GetLegal Named Best Law Site In Webby People’s Voice Awards

DALLAS, TX – MAY 5, 2009 - The global Web community has voted GetLegal as Best Law Site of the year in the Webby People’s Voice Awards.

This year, over 500,000 votes were cast by people around the world for their favorite sites, videos, and ads in The Webby People’s Voice Awards. A list of both Webby Awards and People’s Voice Awards winners can be found at http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=13.

GetLegal will be honored at a star-studded ceremony hosted by Saturday Night Live’s Seth Meyers on June 8th in New York City. On June 9th, fans will be able to watch the ceremony, including GetLegal’s five-word speech, at the official Webby Awards YouTube Channel.

Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by The New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile websites. The Webby Awards is presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 650-person judging academy whose members include Internet co-inventor Vint Cerf, R/GA’s Chief Bob Greenberg, Simpsons creator Matt Groening, Arianna Huffington and Harvey Weinstein.

“The Webby Awards honors the very best of the Internet,” said David-Michel Davies, executive director of The Webby Awards. “GetLegal’s win is a testament to the skill, ingenuity, and vision of its creators.”

“This award recognizes the outstanding work done by our incredible team of editors, developers and designers,” said Phillip Galyen, Chief Executive Officer of GetLegal. Akhil Saklani, GetLegal’s Chief Operating Officer added, “It’s gratifying to have the public recognize our efforts to provide them with a valuable resource for obtaining legal information.”

GetLegal’s primary portal, GetLegal.com, offers the public a broad range of legal information and engages visitors with innovative design and navigation. The Legal Information Center is the heart of GetLegal.com. Developed in partnership with Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute, the Center combines accessible written content with high-definition video to educate users on basic legal principles relating to crime, personal injuries, divorce, employment, bankruptcy, immigration and many other topics. GetLegal.com also features an attorney directory with nationwide listings by location and practice area, as well as original featured articles. Most resources also are available in Spanish.

The 13th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from over 60 countries and all 50 states.

Founded in 1996, The Webby Awards are known worldwide for its famous five-word speech limit. Past Webby Award winners – and their speeches – include Al Gore (“Please don’t recount this vote”), Beastie Boys (“Can anyone fix my computer?”), and Stephen Colbert (“Me. Me. Me. Me. Me.”).

About GetLegal:

GetLegal.com provides online interactive resources for the public and the legal community. The family of GetLegal sites includes FuenteLegal.com, a Spanish-language site providing legal information for the public, and GetLegalTV.com, an online television network with legal information and entertainment.

About The Webby Awards:

Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile web sites. Established in 1996, the 13th Annual Webby Awards received over 10,000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide. The Webby Awards is presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Sponsors and Partners of The Webby Awards include: YouTube; Microsoft Silverlight; The Creative Group; .ORG; Getty Images; The Barbarian Group; Digital Kitchen; Variety; Wired; IDG; PricewaterhouseCoopers; 2advanced.Net; KobeMail and Museum of the Moving Image.

Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute and GetLegal / FuenteLegal Launch Spanish-language Project

Euless, Texas (October 24, 2008) — The Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell University Law School, in partnership with GetLegal, has launched a new section of its popular website featuring Spanish-language overviews of selected topics on U.S. law.

The summaries of the law are written with the average person in mind. Initial topics covered include family law, accident and injury law, criminal law, immigration law, bankruptcy law, employment law and real estate law. The overviews also are featured on GetLegal’s Spanish-language site, FuenteLegal.com, along with original articles and other content.

About GetLegal.com: GetLegal.com provides online interactive resources for the public and the legal community. The family of GetLegal sites includes FuenteLegal.com, a Spanish-language site providing legal information for the public; GetLegalTV.com, an online television network with legal news, information and entertainment; and GetLegalCafe.com, a social networking site with a legal twist.

About the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School: The Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School is one of the most linked-to legal websites with more than 1 million inbound links. It receives nearly 1 million page views per day from more than 200 countries.

Media Contact

Akhil Saklani
Chief Operating Officer
GetLegal
Phone: 1-877-359-7077
E-mail: akhil.saklani@getlegal.com

Two New Websites Released by the Web Services Team at GetLegal

This week the web services team at GetLegal.com has released two new websites for the Romano Law Group out of West Palm Beach Florida.  Both new websites are comprised of custom design and content by GetLegal.com.

