Dear Current and Prospective Clients,

I am excited to report that in early January, Chard.Net will be officially changing its name to The Modern Firm, LLC.

With the name change comes a more intense focus on serving the needs of solo and small law firm lawyers. In the last 3 years we have grown in every regard. We now have an energetic and dedicated full time staff of four (five if you count the dog) and have worked with more than 200 law firms in over 20 states. As we have grown, our focus has narrowed. Though we do and will continue to work with a variety of businesses to provide professional website hosting and maintenance, we now focus our website design and marketing abilities exclusively on solo and small law firms.

Reasoning
The niche focus on small law firm website design and marketing is in large part responsible for the desire to change our name and image. We are consistently working with lawyers that are excited about their practice, excited about their clients, and excited about doing things their way. These lawyers are making practical use of resources on the web and technology in their office to provide a high value of service while competing directly with much larger law firms. Our clients, you, are defining what it means to be a modern law firm.

The other element that influenced the name change are the incredible professionals I’ve met while traveling and speaking at CLE conferences. These professionals, each dedicated to helping lawyers succeed, have knowledge and services that can benefit almost every lawyer. Their knowledge extends across issues such as time management, marketing, coaching, technology, career transition, ethics, practice management. I felt it was important to provide a medium through which our clients could be connected to these people. Now, through our new law practice blog, you can find a growing collection of articles and resources from these professionals and learn more about them.

Services
All of the services currently offered by Chard.Net will continue unchanged. For attorney website design we will continue to offer multiple, easy to understand design packages. Our current hosting and website maintenance services will remain the same. We will be offering two new hosting services, including Hosted Microsoft Exchange and Modern Mega Mail, a secure delivery service for large and/or sensitive files.

Check It Out

• The new website is currently live at www.themodernfirm.com
• View the new layout for our law firm website design portfolio
  

The Modern Firm is excited to announce that a Dayton probate attorney has hired us for our search engine optimization and online marketing services. Our first goal is to make it so individuals searching for a probate attorney in Dayton, OH will find our client’s newly designed website. Feel free to check back and see how our campaign is progressing:

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The Modern Firm has joined forces with a Prince William County, VA Workers’ Compensation attorney. For over 20 years, Diane has helped injured workers in Virginia obtain the compensation they deserve. Our online marketing team will target keyword, such as the following:

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Spotsylvania County Workers’ Compensation Attorney

Virginia Workers’ Compensation Attorney
Diane C.H. McNamara - Attorney at Law
8713 Plantation Lane,
Manassas, VA 20110-4506
(703) 369-0100

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The Modern Firm is working closely with a South Carolina real estate law firm. This client helps South Carolina residents with mortgage foreclosure defenses, short sale negotiations, and loan workouts and modifications. Our company is focused on helping her gain more exposure in the search engines for keywords, such as:

Charleston Mortgage Defense Attorney
Charleston Mortgage Defense Lawyer
Charleston Loss Mitigation Attorney
Charleston Foreclosure Defense
Charleston Short Sale Attorney

The Modern Firm is excited to announce that we will be working with Michigan intellectual property attorneys. Their Grand Rapids intellectual property attorneys handle patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, as well as unfair competition and related agreements. We will work with the law firm so that their Western Michigan IP law office ranks higher in search engines for prospective clients searching for intellectual property attorneys.

We will target key phrases, such as:
Grand Rapids Intellectual Property Attorneys
Grand Rapids Patent Lawyers
Grand Rapid Patent Attorneys
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Grand Rapids IP Attorneys

Michigan Intellectual Property Attorneys
Gardner, Linn, Burkhart & Flory, LLP
2851 Charlevoix Drive SE - Suite 207
Grand Rapids, MI 49588-8695
Telephone (616) 975-5500
Website www.glbf.com

Cleveland personal injury attorney Steven Weiss has selected The Modern Firm for our search engine and online marketing services. Steven has over 30 years of experience handling personal injury, accident, and wrongful death cases. Our company will focus on increasing his visibility in search engines for keywords, such as:

Cleveland Personal Injury Attorneys
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Cleveland Personal Injury Attorneys
Law Offices of Steven M. Weiss
55 Public Square, Suite 1009
Cleveland, OH 44113
Local: 216-348-1800
Website: www.weiss-legal.com

With a new office location, Jackson, MI bankruptcy lawyers Johnson & McLoyd have teamed up with The Modern Firm to increase their local search results.  Our target keywords are:

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If you need the counsel of an experienced bankruptcy attorney in Jackson, contact these attorneys at their second office location.

Johnson & McLoyd
128 Seymour Avenue
Jackson, MI 49202
(734) 669-9080

We’re pleased to announce that Minneapolis divorce attorney Kim Miller has chosen The Modern Firm for our search engine optimization service. As we help attorney Miller distribute Web resources on collaborative divorce, mediation, and family dispute resolution, check back on our progress. Our focus will be to increase her visibility in search engines for key words, such as:

Twin Cities Divorce Attorney
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If you live in the Twin Cities and need to speak to a local divorce attorney, contact her at her Edina office.

KM Family Law
3300 Edinborough Way, Suite 550
Edina, MN 55435
Phone: 952-428-7830

Over at The Modern Firm, our Search Engine Optimization team has been helping Minneapolis Criminal attorney Carolyn Agin Schmidt attract new traffic to her website. By submitting articles to various websites, we’re both creating targeted one-way links back to her website and building credibility. To see examples what we’ve done for this Minneapolis Defense attorney, click on the below links:

What Happens After Your DWI Arrest in Minnesota? - drunkdrivinglawyers.com
What to Do if the Police Want to Question You - criminaldefenselawyer.com
White Collar Crimes Carry Big Sentences - hg.org

Law Office of Carolyn Agin Schmidt
5500 Wayzata Blvd.
The Colonnade, Suite 1025
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Phone: (763) 591-0552
Web: www.caslaw.net

As part our on-going Internet marketing campaign with Cincinnati divorce attorney Erin Wilkins, we have been busy publishing helpful family law guides on a number of quality websites. Check out two of Erin’s published articles.

Moving Your Child Out of State - Targetlaw.com
Legal Separation in Kentucky - Hg.org

Law Office of M. Erin Wilkins, LLC
510 Washington Ave.
Newport, KY 41071
Phone: 859-491-1100
Website: www.ewilkinslaw.com

Over at The Modern Firm, we’re very excited to be working with our new clients, the Orlando bankruptcy attorneys at John Roberts & Associates. The team assembled there are truly great people and in our experience in working with many firms, their process and attention to detail is second to none.  Finding lawyers with great service and a consistent process is critical for a successful Florida bankruptcy.

As we work to help the firm publish and distribute helpful resources on the bankruptcy process, check bank on our progress.  Hopefully searches for a Daytona Beach bankruptcy attorney, near where they have an office, or an Orlando bankruptcy lawyer, will soon yield positive results.  In any event, check out their website, or if you’re in the central Florida area and need to speak with a firm like theirs drop them a line at one of their two locations.

John Roberts & Associates, P.A.
300 Interchange Blvd, Suite E
Ormond Beach, FL 32174
Phone: (386) 676-4467

John Roberts & Associates, P.A.
1053 Maitland Center Commons Blvd., Suite 100
Maitland, FL 32751
Phone: (321) 972-8118

Over at The Modern Firm, we have been working with Maryland immigration attorney Ms. Doan to increase her web presence for search terms, such as:

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Check back in over the coming weeks to see the progress.