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- Q. Do you have time to take on additional work?
A. Availability depends on what other matters we are dealing with at
the moment, of course, but we will tell you if we do not expect to
have sufficient time to handle a matter. One of the benefits of
The Virtual EHS Law Firm ™ is that we have a little more control over
what work we take on, and we have flexibility in staffing that work.
Q. Will I be charged for senior lawyer time when a large firm
would use a paralegal or a junior associates at a much lower
billing rate?
A. FryeLaw PLLC will not charge at all for ministerial tasks that a
secretary would do. We have access to experienced paralegals, law
clerks with environmental training, and associates with experience in
EHS law, if those resources are needed or warranted. Oftentimes,
however, it will be more cost-effective for Russell Frye or another
senior lawyer to do the work himself.
Q. Will my files and data be safe with FryeLaw PLLC?
A. All client data will be secured in password-protected electronic
files. Frequent images of our entire computer, stored in a secure off-
site location, provide long-term backup, while daily backups
conducted on an external hard drive assure that our work product and
our clients’ records will be maintained.
Q. I have an environmental problem at a facility in Wisconsin.
Can FryeLaw PLLC help me with that problem?
A. Russell Frye and lawyers collaborating with him are admitted to
the bar in numerous states, but not most. Whether assisting a client
with an environmental problem arising at a facility in a particular state
requires a lawyer to be licensed to practice law in that state depends
on the particulars of the situation. Often, it will be possible for
FryeLaw PLLC to assist a client in managing and solving its EHS
problems, regardless of where that client is headquartered and where
the problems are arising. We often represent clients in litigation in
other jurisdictions; in that case, usually it is necessary to associate
with a local counsel, after which we often can be admitted to the bar
of that court for that particular case.
Q. What do you charge? Do you give discounts for public
authorities/interest groups / little old ladies?
A. We generally perform work on an hourly fee basis, and our hourly
fees are substantially lower than other lawyers with comparable
amounts of expertise and experience charge, especially in major
metropolitan areas. In addition, we believe that our extensive
experience and approach to staffing means that fewer hours will be
recorded, as well. We are willing to consider various alternative
forms of billing, including retainers, fee caps, contingent fee
arrangements, success bonuses, and the like.
Q. Do you charge for an initial consultation?
A. Depending on the issue and the potential client, we may be willing
to learn about the potential client and its issues free of charge in
order to determine whether we can be of assistance. Even for
existing clients, Russ Frye generally will not charge for an initial call to
chat about an issue and determine if FryeLaw PLLC can be of
assistance.
Q. I already have a local lawyer I have been using for EHS
questions (or I already have an in-house environmental lawyer).
Why would I want to retain FryeLaw PLLC?
A. We may have some more-specific experience that will help us
provide more effective and less costly solutions to particular EHS
problems, but in addition we can provide perspective on how those
problems have been dealt with by other companies and by other
regulatory authorities. Often this results in the local regulatory
authority rethinking the position it has taken, if that position is
inconsistent with positions taken by other agencies on similar
questions. We often work cooperatively with in-house counsel or
with the local counsel to provide the best, most cost-effective
service. Also, we sometimes assist other law firms that do not have
sufficient environmental expertise of their own; for example, to deal
with environmental issues that come up in particular business
transactions.
Q. Do you have a newsletter?
A. We do not prepare and distribute a regular newsletter. Rather,
we try to identify new developments that may be particularly
important to or of particular utility for our clients and friends, and
brief descriptions of those developments are posted on the
News You Can You Use page on this web site. Additionally, from time
to time we will send out e-mails to clients when we believe there is a
particularly important development, deadline, or the like.
Q. Do you have a brochure?
A. We do not have a printed brochure, but obviously there is an
abundance of information about FryeLaw PLLC on this web site. We
have chosen deliberately to make this web site comprehensive
(rather than artful or flashy), because our clients tend to value
substance over form and to want a lot of information before they
make decisions. If you need any additional information, please write
to info@FryeLaw.com or call Russell Frye at 202 572-8267.
Copyright FryeLaw PLLC 2005-2008. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS SITE IS INTENDED TO EDUCATE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND IS NOT INTENDED TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO INDIVIDUAL LEGAL PROBLEMS, NOR TO CREATE AN ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP. PLEASE READ OUR DISCLAIMER PAGE. |
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