WCAG

Website courtesy of Seattle Community Network, and written by Stan Protigal

Purpose

Small firms often have established clients with a legal problem outside their area of expertise. A contract attorney can work for the firm on a temporary basis to help meet deadlines, and allow the hiring attorney more tome for client contact.

Index

• Purpose
• Not a Lawyer Referral Service
• Contacts
• Who We Are
• What We Do
• Areas of Focus
• Advantages
• Joining WCAG

Not a Lawyer Referral Service

WCAG is not a legal referral agency and therefore does not provide lawyer referrals. Instead, we are a voluntary, not-for-profit association of contract attorneys.

If you are seeking a lawyer referral, please call the Washington State Bar Lawyer Referral Service. For a partial list of lawyer referral services and organizations offering lawyer referral services, go to our lawyer referral service list. Lawyer referral services are also listed in the telephone yellow pages, under "Attorneys - Referral", or "Lawyers - Referral"

Contacts

For an up-to-date directory of attorneys available for contract work for other attorneys, call:
206-224-4459 or email us at wcag @ scn.org. (Email address still "under construction.")

Who We Are:

Washington Contract Attorneys' Group is a voluntary association of attorneys who are available for hire on a temporary (contract) basis by other attorneys.

We publish a directory of members, whom law firms can get in touch with directly. The hiring firm, and not WCAG, is responsible for interviewing, screening and selecting a contract attorney.

(disclaimer: We have not verified members' credentials. It is the responsibility of the hiring attorney to verify such things as bar memberships and qualifications.

What We Do:

We provide a Directory of available attorneys free of charge to firms, solo practitioners and corporate legal departments.

Members' Areas of Focus Include:

• Appeals
• Business/Corporate Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Criminal Law
• Environmental Law
• ERISA / Pension
• Family Law
• Immigration
• Intellectual Property
• Labor and Employment
• Legal Research/Writing
• Personal Injury
• Product Liability
• Real Estate
• Securities
• Trial Practice
• Taxation
• UCC
• Wills, Trusts & Estates

Advantages

A contract attorney can help a firm manage the workload while searching for an asociate, while maintaining profitability and flexibility. The firm in the midst of an associate search manage the workload while allowing time for the firm to make an intelligent, informed choice of a permanent employee.

When You Need Experienced Legal Help Fast...
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• Transactions
• Deadlines
• Research
• Drafting
• Pleadings
• Motions
• Discovery
• Hearings

• Provide experience in an area of law which is new to the hiring firm.
• Improve profits.
• Regulate workflow.
• Increase billable time.
• Contain overhead costs.
• Find time for a rest while increasing productivity.

Washington Contract Attorneys' Group

Application to Join

Attorneys are invited to apply for membership with the Washington Contract Attorneys' Group. The Application Form is available at www.scn.org/wcag/application.html.

questions: wcag @ scn.org


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