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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Apr. 3, 2008

Clients as Gatekeepers

Focus Column - By Ken Moscaret - Attorneys need to acknowledge that client-review sites and online lawyer rankings are the wave of the future.

FOCUS COLUMN

By Ken Moscaret
Ths article appears on Page 7

      Last summer, a new, venture capital-backed Internet company in Seattle, Avvo, launched its Web site and was promptly sued in federal court. Avvo computes and publicizes "ratings" for private practice attorneys across the country. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit were prominent Seattle attorneys who were upset with the low ratings assigned to them ...

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