Fronterion Publishes Groundbreaking Report on Legal Outsourcing
Chicago, IL, October 07, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Fronterion LLC (www.Fronterion.com) this week announced the publication of the first comprehensive book on the legal outsourcing industry, Implementing a Successful Legal Outsourcing Engagement. The book is a comprehensive guide to the evolving legal outsourcing industry and offers offshoring insights, best practices, useful resources and case studies of law firms and corporations.
Author and managing principal of Fronterion, Michael D. Bell helps law firms and corporations of all sizes and practice areas recognize new opportunities for their organization, learn the right questions to ask themselves and potential vendors, and build successful legal outsourcing solutions based on industry precedents. It also answers tough questions such as: Is legal outsourcing right for our firm? What are the benefits and risks? How does our legal outsourcing engagement stack up against others? Are we undershooting the potential value of our engagement?
Implementing a Successful Legal Outsourcing Engagement is published by the Ark Group (www.ark-group.com) and Managing Partner magazine and is available at: www.mpmagazine.com/outsourcing
“We noticed a need for information regarding legal outsourcing as a practice and wanted to fill that void. We come in contact with many legal professionals who are familiar with outsourcing on a basic level, but not certain what legal outsourcing entails or how it can positively impact their firm,” Bell said.
As legislative and regulatory changes, firm consolidation, increased competition and global expansion alter the legal landscape, outsourcing has emerged as one of the most compelling solutions to meet these challenges. “Faced with the changes in the legal services market and economic volatility, it’s a business risk for law firms and legal professionals not to innovate,” said Ryan Franklin, principal at Fronterion and co-author of the chapter on risk management.
Implementing a Successful Legal Outsourcing Engagement features contributions from leading experts in the field including:
· Kent Zimmermann of Zeughauser
· Ron Friedmann of Integreon
· Mark Ross of LawScribe
· Paul Gilbert of LBC Wise Counsel
· Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith Esq.
· Sandeep Karoor of neoIT
Case studies illustrating how real firms have tackled real challenges when outsourcing legal services is included in Implementing a Successful Legal Outsourcing Engagement. While many firms and corporations are engaged in or piloting outsourcing opportunities, the majority of engagements are not publicly recognized due to privacy concerns. These case studies provide an inside view of legal outsourcing practices. They reveal what outsourcing strategies law firms and corporations are implementing, and how they have transformed their practice and achieved success by reaching their objectives through outsourcing. Case study organizations in the report include:
· Osborne Clarke
· Pinsent Masons
· ISS UK
· MyHomeMove
· Underwood & Associates
“At nearly 200 pages, this publication is by far the most comprehensive resource on the legal outsourcing industry. It’s a must-read for those seeking to keep abreast of industry best practices, perspective on peer firms, analysis by leading experts and successful service opportunities,” Bell said.
About the author: Michael D. Bell is the founder and managing principal of Fronterion LLC. His expertise covers the full spectrum of legal outsourcing advisory services, including solution development, onsite vendor due diligence/selection, risk management/ethical compliance, solution implementation and ongoing vendor relationship management. Bell was instrumental in positioning Fronterion as the first firm to take a highly structured approach to the evaluation of the legal outsourcing vendor marketplace. Bell has personally conducted more than 40 onsite assessments of offshore legal services vendors and assisted client firms in a number of areas regarding outsourced legal services. Bell’s work has been published in bar journals and referenced in research publications on the legal outsourcing industry. He is also the author of LPO Source blog at www.lposource.com.
About Fronterion: Fronterion is a Chicago-based management consulting firm exclusively focused on advising law firms and corporate counsels on outsourced legal services. Fronterion clients, based in the US and UK, include a variety of sizes and practice specialties. As the first company to bring a highly structured approach to the assessment of offshore legal outsourcing vendors, Fronterion has helped clients tackle an array of outsourcing challenges and achieve transformational benefits through outsourced legal services. A strict adherence to independence from vendor firms ensures Fronterion’s objectivity in all client reporting.
