TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 6, 2017
The ABA Journal this month reported on the growth of managed services business, which design, build and staff process systems that efficiently complete legal work. A leader in the industry profiled in the piece is Counsel on Call, founded by Jane Allen in Nashville back in 2000. The company started after Allen saw room in the market for attorneys who would work for a reduced hourly rate in order to accommodate more flexible schedules, and those attorneys could help firms with peaks in workflow or a need to fill temporary positions. Counsel on Call is now a $50-million-per-year business that employs more than 1,000 lawyers.