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August 2007 Issue
We do not make jokes, we simply watch the LA Times, the Orange County Register and the Coto de Caza Board of directors and report the facts!
Sustainable Customer Relationship in US Legal System Paradox
The California Bar rather than decipher the writing on the wall is sticking its head in the sand!
August
1,
2007
The July 31, 2007 issue of the Scotsman reports
that a “radical overhaul of Scotland's legal
system to give consumers greater choice and a cheaper
service will be recommended today by the UK's
competition watchdog” and that “the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) wants to lift
restrictions on the way lawyers operate in Scotland,
opening up the profession to competition for the first
time”. The
report written by Hamish MacDonell and John Roberton
conclude that “if that happens, it will
revolutionise the way law services are provided and
dismantle the closed arrangements between solicitors
and advocates that have existed for centuries”
Meanwhile
in the United States career specialist Vault, released
its 2008 edition of the Vault
Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms with Wachtell, Lipton
Rosen & Katz commanding the to spot.
The top 10 law firms according to Vault are
listed below
|
2008 |
LAW FIRM |
PRESTIGE |
2007 |
LARGEST OFFICE/ |
|
1 |
8.780 |
1 |
New York, NY |
|
|
2 |
8.732 |
2 |
New York, NY |
|
|
3 |
8.224 |
3 |
New York, NY |
|
|
4 |
8.197 |
4 |
New York, NY |
|
|
5 |
8.126 |
5 |
New York, NY |
|
|
6 |
8.116 |
6 |
New York, NY |
|
|
7 |
7.759 |
7 |
New York, NY |
|
|
8 |
7.712 |
8 |
Los Angeles, CA |
|
|
9 |
7.672 |
9 |
New York, NY |
|
|
10 |
7.510 |
11 |
Washington, DC |
On
the other hand, the July 31,2007 issue of the Wall
Street Journal, Health Section, reports that
“websites that publish
hospital and physician reviews by patients are
exposing doctors to criticism they never experienced
when their reputation rested mostly on physicial
referrals and
word of mouth among friends”.
In a article published July
22, 2007
No question
the writing is on the wall and the California
Bar rather than trying to decipher the writing is
sticking its head in the sand!
Shortly, the legal profession, just like
any other, will have to be held accountable to the
consumer!
It IS scandalous, look how hard it is to find an attorney, let alone a good one, and then look at the fees? Its ridiculous. That's why the Bar isn't passing applicants, they want to keep the fees/per/hr. up. - Name withheld
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