Browsing: Freelance Attorneys

OLN Sponsors 3rd Annual JRCLS Women in Law Regional Conference

Overflow Legal Network is proud to announce its sponsorship of the 3rd Annual JRCLS Women in Law Regional Conference. It will be held at Chapman University…

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Tips for Successful Lawyering in the Modern Age, Part 1

Written by Matthew E., OLN Freelance Attorney. Whether you are working from home when you otherwise would be in the office, working after hours, or are…

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Law Firms: the Cost of Hiring and Attrition

Written by Desiree J. Nordstrom, Founding Partner and Attorney, Overflow Legal Network, LLC. All business owners know that mistakes in hiring can cost your business…

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Correctly Classifying Independent Contractors

Written by Desiree J. Nordstrom, Founding Partner and Attorney, Overflow Legal Network, LLC. The use of independent contractors can dramatically reduce the cost and headache…

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Clients, Lawyers and Law Firms Want a Better Deal

Lawyers Weekly recently published an article titled, Lawyers want a better deal, by author, Warren Kalinko, CEO of Keypoint Law, an Australian based law firm….

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Duty to Disclose When Outsourcing Legal Work to Freelance Attorneys – Ethical Series, Part 6

Written by Desiree Nordstrom. Law firms looking to hire a freelance attorney often ask if they are ethically required to inform their clients that legal…

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Legal Outsourcing: The New Law Firm Model

Since 2006, the upheaval in the legal industry has created massive layoffs, law firm closures, and serious reduction in associate compensation. The shifting marketplace has…

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Outsourcing to a Contract Attorney and the Duty of Confidentiality – Ethical Series, Part 5

Written by Desiree Nordstrom. A question often arises regarding the ethical duty of confidentiality when a law firm turns over confidential client information in conjunction…

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The Benefits of Hiring a Contract Attorney

Written by Desiree Nordstrom. Last week I sat in a meeting with a room full of lawyers. The attorney next to me was exhausted. She…

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California Addresses Ethics Behind Contract Attorneys in OCBA Formal Opinion

Written by Desiree Nordstrom. In California, the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA) recently published Formal Opinion 2014-1 in which it addressed hiring attorneys using in-state,…

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