318 Search Results for unbundling of legal services in practice

November 26, 2010

How to Set Up a Modern, Tech Savvy, Legal Office

...ointment as soon as I enter it. Next on the agenda will be learning to use services such as DropBox, Worldox, or Google Docs (Note: and now iCloud and related services. 2-28-2012. J.B.H.) to store documents “in the Cloud”. Download/upload speeds are a bit slow where I live, especially the HughesNet Satellite from home, but soon we will forget what it was like to keep a network server in the office to store all that data. And, if the worst happens,...

April 16, 2020

The Imperative of a Full Legal Check-up; an “Unbundled Legal Service”:

The Imperative of a Full Legal Check-up; An “Unbundled Legal Service”: https://youtu.be/YpTnNFm82ng I notice I have used the term “unbundled legal service” in several of my videos. Here’s the most basic” doing something that is “Important but not Urgent”. Of course, if you are on your death bed or headed into “the valley of the shadow of death”, it might be Important and Urgent. But most of the time we say, “Manana”. We think we have plenty of ti...

March 15, 2014

Practice Areas

...t the law and the judicial system and a lot about people. I’ve tailored my legal practice to provide clients with the full benefit of my legal knowledge and experience. My practice focuses on the following areas of law: Family Law I’ve have handled more than 4,000 divorce and family law cases for clients. My family law practice includes divorce, child custody and support, paternity/allocation of parental rights, domestic violence, stepparent adopt...

October 17, 2018

GAPS IN WV FAMILY LAW

...ily law attorney to attend mediation with her or his client. Burt calls failure to attend “malpractice”. 8. There is no significant movement in West Virginia to promote “expedited mediation”, “streamlined mediation rules”, “unbundling of legal services”, or “collaborative law”. IN SUMMARY, family law in West Virginia stumbles along with perhaps 70% of the litigants unrepresented, overburdened courts, limited funds for mediators and guardians ad li...

June 19, 2018

WV’s Child Custody Relocation Statute: A Critical Issue for Parents and Children

...preparing you notice. This is a time when using this option of “unbundled legal services” may be a good option, or perhaps it is your only option if you are short of funds. For more on “unbundling”, just type “unbundled” into my blog’s search engine. www.hunterlawfirm.net/blog/ 11. I believe the time that the custodial parent could simply file the notice of relocation and expect to be permitted to move the child has passed and that these moves sh...

June 18, 2018

WV Relocation Statute: A Critical Issue for Parents and Children

...preparing you notice. This is a time when using this option of “unbundled legal services” may be a good option, or perhaps it is your only option if you are short of funds. For more on “unbundling”, just type “unbundled” into my blog’s search engine. www.hunterlawfirm.net/blog/ I believe the time that the custodial parent could simply file the notice of relocation and expect to be permitted to move the child has passed and that these moves should...

March 15, 2014

Medical Malpractice

...en wrongful death. If you have suffered serious harm because of medical malpractice, please contact me, attorney J. Burton Hunter, III. I am a personal injury lawyer who represents clients in medical malpractice claims, including those involving: Birth injury Surgical errors Emergency room mistakes Wrong diagnosis, including cancer misdiagnosis Failure to diagnose cancer and other diseases Nursing medication errors Pharmacy errors Medical malpract...

April 20, 2020

An Example of an Unbundled Legal Service: Allocation of Parental Rights, AKA “Paternity Suit”

...l-representation, can get important information. Our formula for unbundled services is designed to provide up to $1000 worth of services for a flat fee of $500. I can curate nearly 1500 pages of blog writing, 30 videos, 400 articles, and a 300 page book entitled “Perspectives of a Small Town Lawyer”, so that you can decide what to do next. The phrase “Allocation of Parental Rights” is analogous to what used to be called, “A Paternity Suit”. In the...

May 17, 2022

A “SUMMING” LETTER TO A YOUNGER COLLEAGUE

...has over 60 videos that contain my “take” on certain areas of the law and legal practice.   It is good, solid, stuff for someone trying to survive and thrive in a small firm in WV. The purpose of this response to your inquiry is to make this vast resource useful for you.   I have a rather complete set of intake and related forms and checklists that I haven’t been asked for recently. I have asked my staff to help me find it and to bring it up to d...

April 6, 2016

Why is it Ok for WV Lawyers to “Live it Up” at the Greenbrier?

...will not always have this privilege. Many forces are attempting to provide legal services without the requirement of a law license. As a person who loves change, I am not afraid of this. I have written many articles on the subject of improving our ability to provide services at reasonable cost, and reducing the percentage of self-represented parties. So far, most of my advice has gone unheeded. 13. We need to do more than try to fight off the forc...