A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law. The primary service provided by a law firm is to advise clients (individuals or corporations) about their legal rights and responsibilities, and to represent their clients in civil or criminal cases, business transactions and other matters in which legal assistance is sought.

Arrangements

Law firms are organized in a variety of ways, depending on the jurisdiction in which the firm practices. Common arrangements include:

  • Sole proprietorship, in which the attorney is the law firm and is responsible for all profit, loss and liability;
  • General partnership, in which all of the attorneys in the firm equally share ownership and liability;
  • Professional corporations, which issue stock to the attorneys in a fashion similar to that of a business corporation;
  • Limited liability company, in which the attorney-owners are called "members" but are not directly liable to third party creditors of the law firm;
  • Professional association, which operates similarly to a professional corporation or a limited liability company;
  • Limited liability partnership (LLP), in which the attorney-owners are partners with one another, but no partner is liable to any creditor of the law firm nor is any partner liable for any negligence on the part of any other partner. The LLP is taxed as a partnership while enjoying the liability protection of a corporation.

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What are the busiest times of the year for most law firms?
Q. What are the busiest times of the year for most law firms?
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What are the top five IP law firms in the Seattle area to work as a biotech patent agent?
Q. I am looking to relocate to the west coast and am investigating Seattle and various California cities. I am a registered patent agent (4 yrs ago) with a BS in biochemistry, and a very strong background in sequence listings and sequence searching. I have worked for an international bioinformatics company. I am currently working as an IP legal assistant for attorneys for a large Boston law firm and thus am quite familiar with patent prosecution. I am looking to do patent work such as sequence listings, sequence searching, sequence analysis, patentability searches (have done those), and patent prosecution. I am aware Seed is a top firm in this regard.
Asked by Handsome Devil - Tue Dec 5 12:10:51 2006 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe (HEWM) in the San Francisco headquarters has a huge IP dept. with many IP attorneys in their other branches (Seattle being one), though not as many. The San Diego branch, though smaller, is made up of a lot of IP attys b/c of the huge biotech boom there. Seattle had more environmental attys than anything (seems to be the trend for the whole state), but still had IP attys there. HEWM is well known as a 1st class firm within all the CA atty's I've talked to, evoking an ooh and ahh about the firm.
Answered by KH - Tue Dec 5 14:05:17 2006

Should you be wary of law firms/lawyers who send you mail immediaely after you receive a traffic ticket,etc?
Q. I've heard that these are called bottom feeders, or are just sharks, and are desperate for business or just...the types of law firms/lawyers you should try your best to stay as far away from as possible. Is this true..or just speculation? Or is this just standard business practise?
Asked by brandon cave - Tue Mar 17 06:05:47 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Hi Brad, What is happening here is that the lawyer is either himself, or someone he has hired is going through police reports and contacting people who might need a lawyer. It's pretty standard and the reports are public information. There are a lot of desperate lawyers out there so this isn't too surprising. Traffic accidents tend to be the main thing they want. Keep in mind that despite what they say they can get for you, it may actually cost you money. Here's how. You're in an accident that's not your fault, the other party's insurance company offers you $8,000 for the damages. You contact a lawyer who will work on a 30% (and this number will vary) contingency. He forces the insurance company to pay $10,000 instead. After… [cont.]
Answered by Lastdue - Tue Mar 17 10:19:22 2009

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