Testimonials
Testimonials for Steve Matthews & Stem Legal:
“About 6 years ago, our Commercial Real Estate Group decided we should start sending out a client newsletter and liked the idea of doing so by email. Email, we thought, would allow us to include links in the newsletter that would make it more useful to our target readers than the usual paper variety. I mentioned it to Steve. He was all over it.
A year later, we launched BCRELinks.com and it was an instant hit. Our clients loved it. Non-clients in the local real estate industry — future clients and referral sources — found it useful and refreshing. We kept hearing that people were using it as their homepage. 5 years later, the site has won awards and profile within the legal community (largely as a result of Steve’s connections and promoting) and, most importantly, helped us grow our client base and loyalty immensely.
Along the way, I have worked with Steve on numerous smaller projects and in every case he has not only carried things out but added value. He has a great knack for understanding the users’ needs. He delivers on time and creates a product that is easy to maintain and build upon.
Steve just gets it.”
- Darren Donnelly, Practice Chair, Commercial Real Estate,
Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver, Canada
“Steve gets Internet marketing. Among all the hucksters offering the moon to law firms and then under-delivering, whether because they don’t know what they are doing or don’t care, Steve is going to shine. He cares and he’s talented.” [more…]
- Kevin O’Keefe, President & Founder, lexblog
Seattle, Washington, USA
“Steve has been a consistently excellent resource for our magazine’s writers in the fields of legal technology, knowledge management and online trends and developments. He has always responded to requests for commentary quickly and insightfully, and I feel confident turning to him for his perspective and analysis of emerging technology issues.”
- Jordan Furlong, Editor-in-Chief, CBA National magazine
Ottawa, Canada
Steve Matthews has been a credible resource to the legal profession because of his hands on experience in a reputable firm plus his generosity in participating in related online discussions through his highly respected blog. I am glad Steve has decided to consult and thereby make his expertise available to a wide variety of firms. As time passes, I am optimistic he will prove to be a formidable resource to the legal profession.
- Gerry Riskin, Principal & Founder, Edge International
Anguilla, BWI
“Steve Matthews possesses a rare blend of good common sense and creativity. He knows how to make sense of technological change, how to find the gems among the glass, and how to make it all work together in a way that’s truly valuable to law firms. Leave it to Steve. You won’t be sorry.”
- Simon Fodden, Professor Emeritus, Osgoode Hall Law School,
Founder & Administrator, Slaw
Toronto, Canada
“Steve Matthews understands the legal industry inside and out. His twelve years of law firm management experience have given him insight into how firms function, and he is a master of translating a firm’s business vision into strategically driving its Internet presence. Every day businesses use Google and other search engines to locate the legal services they urgently seek; Steve Matthews knows how to increase new client work by capturing those opportunities.”
- Connie Crosby, Law Librarian & Founding Member, Slaw
Toronto, Canada
“One of the positive effects of new technology is that it has enabled me to befriend people like Steve despite the fact that I am in the UK and he is in Canada. Steve is polite, friendly, and someone whose thought processes lead him to be constructive in his criticisms, and someone - who whilst embracing all the possibilities of new technology can offer to himself and those he works for - doesn’t believe it throwing the baby out with the bathwater, and recognises the old and new can not only co-exist but often do so to the benefit of one another. He recognises we don’t live in a one size fits all world, but also that it helps if you’re aware of all the sizes - and new sizes - that exist to begin with. I’m sure Stem’s clients will be a very satisfied bunch.”
- Scott Vine, Senior Information Officer, Clifford Chance LLP
London, UK
