Tower Legal Staffing, Inc.

Tower Legal Solutions Triples DC Office Space

Leslie Firtell — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:19:55 +0000

Burgeoning Demand for “Contract” Lawyers by Corporations and Law Firms Drives Tower Growth

Tower Legal Solutions’ Washington, DC office has nearly tripled its real estate footprint. To its current 2,900 square feet of office space at 1212 New York Avenue, the company has added nearly 9,000 square feet of new document review space at 1310 G Street, already open and providing clients with contract legal services.

DC is Tower’s fastest-growing office and its real estate holdings were expanded to keep pace with the demand by its corporate and law firm clients for cost-effective offsite temporary legal staffing and managed review services on document reviews and foreign language translations, in particular.

“Tower’s growth,” says Leslie Firtell, President of this WBENC-certified provider of outsourced legal services, “is driven by the rapidly increasing demand for cost-efficient document review. And,” she adds, “in addition to providing document review space and technology, there is a greater increase in the number of reviews that we are directly managing for our clients. By utilizing our managed review services, we have helped our clients save millions of dollars.”

“This is a growing trend on the part of corporations and law firms,” confirms Raoul Mills, head of Tower’s DC operations. “They turn to Tower as an extremely flexible, creative and cost-efficient supplement to outside counsel — particularly when they face document intensive discovery. Because we staff all types of cases and offer an array of staffing solutions, clients can choose the most cost-effective option without sacrificing quality. Whether Tower provides contract attorneys on a Second Request, investigation or large-scale litigation, clients save a tremendous amount of money, and by adding that extra layer of managed review, Tower further reduces their cost of document review.”

For clients preferring to keep contract workers offsite, Tower’s new offices permit the company to house and oversee a growing team of skilled professionals to execute document review, foreign language translation and legal research. The firm also provides permanent and substantive temporary legal staffing services.

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In only four years, Tower Legal Solutions’ young management team has quickly built this WBENC-certified enterprise from the ground up, leveraging its high professional standards to build a smooth-running legal services SWAT unit that provides law firm and corporate clients with exceptional temporary attorneys, paralegals, project management and foreign language services. Tower can — and has — launched a large document review project with less than 24-hour notice, and stepped into a floundering review project managed by a competing firm and successfully refocused the project to meet critical budgets and deadlines.

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Tower Legal Staffing Expands to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Leslie Firtell — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:36:56 +0000

NEW YORK, NY – JULY 5, 2011 – Tower Legal Staffing, Inc., the growing NYC-based legal staffing company, announced the opening of its newest branch office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The office is located at One Oxford Centre, 301 Grant Street in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh. Tower Legal President and CEO, Leslie Firtell, Esq., selected Pittsburgh, one of the top US cities for finding employment, because it has a large corporate presence and it affords Tower Legal’s clients another cost-effective, onshore alternative for their temporary legal staffing needs.

“We have clients in the Pittsburgh area and now we will have a presence in their backyard. Pittsburgh is an economically healthy city with a strong sense of community. Coupled with the widespread corporate commitment to saving money on legal expenses, Pittsburgh is another fantastic market for finding large talent pools at a lower cost without having to sacrifice quality,” commented Leslie. “I am determined to continue to find ways to save our clients money on document reviews, for example, without having to go offshore.”

Tower Legal’s other offices include New York, Charlotte, NC and Washington, DC. “We are very excited to have a presence in Pittsburgh, commented Leslie. “We are committed to the Pittsburgh market and we will continue to exceed expectations.”

With a management team having 30+ years of combined legal staffing experience and branch offices in Charlotte, DC and Pittsburgh, Tower Legal is expanding its national presence and is fast becoming the most reliable and flexible resource for law firms and corporations requiring contract attorneys and paralegals for temporary assignments. Tower Legal is an expert in providing exceptional staffing and project management, overseeing document review teams of any size and budgets throughout the life of a project.

Clients of Tower Legal receive no-fee document review facilities and on-site management for projects taking place at Tower Legal’s offices in New York, Charlotte, Washington, DC and Pittsburgh.

Tower Legal’s Charlotte office is located at One Oxford Centre, 301 Grant Street. To contact the Tower Legal office in Pittsburgh, call (412) 255-3755 or email ContactPitt@Towerls.com.

About Tower Legal Staffing, Inc.

Tower Legal is full-service WBENC-certified women-owned staffing company dedicated to providing its law firm and corporate clients with exceptional temporary attorneys, paralegals, project management and foreign language services. Tower Legal is owned and operated by a team of legal professionals who have earned a solid reputation in the industry by consistently delivering and maintaining the highest standard of performance. Its Corporate Headquarters is located at 65 Broadway, 13^th Floor, in downtown New York City.

For more information about Tower Legal, visit http://towerls.com/.

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2011 Law Grads Should Look to the Temp Market

Leslie Firtell — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:17:27 +0000

NALP just released a report stating that class of 2010 graduates faced the worst job market since mid-1990s and it will likely be worse for 2011 graduates. However, with the increased demand for temporary staff by law firms and corporations, graduates should not despair because with the right qualifications there will be plenty of opportunities to obtain employment through the temporary legal staffing industry.

