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- August 2012
- Investor/Advisor Steve Bennett is tapped to head Symantec. Congratulations, Steve. Symantec is very lucky to have you at the helm.
- July 2012
- Redbook article features MyLawsuit.com Founder Michele Colucci
- March 2012
- First cases connected via MyLawsuit.com (DuPuy Hip Implant Case & Patent Case)
- MyLawsuit.com Videos go Viral!
- February 2012
- Stanford Global Entrepreneur Marketing Team chooses MyLawsuit.com as their semester project (add photo of GEM team)
- MLS launches its Contingency Fee Lawyers LinkedIn Group http://linkd.in./linkedinlegal
- MLS participates in Funders and Founders Law+Tech – The Unpopulated Multi-Billion Dollar Industry
- October 2011
- MyLawSuit.com: The Painless Co-Pilot for Your Legal Issues
- MLS Featured in INC Magazine online http://bit.ly/IncMagazine
- July 2011
- MLS launches its Twitter Presence - 261 Followers https://twitter.com/#!/MyLawsuit
- February 2011
- MLS launches its Facebook Presence – 939 Likes https://www.facebook.com/mylawsuit
- April 2011
- CEO Michele Colucci named one of the 2011 Women of Influence by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal.
- January 2011
- Stanford University's Global Entrepreneurial Marketing Program invites Michele Colucci to be Stanford Engineering School invites Michele Colucci to be a Guest Lecturer and Mentor for the Entrepreneurship and Global Marketing programs.
- November 2010
- MyLawsuit.com gets second place in the Los Angeles Innovate 100! Pitch Slam Competition sponsored by The Guidewire Group.
- August 2010
- CEO Michele Colucci became a Featured Blogger in the business section of the Huffington Post.
- February 2010
- MyLawsuit.com's CEO Michele Colucci is chosen as one of the top five women run technology businesses in the Catalyst competition sponsored by Girls in Tech
- December 2009
- Featured in
Women 2.0's
Female Founder
Successes of 2009
- Featured in
- January 2009
- Profiled in Silicon Valley Business Journal - "Need a lawyer? You can look here"
- November 2008
- Featured in San Jose Mercury News - "Silicon Valley startups weathering the financial storm"
- August 2012
What is MyLawsuit.com?
MyLawsuit.com helps people who have been injured and are seeking legal representation to connect directly with lawyers who are willing to represent them on a contingency fee basis, with no upfront legal fees. All lawyers on MyLawsuit.com agree to accept a percentage of what the client wins, only if they win. However, if you lose your case, there is no legal fee at all paid to the lawyer. In addition, no fee is paid for the services of MyLawsuit.com unless you win. This arrangement is called a contingency fee.
Many people often struggle with finding an attorney. MyLawsuit.com empowers them by providing information about the legal process, direct access to a number of lawyers across the country, and a supportive community of members who share your struggles and concerns.
By sending cases directly to lawyers, we eliminate referral fees sometimes paid to "middle men" (often 11-16% of legal fees) and the lawyer who actually does the work can keep, share or pass the savings on to the client. MyLawsuit.com is also free for lawyers to use so the pool of potential lawyers is not limited to those who can pay advertising fees.
How does MyLawsuit.com get paid?
Compensation for MyLawsuit.com comes out of the plaintiff's recovery, if and only if the plaintiff’s case results in a settlement. Lawyers pay nothing to use MyLawsuit.com. The lawyer is only obligated to acknowledge that they have reviewed the plaintiff’s agreement to pay MyLawsuit.com, prior to connecting with the client and formally accepting the case.
How Does MyLawsuit.com compare to other lawyer search sites out there?
Websites that contain lawyer searches take the form of referral fees, matching sites, advertising based services and listing services. These services generally send people to lawyers who pay advertising fees, referral fees, membership fees, listing fees or a combination thereof. As such, these plaintiffs are generally limited to lawyers who pay to get their business.
Instead, MyLawsuit.com welcomes all lawyers - especially those highly qualified practitioners that do not need to pay for business. It is only with an open marketplace, where no barriers to entry exist, that an individual truly can benefit from the broadest possible choices of representation available and connect to lawyers with narrowly defined, highly specialized practices which can otherwise be difficult to locate.
What types of cases does MyLawsuit.com accept?
At this time, MyLawsuit.com, exclusively takes contingency fee lawsuits. Contingency fee agreements are generally for cases where the plaintiff is seeking money damages for some sort of injury. These can include anything from complex commercial litigation to intellectual property, product liability, medical malpractice or pharma, and even car accidents. Depending on the particular type of case and the potential damages, lawyers may not always accept contingency fee case. Moreover, some legal claims have limits on how much a plaintiff can recover in damages, which may also cause a lawyer to be hesitant to accept a contingency fee case.
While most states permit contingency fee agreements, some states have limits on their use. However, advocates of contingency fee arrangements believe that they not only provide motivation for lawyers to obtain the best possible settlement for their client, but they provide access the justice system for those who do not have the money to pay for a lawyer.
Is it legal and ethical for lawyers to participate in MyLawsuit.com?
Yes, one of the leading ethics experts in the country, has authored a multi-state ethics opinion for MyLawsuit.com. According to his Opinion, and under the Rules of the American Bar Association, MyLawsuit.com’s fee arrangement is consistent with the rules of professional conduct on lawyer advertising, unauthorized practice of law, referral fees and fee splitting throughout the United States.