We designed VLP to be better for attorneys and legal specialists. Here's how:
Better Work/Life Balance: We give you control over how many hours you work, where you work, the clients you work with and your billing rate. Achieving a balance between your professional and private lives is one of our key goals. We seek superb attorneys and legal specialists who want to balance family and personal interests with a professional career, in the mix that is right for them.
Better Compensation: At traditional law firms, one-third of every dollar collected goes to overhead, another third goes to partner profits and only one-third goes to the working attorney. At VLP, over 85% of our revenue goes directly as compensation to our attorneys and legal specialists. This enables you to earn more money than you could at a traditional law firm, while billing fewer hours (depending on your billing rate). Although our rates are lower than those of large, conventional law firms, VLP's brand, reputation and unique client service tools will empower you to establish billing rates that are closer to normal law firm rates than to those of most solo practitioners. You make more money; your clients spend less.
Better Brand: We designed our logo and marketing materials to create an instantly recognizable brand and to promote our leadership role in the legal industry. The VLP brand will make it easier for you to improve the number and quality of your clients. If you need additional help, we can help you to build a team of great attorneys and legal specialists to support your practice.
Better Technology Platform: We intend to grow rapidly, but sensibly, to become a worldwide, distributed network of lawyers and specialists working closely with each other and with clients, even though we may be cities or even countries apart. We have created an advanced technology platform to promote collaboration. We rely heavily on web conferencing and other "state of the art" tools to keep us and our clients in touch and productive. We support both Mac and PC platforms.
Better Administrative Support: We are a law firm, not a collection of solo practitioners or a high-end temp agency. Our lawyers often practice in teams, requiring administrative support and unique collaboration tools, particularly since we work from different locations. VLP takes care of bills and collections, attorney training, IT support and many of the other support tasks that large law firms provide. We handle the unbilled administrative work that creates hassles and headaches for solo practitioners.
Better for the Environment: We are an environmentally responsible business. VLP is at the vanguard of a growing trend in the U. S. economy - virtual service businesses. Sparing our environment by traveling less and working remotely saves on gasoline, improves air quality, reduces our dependence on foreign energy sources and benefits our employees and their families as well. We are proud to be a "green" business with a low carbon footprint, and want to be a role model for other businesses.
More Fun: In addition to enjoying a satisfying law practice, we want to have fun! We have a committee dedicated to planning events and maintaining our VLP culture and core values. Expect invitations to social gatherings, parties and retreats to get to know your colleagues.