[blindlaw] independent contractor?
Mike Gilmore
m_b_gilmore at yahoo.com
Wed Mar 11 17:00:41 UTC 2009
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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