Often I am asked “What is a Lawyer Service?” or “What exactly does your company do?”. A Lawyer Service is an attorneys personal Court liaison. Law school teaches the Law but as many will quickly realize Law School has nothing to do with procedure when it comes to getting your papers filed with the Court.
Running a law office is extremely overwhelming. Dealing with clients cases, meeting with them daily and trying to make the right decisions is more than enough to keep you busy. As if that wasn’t enough, you also have to go to court. Preparing legal documents and filling out forms is only the first step. Where are they supposed to be filed and how can you be sure that they have been delivered to the correct clerk or department? Even documents, as simple as an affidavit of service must be filed in the proper place. What happens when you need to look up a case , what do all the comments mean or what are the rules of each part? This can be confusing and exhausting! The New York State Unified law system is hardly unified at all. On the contrary each county and Courthouse have their own procedure for processing papers, rules and regulations sometimes even pricing!
With that being said, this is where your Lawyer Service steps in. Having a lawyer service by your side is like hiring a personal assistant that will relieve you from the burden of following up for court dates, filing papers, obtaining decisions, appearing for calendar calls, e-filing and many more time consuming, stressful tasks.
So here are 3 basic facts on why you need to hire a Lawyer Service.
Fact: According to our professional experience, a simple clerical task in court, such as filing a legal document or appearing at the calendar call can take up to 30% of an attorneys working time. In working hours that equals to at least 3-4 hours a day excluding your commute and parking. Imagine your office is located somewhere in Long Island and you have to file a document in Manhattan and then in the Bronx as well.
Solution? Send your work to your lawyer service. They are YOUR people and they will get the job done. You will receive your papers filed with stamped copies, decisions, dates and everything you have requested for by the end of the day, properly organized ensuring that each case obligation is met.
Fact: As an attorney you know that you can’t get everything done on your own. Concentrating on your practice and having a successful outcome is how your time should be spent. Time is money! Your time is much to valuable and running to Court for errands is not going to help.
Imagine you have to make a motion in Supreme Queens or a District Court in Suffolk. Now what? on what day? what address? what part and time? All the above are reasons for your Motion to be rejected by the Court. How many times have you needed an answer from the Court and have wasted time calling to get a wrong answer, a partial answer or no answer at all. “Can a Note of Issue Due Date be extended with a simple stipulation?” “Why is my case not appearing on e-courts?” “ How can I follow up on a decision?” Do you have a deadline or multiple deadlines only to get to Court to find that your papers are not properly set up or missing copies or something else is incorrect? Are you a sole practitioner that does not have the time to run to Court and file papers or pick up a decision? Are you a big law firm that has volume work and need your papers to be processed and scanned for errors?
No one knows the Courts system, rules of procedures and Court clerks better than the trained professional from your lawyer service. Lawyer Services such as Disponzio’s have been around for 58 plus years. Thus, learning the system inside out and keeping up with the changing procedures. After years of working within the New York States Court System Disponzio’s representatives have developed relationships with Court employees. This is extremely helpful when submitting volumes of work making the process much easier when you need help or come across an unfamiliar process.
So give your lawyer service your most difficult task or most strict deadline and rest assured it will be done!
Fact: Using a Lawyer service is significantly cheaper than hiring an office employee.
We know you can’t afford to be away from your office for too long. The practice of law is stressful, and no attorney can handle the court work on their own. So make sure you invest in the quality help that a lawyer service can offer you. Lawyer services such as Disponzio’s offer many cost efficient ways to save attorneys money. The Preferred Customer programs that Disponzio offers, includes discounts on bulk work, a personal representative to assist your account, free pick ups that save you money on postage and ensure that important documents are delivered to the proper department. So save time and money by using a skilled Lawyer Service such as Disponzio’s to help ease the process and get your papers in timely the first time around!
I have often been told “you guys are lifesavers” “what would we do without you” “you’re the best”. Acknowledgements such as these are what fuel our company to do our best in providing excellent service to our attorneys and firms. At Disponzio we not only take pride in our work but we also set the bar for our reputation. Disponzio’s highly trained skilled employees are qualified with years of experience and knowledge. For us it is important that the people we send to Court not only represent Disponzio in a respectful manner but also as representatives of YOUR firm.
Disponzio Lawyer Service was founded by my grandmother Ann Disponzio who always taught me that being in the Court was a privilege and that we were to be courteous and respectful at all times. This simple yet highly important information has been passed down to my entire team at Disponzio Lawyer Service. Our employees follow the path that our founder instilled in the company.
So call us today! Let us help you work smarter not harder! You can enjoy a more productive, efficient, organized and stress free work experience with our help.