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Providing Value in a Challenging Legal Market

Leslie Firtell — Thu, 19 May 2011 19:11:51 +0000

I recently read the New York State Bar Association’s, Report of the Task Force on the Future of the Legal Profession, dated April 2, 2011, which among other topics, examined several ways in which law firms should look to change how they deliver legal services to their clients in order to survive in this changing market. Law firms are now confronting issues that those of us in contract legal staffing and document review management have known for quite some time: Clients want exceptional talent and service performed in the most cost-effective way. Law firms are engaged by their clients to help them with their most sophisticated and complex legal work. However, simultaneously, law firms will have to implement cost containment measures in order to further reduce the bill. The ability to manage cost and deliver value without a reduction in quality is critical. One of the ways to achieve this in litigation, for example, is to have contract attorneys and/or paralegals assist with discovery. As part of an alternative fee arrangement, a portion of the bill will be allotted to the fixed cost of contract staff. Those firms that do so will not only be providing their clients with a tremendous cost savings but they are enabling their clients to have greater predictability over their legal expenses not to mention generating good will. As we move forward, the law firms that understand that partnering with trusted outside vendors to provide cost containment measures to their projects will have a competitive edge over the law firms that continue with business as usual.

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Onshoring- Are There Challenges?

Leslie Firtell — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:12:22 +0000

Onshoring legal work to lower cost markets such as Charlotte, NC and Richmond, VA in an effort to keep the work in the US isn’t without its challenges. To begin with, most of these markets have a limited pool of lawyers seeking temporary legal work. With the exception of recent law school graduates, most of these cities don’t see a significant increase in new legal talent throughout the year. In addition, as competition among staffing agencies increase, the market becomes saturated and there are less people to go around. Recruiting from nearby cities is an option but not without risk to the contractors who are bearing the travel and housing expense.

What are you seeing?

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OPEN HOUSE Recruitment Event for Charlotte March 22 – 23

hmeredith — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:51:09 +0000

Charlotte office seeks new candidates for expanded document review services

In cooperation with a National Financial Company, our Tower Legal Charlotte office will be conducting Onsite Financial Reviews in our New Project Space.We’re providing expanded document review service offerings to clients throughout the Charlotte, NC Area with newly expanded review space in our Charlotte office.

We’re hosting an OPEN HOUSE Recruiting Event in our Charlotte Office. If you or someone you know has not yet registered with Tower, we’d like to meet you next week if your schedule permits.

Dates:

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Times:

10:00 am – 5:30 pm

Office Location:

201 South Tyron Street, Suite 950B

Uptown Charlotte, NC

Who Should Apply:
NEW Contract Attorneys who have NOT YET REGISTERED with Tower

Candidate Criteria:

1. Attorneys with active bar membership in any U.S jurisdiction.

2. Recent law school graduates that have successfully passed the recent NC bar

(pending licensure in NC)

3. Attorneys with financial experience or background preferred

4. Immediate Availability

Interested candidates should email your resume in MS Word format to NCProject@towerls.com and indicate if you’ll be attending the open house.

We hope to see you there!

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In Today’s News: Jobless rate declines, how is it affecting you?

Leslie Firtell — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:30:06 +0000

The unemployment rate for February is at 8.9%, the lowest level since April of 2009. 192,000 jobs were added last month. According to the report, 47,000 were jobs in the professional and business services industry, of which we believe law jobs are included.

From our perspective as a legal staffing firm, that’s encouraging news. We’ve been very busy staffing jobs these last few months and we see that accelerating.

We want to hear how this trend is affecting you over the last year. If you’re a contract attorney, what have you noticed? Comment below and share your personal story.

Reference Sites:

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/03/good-news-in-jobs-report-as-unemployment-rate-dips-under-9-percent.htm

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

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Tower Legal Staffing Expands to Charlotte, North Carolina

Leslie Firtell — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:21:17 +0000

Please Note: As of 2/2012 – Tower Legal’s Charlotte office has moved to 129 West Trade Street, 8th Floor, Charlotte, NC 28202

New Office Creates Cost-Effective Alternatives for Tower Legal Staffing Clients

Tower Legal Staffing, Inc., the growing NYC- based legal staffing company, announced the opening of its newest branch office in Charlotte, North Carolina. The office is located at 201 South Tyron Street in the heart of Uptown Charlotte. Tower Legal President and CEO, Leslie Firtell, Esq., selected Charlotte, one of the top 25 metropolitan areas in the US, because it has a deep contract attorney talent pool and it affords Tower Legal’s clients a cost-effective, onshore alternative for their temporary legal staffing needs.

“As a boutique firm, we take pride in the superior customer service that we provide to our clients and candidates. We see ourselves as match-makers and we believe that the most important factor in building a long-term relationship is for us to consistently exceed expectations. However, we also realize that clients are incredibly cost conscience and, therefore, cost is often the deciding factor when choosing where to conduct the document review,” commented Leslie. “Where some may go offshore, we decided to recruit from abundant talent pools in lower-cost markets right here in the United States. As a result, we’re keeping our clients’ legal projects onshore.”

Holly Meredith is the newest member of the leadership team at Tower Legal and the Branch Manager of the Charlotte office. “We are so excited to have a presence in Charlotte,” commented Leslie. “Holly will carry forward our commitment to the Charlotte market by attracting both new and existing relationships and preserving their loyalty through superior performance.”

With a management team having 30+ years of combined legal staffing experience and new branch offices in DC and Charlotte, Tower Legal is expanding its national presence and is fast becoming the most reliable and flexible resource for law firms and corporations requiring contract attorneys and paralegals for temporary assignments. Tower Legal is an expert in providing exceptional staffing and project management, overseeing document review teams of any size and budgets throughout the life of a project.

Clients of Tower Legal receive no-fee document review facilities and on-site management for projects taking place at Tower Legal’s offices in New York, Washington, DC and Charlotte.

Tower Legal’s Charlotte office is located at 201 South Tryon Street, Suite 950B. To contact the Tower Legal office in Charlotte, call (704) 247-9540 or email ContactNC@Towerls.com.

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