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LexisNexis Increases Web Visibility of Canadian Lawyers and Law Firms
New lawyers.com Service Connects Firms and Sole Practitioners to Potential Clients
TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, September 14, 2005 - LexisNexis Canada Inc., a leading provider of comprehensive and authoritative legal, news, and business information and tailored applications to legal and corporate researchers, today announced the launch of a Canadian version of the leading lawyers.comSM online client development tool. The U.S. version of the LexisNexis® Martindale Hubbell® www.lawyers.com Web site, launched 1998, has recently been rated the number-one online lawyer directory by Nielsen//NetRatings and “Best of the Web” by Forbes.com. Lawyers.com for Canada has been designed to be a free, comprehensive resource for consumers and small businesses that are seeking a lawyer or information about Canadian law.
"Canada is one of the most Internet-connected countries in the world, which makes it a perfect market for lawyers.com," said Alan Dingle, vice president, corporate development, at LexisNexis Canada. "We know that Canadians, more than consumers from most other countries, use the Web to find information that they need for their everyday lives." Increasingly, he said, individuals and small businesses that need to hire a lawyer, or that want to learn more about the law, are turning to the Internet.
The lawyers.com service contains listings of thousands of Canadian law firms and sole practitioners, with detailed information such as areas of practice, number of years in practice, firm size, and professional credentials. Listings are designed to help Canadians make informed personal legal choices and identify high-quality legal representation. The site also includes tips on how to select a lawyer and in-depth information to help users better understand the law—such as an overview of the Canadian legal system, consumer-friendly explanations of major areas of law, articles on current legal topics, a glossary of 10,000 legal terms, and more.
"The comprehensive content on lawyers.com is intended to drive consumers to the site, generate repeat visits, and encourage visitors to recommend the service to others," said Dingle. "The U.S. site receives an average of more than 1 million searches per month and attracts about 750,000 visitors each month. Ninety-two per cent of users say they will recommend lawyers.com to friends or family. These high figures help show the extent to which lawyers and law firms are making themselves visible when they add their profile to lawyers.com."
Dingle said lawyers.com listings help firms grow their practices and maintain a steady stream of new business. The site offers additional services to lawyers and firms, including the creation of custom web sites featuring details such as practice focus, professional credentials, fees, office hours, and directions.
The lawyers.com service includes a wealth of consumer-friendly information on legal matters such as: bankruptcy; consumer issues such as unsafe products; criminal issues such as impaired driving; employment issues such as workplace safety hazards and wrongful dismissal; family matters such as divorce, support, and child custody; immigration; insurance issues; personal injury, including auto accidents, head and spinal injuries, elder abuse, and wrongful death; product liability, including drugs and medical devices; real estate issues, including buying/selling and landlord/tenant matters; tax issues; trusts and estates; and wills, among other issues.
About LexisNexis
LexisNexis® (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leader in comprehensive and authoritative legal, news, and business information and tailored applications. A member of Reed Elsevier Group plc [NYSE: ENL; NYSE: RUK] (www.reedelsevier.com), the company does business in 100 countries with 13,000 employees worldwide. In addition to its flagship Web-based Lexis® and Nexis® research services, the company includes some of the world’s most respected legal publishers such as Martindale-Hubbell, Matthew Bender, Butterworths, JurisClasseur, Abeledo-Perrot, and Orac.
LexisNexis Canada Inc. (www.lexisnexis.ca) provides legal and corporate researchers with comprehensive and authoritative online and print information services and solutions, including the LexisNexis® Quicklaw™ online research service for Canadian legal information; LexisNexis® Butterworths print and CD-ROM titles and newspapers for legal, accounting, and other professionals; the LexisNexis® Total Research System for global online legal, news, and business information; and solutions that serve the needs of law firms and organizations in practice management, client development, and litigation services.
LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell (www.martindale.com) is the leading client development company for the legal profession, partnering with its law firm customers to meet their practice development goals. The company offers opportunities to speak at industry conferences, publish legal articles, and showcase expertise through a wide range of online products. The LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® database of more than 1 million lawyers and law firms, accessible at www.martindale.com and www.lawyers.com, is the number-one lawyer directory on the Internet. The company provides lawyers, business executives, and consumers with detailed information to help them identify, evaluate, and select legal counsel.
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