Sampson Brown
FOUNDER 1958 – 2013 Mr. Brown began his legal career as partner in several firms he founded and specialized in the litigation of complex securities, insurance, real estate and environmental …
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Michael B. McDonnell
PRESIDENT / CEO The Martindale-Hubbell Company lists Michael B. McDonnell in its Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers. In his thirty-four years of practice, he has emphasized civil litigation, specializing insurance …
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Douglas M. Field
ATTORNEY Douglas Field’s practice includes business formation, maintenance and dissolution, civil litigation, with an emphasis in contracting, real estate, insurance, environmental, and employment litigation. Mr. Field has successfully represented, among …
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Ashley Schmollinger
PARALEGAL Ashley Schmollinger joined Novare Law Group in 2017 with experience in the legal, IT and marketing industry. She has worked in various areas of law, including contract, employment, personal …
"Lawyers hate keeping track of their billable hours. Clients hate them even more; each month they receive bills showing that their legal representatives have worked improbably long hours at incredibly high rates. Billing by the hour often fails to align lawyers' interests with their clients'... Since there is clearly a demand for an alternative to the billable hour, you would expect someone to supply it."
"The billable-hour system is the way most lawyers in big firms charge clients, but it serves no one. Well, almost no one. It brings most equity partners in those firms great wealth. Law firm leaders call it a leveraged pyramid. Most associates call it a living hell."