Take a closer look at the newly released sites at:

www.romanocriminallaw.com and www.romanotriallawyers.com

To view other custom websites created by the web services team at GetLegal, check out our law firm marketing section now.

The Taos Group’s Fifth Annual Retreat

The Taos Group met for its fifth annual retreat Oct. 3–7 at the fantastic and eco-friendly El Monte Sagrado Resort in Taos, N.M. Topics discussed included everything from marketing your law firm to hiring the best receptionist (what to call her: a receptionist or an “intake administrator”?). Group members from all over the country came together to discuss ways to grow their practice during changing economic times and to celebrate each other’s home runs as well as discuss the strikeouts.

Saturday night was a great time of surprises, and I am happy that GetLegal got to be a part of it. We had a lovely dinner at the JD Challenger art studio in Taos and were all amazed at the unveiling of the Bronze Statue “We the People” by JD Challenger. The statue, which will be shipped to Lake Worth, Fla., to become a part of the Romano Law Group’s new EcoCentre, depicts a Native American with a peace pipe kneeling on a stone tablet of the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. It was an emotional unveiling for John and Nancy Romano, who commissioned the work over three years ago specifically for the EcoCentre, which at that time was only a dream on paper.

I was grateful to be able to give a Gicle`e of another one of Mr. Challenger’s works, “The Bill of Rights,” to each Taos Group member, and Mr. Challenger kindly agreed to sign the back of each copy. Another thanks to Mr. Challenger and the wonderful staff of the gallery for a memorable evening.

Look forward to seeing you all next week at Mass Torts Made Perfect at the Bellagio in Las Vegas!

GetLegal Wins Web Marketing Association’s Award For Best Legal Website

Sept. 16, 2008

Euless, Texas — GetLegal, a leader in online legal-information services, received recognition from the Web Marketing Association by winning the WebAward for Best Legal Website. During the 2008 competition, websites from 96 industries were judged independently on design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copywriting and ease of use. A professional judging panel selected by the association assessed www.getlegal.com and gave it high marks in all seven criteria. The site’s scored average was 30 percent higher than other websites in the Legal industry category and 16 percent higher than all websites selected to win a WebAward this year.

GetLegal welcomes visitors into an interactive environment that provides access to legal information for the public, management and research resources for legal professionals, and online marketing services for law firms. Using innovative design and technology, the website engages visitors and encourages them to explore the content found in its sections.

GetLegal’s public resources:

• Legal Information Center, developed in partnership with Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute, combining reliable written content from experienced attorneys with high-definition video to educate users on basic legal principles related to criminal law, accident and injury law, family law, employment law, bankruptcy law, immigration law and many other areas of law
• Attorney directory with nationwide listings by location and practice area
• Original featured articles and current legal and financial news
• Daily features: Legal Tip of the Day, Crazy Law of the Day and Today in Legal History
• Most public resources also are available in Spanish

Highlights of the site for legal professionals:

• Legal Research Center, developed in partnership with Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute, featuring organized and annotated links to all significant free legal research resources on the Internet
• Law Firm Marketing Center, offering resources for website design, web analytics, search engine optimization and video production along with descriptions of the services GetLegal offers in each area

GetLegal delivers custom, innovative and highly effective online marketing services, including website design, online video production, search engine optimization and web analytics. The writers, editors, designers, video producers and programmers who developed the website selected for this award also provide the same level of service and benefits to GetLegal’s clients.

About GetLegal

GetLegal.com provides online interactive resources for the public and the legal community. The family of GetLegal sites includes FuenteLegal.com, a Spanish-language site providing legal information for the public; GetLegalTV.com, an online television network with legal news, information and entertainment; GetLegalCafe.com, a social networking site with a legal twist; and TheAttorneyStore.com, a one-stop shop for the legal community.

About the WebAwards

The WebAwards competition sets the standard of excellence in 96 industry categories by evaluating websites and defining benchmarks based on seven essential criteria of successful site development. The goal of the Web Marketing Association, sponsor of the WebAwards, is to provide a forum to recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing some of the most effective websites on the Internet today.

Media Contact

Akhil Saklani
Chief Operating Officer
GetLegal
Phone: 1-877-359-7077
E-mail: akhil.saklani@getlegal.com

GetLegal at the Texas Advanced Family Law Seminar

The GetLegal team had a great week in San Antonio for the Texas Advanced Family Law Seminar from Aug. 10–14. We had productive meetings with existing clients for web services and our attorney directory and also met lots of new faces to discuss marketing needs for law firms.

