As Hurricane Season Begins, New Lawyer-to-Lawyer Referral Service Offers Free Six-Month Memberships to Help Affected Lawyers Rebuild their Referral Networks
Boulder, CO June 23, 2006?LawRex.com, an innovative online lawyer-to-lawyer referral network that helps attorneys quickly build their client base by leveraging connections to other attorneys, has offered free six-month memberships to all attorneys affected by last year?s Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
?It can take years to build up a solid referral network; lawyers who have relocated often have to start building up their networks from scratch,? says Kreig Mitchell, LawRex?s creator and CEO. ?LawRex can help attorneys who relocated their offices to other parts of the country as a result of last years hurricanes to ?jump start? the networking process and can expand the reach of their networks, all at the same time.?
Mitchell explained that LawRex.coms approach differs from that of other online lawyer referral and listing services, since, with LawRex, referrals originate from, and are pre-screened by, other lawyers, not by the potential clients themselves. ?The LawRex network is based on a point system, in which lawyers submit referrals and receive points from other lawyers for their referrals,? Mitchell continued. ?Participating lawyers can then use their points to bid on other referrals. This results in lawyers receiving only referrals they are interested in and able to handle.?
The LawRex system also cuts down the time lawyers spend sifting though cases that are outside their practice areas, or that they cannot handle for other reasons. For example, a lawyer may be unable to take a case because it is outside the lawyer?s jurisdiction or does not fit in the lawyer?s schedule, or due to a conflict of interest. With LawRex, participating lawyers can refer these cases to other network members instead of simply declining them.
LawRex.com is designed to foster the exchange of high-quality referrals. Participating members can comment on the quality of the referrals they have received from other LawRex members.
?According to the latest 2006 forecast by the Tropical Meteorology Project at Colorado State University, there is a 69% chance that a major hurricane (Category 3 or higher) will hit the East Coast during this year?s hurricane season, which began on June 1 and runs through November. The Gulf Coast?from the Florida panhandle to Brownsville?rates a 38% likelihood for a major hurricane,? observed Mitchell. In light of these predictions, Mitchell promises that, in the event disaster strikes again this year, LawRex will extend its offer of a free six-month membership to all attorneys affected by hurricanes during the 2006 hurricane season.
Any lawyer who wants to participate in LawRex?s Hurricane Relief offer should create an account at www.LawRex.com, then send an e-mail to Mitchell (at sales@LawRex.com) letting him know that you are a lawyer in or from a hurricane-affected area. The LawRex network is open to all lawyers who are licensed and in good standing in one or more jurisdictions.
About LawRex.com LawRex.com is an innovative online lawyer-to-lawyer referral network that was created for lawyers, by lawyers. The company?s goal is to provide an efficient and equitable automated network to help attorneys quickly and easily grow their practices. For more information, please visit www.LawRex.com.
