10:24 PM

When I was in private practice, I had a network of attorneys I'd call if I  
needed one to appear due to a conflict.  Many lawyers have such informal  
networks, but others hire that sort of work out.  For example, I had a  friend
who 
hired a private contractor to appear for all status hearings.  I  would 
suggest you start by making a list of all the lawyers you know in your  area of

practice and then getting in touch with them to let them you're  available
for 
court appearances.
 
I also want to suggest _www.lawcrossing.com_ (http://www.lawcrossing.com) .  
It's not free,  but it is quite good.  You can set it up so it sends you
job 
opportunities  every day.  It works like a search engine for legal jobs, and 
its success  rate is high.
 
Finally, you may want to consider joining a firm as Of Counsel.  This  is a 
lot cheaper for the firm because they don't necessarily have to pay you  
benefits, and most pay hourly wages instead of a salary.  It's also really 
handy 
when there are client conflicts, because the Chinese wall is a lot easier  to 
maintain.  And malpractice insurance is much cheaper for Of Counsels  than for 
employees.
 
Good luck.
 
Ronza
 
 
 
In a message dated 3/10/2009 3:38:25 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ckrugman at sbcglobal.net writes:

Here in  California there are agencies that hire temporary attorneys. 
Additionally,  locally I have seen several ads on Craigslist looking for 
stand-in  attorneys for court appearances and the like. I would check such 
places as  Craigslist under "legal jobs" as well as general bar
associations 
as well  as publications for specialized bar associations, e.g. trial lawyers 
or as  we know it in California Consumer Lawyers.
Chuck
----- Original Message  ----- 
From: "Tim Shaw" <timandvickie at hotmail.com>
To:  <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 12:45  PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] independent contractor?



hmmm  potential business idea a "temp agency" for lawyers, assigning 
independent  ontractorsfor such tasks....

> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 09:32:07  -0700
> From: m_b_gilmore at yahoo.com
> To:  blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blindlaw] independent  contractor?
>
> I am a member of a listserv for contract  attorneys.  Most of the e-mails 
> from that listserv concern  document review; however, I read one the other

> day about licensed  attorneys working as independent contractors.
(Examples 
> of this would  be taking a deposition for another attorney or doing legal 
> research  for another attorney or handling a court case for an attorney
who 
>  needs the help.)
>
> Anyway, I was wondering if any of you out  there in D.C. or Northern 
> Virginia have done independent contractor  work.  That option appeals to 
> me. (Taking depositions appeals to  me but I don't know how familiar
one 
> would need to be with the case  or if one just asks the questions the 
> attorney supplies to  him.)
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
>  Mike
>
>
>
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