Chief Operating Officer Akhil Saklani made the trip with Product Fulfillment Manager Wes Strawn, giving comprehensive information to clients about our processes and goals for full client satisfaction.

GetLegal also sponsored the Tarrant County Family Bench Bar’s dinner and hospitality suite. Thanks to Janet Denton of Denton, Smith and Cunningham in Colleyville for organizing those events!

As always, GetLegalTV drew lots of attention to our booth, so I thought I would take this opportunity to explain GetLegalTV and the benefits of video on your website:

• The addition of video to your website keeps prospective clients on your site longer, increasing chances for conversion.
• Video is indexed independently by search engines, giving you a greater opportunity of being found through universal search.
• Quality video of you on your site develops trust with clients, leading to higher conversion.
• Quality video “paints the picture” of your law firm, showing prospective clients who you are and your commitment to their case.

Contact our sales team today regarding a cutting-edge website for your firm and our video packages. Complement that with our attorney directory to bring qualified clients to your firm from an inbound link from GetLegal. You won’t be disappointed in our marketing services!

Debbie Monroe joins GetLegal as President

Euless, Texas, August 22, 2008 — GetLegal announced yesterday that Deborah Monroe has joined the company as President. “Debbie is a seasoned professional and brings great vision to GetLegal,” said Akhil Saklani, GetLegal’s Chief Operating Officer.

Chief Executive Officer Philip Galyen added, “She is a serious business builder with 10 years of extensive experience in the legal information services industry.”

At her prior post as President and CEO of FindLaw, a leading provider of client development solutions for law firms and other legal professionals, Monroe led the growth of the company’s products, services, and revenues to 100 million dollars with nearly 500 employees.

Ms. Monroe was appointed head of Findlaw after the Thomson Corporation acquired the business in 2001. Prior to that, she served as vice president and general manager of Thomson West’s Southern Market Center and as vice president of the Small/Medium Law Firm Segment within Strategic Marketing.

Prior to joining Thomson, Ms. Monroe was vice president at Landmark Communications Inc., a privately held media company. At Landmark Communications, she managed the strategic acquisition of publishing, recruitment, marketing and reference services businesses, building an impressive portfolio of successful, business-to-business dot-com companies.

Ms. Monroe holds a doctorate from West Virginia University. She received both her master’s and bachelor’s degrees from North Carolina State University.

Fresh Legal Research and Information at GetLegal

Legal Research

We recently have expanded our Legal Research Center to include pages about Anti-Trust and Trade Regulation, Wills, Trusts and Estates and Environmental Law. Each page provides a number of reliable resources. Find links to credible websites, blogs, associations and agencies, journals, articles, and research guides. Visit our Legal Research Center today.

Legal Information

For general legal information, see GetLegal’s four new pages about juvenile justice, which include valuable information about juvenile justice programs, status offenses and the juvenile justice system.

In our Criminal Law Center, we have expanded our white-collar crime area to include information about certain types of fraud. In addition, we now provide information about the Fifth and Sixth amendments and Constitutional Law.

Also, check out new legal information videos related to family law, premises liability, product liability, patents, debt collection and consumer credit.

GetLegal Launches Newly Designed Website for the Law Offices of Clancy and Clancy

The Web Services Team at GetLegal.com is pleased to announce the launch of the redesigned website for the Law Offices of Clancy and Clancy. Kevin and Tim Clancy are Dallas criminal defense attorneys. With 40 years of combined experience in criminal law, they represent clients throughout the Dallas–Fort Worth area.

The website redesign for the Law Offices of Clancy and Clancy provides a clear navigation through many of the firm’s practice areas including federal and white-collar crime and DWI/drunk driving. Visitors to the site can easily access other important information such as attorney profiles and contact information. By utilizing the most up-to-date web standards and a keen understanding of content placement, the web services team at GetLegal can provide a better user experience for law firms looking to improve their online presence.

For more information on web services at GetLegal, please call 817-359-7077.

Congress Passes Bill to Increase Safety Regulations

Congress has passed a bill that will substantially increase the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s regulatory powers. The bill, which passed the House with a 424-1 vote and the Senate with an 89-3 vote, comes after an increase of recalls throughout the toy industry. While legislation that increases powers of the federal government has not proven popular over the past 20 years, this bill may signal a reduction in the national anti-regulatory attitude.

Read the full story in our featured column “The Law in Real Life,” by Linda Holmes, J.D.