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FINDLAW TO OFFER AFFORDABLE LEGAL SERVICES THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH AMERICOUNSEL
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., and NEEDHAM, Mass. (August 21, 2000) -FindLaw, the pioneer and leader in online legal information and services, announced today an exclusive partnership with AmeriCounsel, the premierprovider of flat-fee and affordable legal services. Under the arrangement, the parties will create a co-branded site pairing FindLaw's pre-eminent legalcontent and community with AmeriCounsel's nationwide network of pre-screened attorneys.
FindLaw is the highest trafficked legal web site, with the most comprehensive set of legal resources on the Internet for lawyers, businessesand individuals. AmeriCounsel, which is teamed with Harvard Law Professor Arthur Miller, offers low flat-fees and affordable hourly rates for a widerange of legal services for small businesses and consumers.
"Helping those with legal needs find the right legal resources is at the heart of FindLaw's success," said FindLaw Co-founder Stacy Stern. "Thispartnership helps us make it easier and cheaper for consumers and small businesses to get prompt, reasonably priced legal help when they need it."
Visitors to the co-branded site will find a Consumer Law Center and a Small Business Law Center with comprehensive guides to relevant legal issues.After researching their particular legal situation, visitors will then have seamless access to AmeriCounsel's network of quality attorneys andattractively priced fees.
"The Web is dramatically transforming the legal industry by increasing access to information and technologies that enhance attorney productivity -- ultimately translating into significant cost savings for clients," added AmeriCounsel's President and CEO, Jonathan Slater. "Partnering with the leading Internet site for legal and government information helps us reach the widest possible audience."
About FindLaw
FindLaw, Inc. (http://www.findlaw.com), the pioneer and leader in online legalinformation and services, is the highest trafficked legal web site. FindLaw provides the most comprehensive set of legal resources on the Internet forlawyers, businesses and individuals. These resources include legal search tools, case law (including U.S. Supreme Court decisions back to 1893), legalnews, real-time SEC filings, community discussion areas and online continuing legal education. FindLaw is home to the most complete online legal careercenter, with law firm salary charts, legal job listings, personalized legal job placement services and the "Greedy Associates" message boards. FindLaw'ssmall business and consumer legal centers provide comprehensive, plain-English legal information for non-lawyers. FindLaw is a privately held company backedby CMGI@Ventures, Amicus Investments, Angel Investors LP, Arba Seed Investment Group and Glasser Legal Works.
About AmeriCounsel
AmeriCounsel.com (http://www.americounsel.com), which is affiliated with notedHarvard Law School Professor and "Good Morning America" Legal Editor Arthur Miller, was launched in March 2000 to revolutionize the legal industry bybringing lower costs and increased convenience to the legal market for businesses and consumers. AmeriCounsel offers low flat-fee legal servicesranging from home closings, wills and adoptions for individual consumers to incorporations, trademark applications and employee contracts for smallbusinesses. AmeriCounsel features Web-based practice tools to improve attorney efficiency so that participating lawyers can pass along substantialcost savings to AmeriCounsel customers. The company now boasts a nationwide network of pre-screened attorneys with an average of more than 18 years ofpractice experience. With significant investment in innovative, proprietary software, AmeriCounsel is creating a new market of consumers who currently donot use the legal system and expects to increase the volume of legal services utilized by small businesses, by improving the economics of using a lawyer.Cutting edge technology allows AmeriCounsel attorneys to service their clients more efficiently and to maintain low rates. AmeriCounsel is a privately heldcompany backed by Hikari Tsushin Capital, NetworkCommerce.com, Bo Peabody, and private investors.