For more information about Fronterion contact mediarelations@fronterion.com. Additional resources are available at www.fronterion.com.
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Author and managing principal of Fronterion, Michael D. Bell helps law firms and corporations of all sizes and practice areas recognize new opportunities for their organization, learn the right questions to ask themselves and potential vendors, and build successful legal outsourcing solutions based on industry precedents. It also answers tough questions such as: Is legal outsourcing right for our firm? What are the benefits and risks? How does our legal outsourcing engagement stack up against others? Are we undershooting the potential value of our engagement?
Implementing a Successful Legal Outsourcing Engagement is published by the Ark Group (www.ark-group.com) and Managing Partner magazine and is available at: www.mpmagazine.com/outsourcing
“We noticed a need for information regarding legal outsourcing as a practice and wanted to fill that void. We come in contact with many legal professionals who are familiar with outsourcing on a basic level, but not certain what legal outsourcing entails or how it can positively impact their firm,” Bell said.
As legislative and regulatory changes, firm consolidation, increased competition and global expansion alter the legal landscape, outsourcing has emerged as one of the most compelling solutions to meet these challenges. “Faced with the changes in the legal services market and economic volatility, it’s a business risk for law firms and legal professionals not to innovate,” said Ryan Franklin, principal at Fronterion and co-author of the chapter on risk management.
Implementing a Successful Legal Outsourcing Engagement features contributions from leading experts in the field including:
· Kent Zimmermann of Zeughauser
· Ron Friedmann of Integreon
· Mark Ross of LawScribe
· Paul Gilbert of LBC Wise Counsel
· Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith Esq.
· Sandeep Karoor of neoIT
Case studies illustrating how real firms have tackled real challenges when outsourcing legal services is included in Implementing a Successful Legal Outsourcing Engagement. While many firms and corporations are engaged in or piloting outsourcing opportunities, the majority of engagements are not publicly recognized due to privacy concerns. These case studies provide an inside view of legal outsourcing practices. They reveal what outsourcing strategies law firms and corporations are implementing, and how they have transformed their practice and achieved success by reaching their objectives through outsourcing. Case study organizations in the report include:
· Osborne Clarke
· Pinsent Masons
· ISS UK
· MyHomeMove
· Underwood & Associates
“At nearly 200 pages, this publication is by far the most comprehensive resource on the legal outsourcing industry. It’s a must-read for those seeking to keep abreast of industry best practices, perspective on peer firms, analysis by leading experts and successful service opportunities,” Bell said.
About the author: Michael D. Bell is the founder and managing principal of Fronterion LLC. His expertise covers the full spectrum of legal outsourcing advisory services, including solution development, onsite vendor due diligence/selection, risk management/ethical compliance, solution implementation and ongoing vendor relationship management. Bell was instrumental in positioning Fronterion as the first firm to take a highly structured approach to the evaluation of the legal outsourcing vendor marketplace. Bell has personally conducted more than 40 onsite assessments of offshore legal services vendors and assisted client firms in a number of areas regarding outsourced legal services. Bell’s work has been published in bar journals and referenced in research publications on the legal outsourcing industry. He is also the author of LPO Source blog at www.lposource.com.
About Fronterion: Fronterion is a Chicago-based management consulting firm exclusively focused on advising law firms and corporate counsels on outsourced legal services. Fronterion clients, based in the US and UK, include a variety of sizes and practice specialties. As the first company to bring a highly structured approach to the assessment of offshore legal outsourcing vendors, Fronterion has helped clients tackle an array of outsourcing challenges and achieve transformational benefits through outsourced legal services. A strict adherence to independence from vendor firms ensures Fronterion’s objectivity in all client reporting.
For more information about Fronterion contact mediarelations@fronterion.com. Additional resources are available at www.fronterion.com.
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