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FindLaw to Bring Lawyer Listings to Many of the Web’s Most Popular Sites Through Agreement with InfoSpace
Relationship Designed to Redefine Client Development Services to the Legal Profession
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 18, 2002 – West Group today announced that FindLaw, the leading provider of client development services to the legal profession, has signed an agreement to integrate its online directory products and services for the legal community into InfoSpace’s services that it offers to many of the Web’s most highly visited Web sites. This relationship gives lawyers and law firms using FindLaw client development services a powerful marketing presence to attract new clients through online directory listings, powered by InfoSpace.
InfoSpace provides wireless and Internet software and applications. The company’s affiliate network including Web sites, merchants and wireless carriers offers an expansive network over which to promote products and services.
FindLaw, a Thomson business, integrates the world’s most popular, free online destination for researching legal issues and finding qualified legal counsel with powerful West Group online marketing services, including West Legal Directory listings and profiles, West FirmSite Web site development and hosting, and West WorkSpace extranets and collaboration tools. The West Legal Directory is the world’s largest and most comprehensive directory of legal professionals.
FindLaw’s legal Web portal supports more than 42 million page views every month – more traffic than the next five legal Web sites combined – from businesses, consumers and legal professionals. Combined with InfoSpace’s leading position in powering online directory services, FindLaw and InfoSpace bring lawyers a formidable new marketing resource to reach prospective new clients.
“Lawyers and law firms who are serious about using the Web to reach new clients need to go where the traffic – the right traffic – is,” said Debbie Monroe, general manager of FindLaw. “Together with InfoSpace, we provide lawyers and law firms an unmatched online forum for reaching potential new clients. FindLaw offers a simple, one-stop solution that places law firms’ listings and sponsorships across the Internet and puts them in front of people who are actively seeking legal help.”
“Consumers and businesses who visit our many wireline affiliate sites will now have new online tools available for finding legal counsel in their area,” said Prakash Kondepudi, InfoSpace executive vice president, Merchant.
“Law firms need to have a cohesive online presence,” said Monroe. “Client development is an integral part of practice management. We offer firms the products and expertise to integrate client development into overall business operations – providing the tools firms need to manage all aspects of their business more effectively.”
About FindLaw
FindLaw Inc. (http://findlaw.com) is the leading online legal services and information company for the legal community, businesses and individuals. FindLaw includes the highest-trafficked legal Web site, providing comprehensive, plain-English legal information and the Internet’s largest lawyer directory to businesses and individuals. For lawyers and legal professionals, FindLaw provides advanced client development and marketing products, tools and resources. In addition, FindLaw offers the most complete information, resources and services for practices and careers, including free case law, an online legal career center, breaking legal news, newsletters, message boards, service directories, continuing legal education and legal search tools.
About West Group
Headquartered in Eagan, Minn., West Group is the foremost provider of e-information and solutions to the U.S. legal market. West Group is a division of The Thomson Corporation (TSE: TOC) and was formed when West Publishing and Thomson Legal Publishing merged in June 1996. For more information, please visit West Group's Web site at www.westgroup.com.