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FryeLaw PLLC clients deal regularly with environmental, health, and safety (EHS)
issues. Many have knowledgeable environmental lawyers or other environmental
professionals on their staff. They turn to outside law firms for especially important,
difficult, or specialized matters. For most matters, they need real expertise, rather
than a team of a few senior lawyers managing a number of young lawyers.
issues. Many have knowledgeable environmental lawyers or other environmental
professionals on their staff. They turn to outside law firms for especially important,
difficult, or specialized matters. For most matters, they need real expertise, rather
than a team of a few senior lawyers managing a number of young lawyers.
The law firm model of the last century may not be best-suited for addressing clients’ EHS problems, in
light of the continually increasing sophistication of clients and the law, and due to the emergence in
recent years of a whole new level of communication and information technology.
With email, voice recognition software and off-site transcription services, computerized legal
research, electronic document storage, and the like, a small firm can provide the same level of
services for many matters as a large firm, and more efficiently. FryeLaw PLLC has the flexibility to
use the latest technology and to use just the resources needed to apply to a client’s issues.
Operating as FryeLaw PLLC, Russell Frye can continue to do the majority of his clients’ work himself,
but TheVirtual EHS Law Firm™ concept gives FryeLaw PLLC the ability to provide additional expertise,
experience, and manpower needed for the particular demands of a client’s matter, without the
overhead of a large firm. With essentially the entire resources of the firm in a secure laptop and
mirrored on a high-capacity disk drive stored remotely, FryeLaw PLLC is especially robust with respect
to business interruption – sadly, a special concern in Washington, DC. More generally, this “office in a
laptop” allows more responsiveness and adaptability to client needs.
Because of our philosophy, our effective use of the technology, and the billing arrangements available
for a small firm, we are able to offer our clients significantly reduced costs for the same or better
service. FryeLaw PLLC clients are not charged for:
At other firms, such charges often add 10% or more to the bill (and sometimes exceed the actual costs
to the firm).
Our billing practices are focused on fairness and value—we do not bill for preparing bills, correcting our
own mistakes, or learning a new area of the law. We will not order an expensive meal on the client
because we happen to be working late, fly First Class while our clients sit in Coach, or send a bill for
providing an answer in a three-minute phone call. Recognizing that clients often have a choice of
consulting a lawyer whose office is much closer to the client or to the problem, FryeLaw PLLC does
not charge for attorney travel time— meaning we may record less time for a meeting at EPA Region 9 in
San Francisco than would an attorney with offices in San Jose.
In addition, with our reduced overhead and no “legacy costs,” FryeLaw PLLC can offer hourly rates for
attorneys that are substantially less than hourly rates charged by other lawyers with comparable
experience and reputation…in some case, a third or more less. Additionally, Russ Frye’s clients
consistently comment on the care he takes in assuring that the time spent on a matter and the fees
charged are fair and reasonable. We are open to considering alternative fee arrangements (monthly
retainer, fee cap or fixed fee, contingent fees, and the like), as well.
FryeLaw PLLC clients get personal attention from lawyers with decades of EHS experience. While the
most important thing is our effectiveness in solving the client’s problems, the fact that we can do so at
a very favorable cost makes FryeLaw PLLC the obvious choice.
light of the continually increasing sophistication of clients and the law, and due to the emergence in
recent years of a whole new level of communication and information technology.
With email, voice recognition software and off-site transcription services, computerized legal
research, electronic document storage, and the like, a small firm can provide the same level of
services for many matters as a large firm, and more efficiently. FryeLaw PLLC has the flexibility to
use the latest technology and to use just the resources needed to apply to a client’s issues.
Operating as FryeLaw PLLC, Russell Frye can continue to do the majority of his clients’ work himself,
but TheVirtual EHS Law Firm™ concept gives FryeLaw PLLC the ability to provide additional expertise,
experience, and manpower needed for the particular demands of a client’s matter, without the
overhead of a large firm. With essentially the entire resources of the firm in a secure laptop and
mirrored on a high-capacity disk drive stored remotely, FryeLaw PLLC is especially robust with respect
to business interruption – sadly, a special concern in Washington, DC. More generally, this “office in a
laptop” allows more responsiveness and adaptability to client needs.
Because of our philosophy, our effective use of the technology, and the billing arrangements available
for a small firm, we are able to offer our clients significantly reduced costs for the same or better
service. FryeLaw PLLC clients are not charged for:
- Long distance telephone charges (excluding conference call fees)
- Sending or receiving domestic faxes
- Computerized legal research (e.g. Lexis or Westlaw)
- Day-to-day copying (large jobs, such as service copies of briefs or document production in
discovery, will be handled by a copy firm at low per-page rates) - Word processing
- Document printing
- Scanning and pdf conversion
- Secretarial overtime (except special projects with prior approval)
At other firms, such charges often add 10% or more to the bill (and sometimes exceed the actual costs
to the firm).
Our billing practices are focused on fairness and value—we do not bill for preparing bills, correcting our
own mistakes, or learning a new area of the law. We will not order an expensive meal on the client
because we happen to be working late, fly First Class while our clients sit in Coach, or send a bill for
providing an answer in a three-minute phone call. Recognizing that clients often have a choice of
consulting a lawyer whose office is much closer to the client or to the problem, FryeLaw PLLC does
not charge for attorney travel time— meaning we may record less time for a meeting at EPA Region 9 in
San Francisco than would an attorney with offices in San Jose.
In addition, with our reduced overhead and no “legacy costs,” FryeLaw PLLC can offer hourly rates for
attorneys that are substantially less than hourly rates charged by other lawyers with comparable
experience and reputation…in some case, a third or more less. Additionally, Russ Frye’s clients
consistently comment on the care he takes in assuring that the time spent on a matter and the fees
charged are fair and reasonable. We are open to considering alternative fee arrangements (monthly
retainer, fee cap or fixed fee, contingent fees, and the like), as well.
FryeLaw PLLC clients get personal attention from lawyers with decades of EHS experience. While the
most important thing is our effectiveness in solving the client’s problems, the fact that we can do so at
a very favorable cost makes FryeLaw PLLC the obvious choice.
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