Advocate Capital, Inc. Law Firm Financing Blog

Authored By: Candace Whitman When we talk to contingent-fee lawyers about our case expense funding product they sometimes have questions about how it will work for their law firm. Here are a few common misconceptions we hear from attorneys: “I don’t need the money.” One common misconception about case expense financing is that only law firms who are st...

Authored by: Amanda Unterreiner Not only is it important for every law firm to have a website, but it is also important to keep your website up to date. Here are a few benefits of having a law firm website from Attorney at Work. Boost your credibility. Many times, potential clients will look you up online to get information about your firm before contact...

Have you heard of Qualified Settlement Funds (QSFs)? QSFs can allot more time for strategic financial planning after a settlement. Our friend and attorney Sam Dolce, who oversees QSFs at Milestone Consulting, gave an overview of 3 different ways to use QSFs in a past webinar recording: https://vimeo.com/advocatecapital/3differentwaystouseqsfs   Per our pa...

Authored By: Candace Whitman Law firm directories such as Avvo, Super Lawyer, FindLaw, Lawrina, and Martindale, are great tools for consumers to find a law firm that's right for them without spending hours searching through numerous websites and google listings. For law firms, these services are valuable as a way to market your firm and expand your audien...

Hiring quality employees is an important part of growing a successful law firm. Lawrina shared some helpful law firm employee recruitment tips in a recent blog.  People want to work for a company that values them and makes them feel like they belong. Lawrina says, "According to one report, a sense of belonging is at the top of the list of what employees w...

Have you ever needed to generate a list of random numbers? I do a lot of team-building events, and sometimes we want to do a random drawing. The random number generator is a helpful tool in Excel to perform this action. If you want to generate a column of random numbers between 1 and 1000, enter the RAND formula and copy it down the column for each line i...

Huge thank you to everyone affiliated with the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) for another fantastic tradeshow.      Associate Director, Client Management Services, Maria Escamilla, and Executive Client Manager, Susan Greene, recently traveled to Las Vegas to attend CAALA’s 40th anniversary at the beautiful Bellagio Hotel.  It was a...

As law firms look to capture a more diverse client base, many are adding Instagram accounts to their repertoire of business social media accounts. Search through #hashtags on Instagram, and you’ll likely find a plethora of fun and educational content from law firms. The social giant, once thought to cater to those under 25 years of age, has grown in popul...

Video is a great way to tell stories and convey information in a way that is engaging and easy to consume. Video often draws consumers into your law firm's website and social media more than a block of text would. John Butterworth, a digital marketer, recently provided some helpful video marketing tips for law firms in an article for Attorney at Work.  Cl...

Paul B. Myers, CEO and Chairman, recently hosted a webinar, Effectively Litigating Against Defective Products’ with special guest Lance Cooper, Attorney and Founding Partner at The Cooper Firm. In this webinar, Paul and Lance discuss how to identify a strong product liability case effectively and what steps are needed to take on large corporate opponents...