Category Archives: Stem News

Stem Legal is pleased to welcome our newest client, Ontario firm Russell Alexander Family Lawyers.

Led by Russell I. Alexander, the firm is dedicated exclusively to family law, and assists clients who are going through separation or divorce. Related issues include child custody and access arrangements, separation agreements, child and spousal support, division of family property, paternity disputes, and enforcement of court orders.

Clients going through separation or divorce often experience frustration, fear, and sadness. Russell Alexander’s lawyers and staff treat each client with dignity and empathy, and every case with professionalism and confidence. Lawyers are also trained in Collaborative Practice, through which clients resolve disputes peacefully, respectfully, and without going to court.

The Russell Alexander website offers numerous Q&As on divorce, child support, children and divorce, and parental alienation. Mr. Alexander authors the blog FamilyLLB, and is also active on Twitter (@familyLLB) and Facebook.

Russell Alexander has a wide-reaching practice, serving clients throughout south-central Ontario, including Markham, Durham region (Whitby, Clarington, Oshawa, Ajax, Pickering), York region, and City of Kawartha Lakes/Peterborough.

About Russell Alexander Family Lawyers: Founded in 2000 by Russell I. Alexander, Russell Alexander Family Lawyers is an Ontario firm focused exclusively on family law. With offices in Markham, Brooklin and Lindsay, the firm offers collaborative practice, mediation services, and trial representation for separation and divorce-related issues.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem Legal congratulates our client Jonathan Rosenfeld of Chicago-based Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers on the launch of his new law firm, and the corresponding new Stem-designed website!  This new site was designed to showcase Jonathan’s unique practice and to establish a strong connection to Jonathan’s publishing network, which includes his blogs on Nursing Home Abuse and Child Injury Law, and his informational sites, Nursing Homes Injury Laws and Bed Sore FAQs.

As explained on  Jonathan’s biography page, his practice (and now his law firm) will continue to focus on the most vulnerable:

“I’m an Illinois lawyer with a nationwide practice who represents the most vulnerable members of our society: the very young and the very old. They have the same rights as everyone else — to be treated with compassion and respect — but their vulnerability means they need special protection and representation against those who injure, neglect or abuse them. This is my life’s work.”

Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers was founded to support these communities; and to continue Jonathan’s work in these niche areas of injury law practice.  The firm’s initial areas of practice will include: Child Injuries, Nursing Home Injuries, Pressure Sores, and Medical Malpractice; but also support more traditional areas, such as  Work Injuries, Motor Vehicle Accidents, and Personal Injury. Here’s a quick look:

Almost everyone at Stem worked on this website at some point, and we’re very proud of how it turned out.  We’re also proud of Jonathan, and congratulate him on his continued success!

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem Legal is pleased to announce that our client, product injury firm Hissey Kientz, has created a new section of its website dedicated to the recalled diet drug Meridia. The new section includes information about the weight loss drug Meridia, a discussion of the events leading to the recall, and information about the side effects of Meridia.

Meridia was recalled in October 2010 due to its link with an increased risk of cardiovascular side effects. Previously, the European Medicines Agency issued a Meridia recall in January 2010 based on preliminary data about the cardiovascular side effects of the drug. According to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, patients taking the diet drug Meridia have an increased risk of severe cardiovascular side effects. Specifially, research found that Meridia users were 28% more likely to suffer a heart attack and 36% more likely to suffer a stroke than those who were given a placebo.

About Hissey Kientz LLP: Hissey Kientz is a law firm specializing in product injury claims and medical mass torts litigation. Other areas of focus in addition to Meridia are DePuy Hip Replacements, Mesothelioma, Fen-Phen and PPH, Ortho Evra birth control patch, Seroquel, and Yaz and Yasmin birth control pills, to name a few.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem Legal congratulates our client Ron Chapman on the launch of a new tool on his Florida Criminal Records FAQ site.  The Florida Expungement and Sealing Eligibility Quiz allows visitors to better understand the potential issues faced when applying to alter the status of their Florida criminal record.

Sealing or expunging a criminal record can remove many of the problems faced during common background checks, including employment applications, volunteering, and housing applications.  This quiz is designed to act as a preliminary step for applicants, identifying some of the more frequent scenarios that cause applications to be denied. Depending on the outcome of the quiz, visitors have the option to contact Mr. Chapman for a free consultation about whether and how to proceed to have their Florida criminal record sealed or expunged.

About Ron Chapman: Ronald Chapman has been sealing and expunging criminal record cases in Florida since going into private practice in 1996. Since that time, he has dealt with numerous complicated issues that sometimes arise when trying to seal or expunge records.  Mr. Chapman maintains Florida Criminal Records FAQ, an informative website covering Background Checks, Clemency, Dropped Charges, Expungement, Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle records, Juvenile Criminal Records, Pardons, and Sealing, among many other topics.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem Legal congratulates Waterstone Law Group LLP on the launch of their new BC Injury Lawyers Blog.

Led by partners David Sliman (Chilliwack) and Shelley Henshaw (Langley), along with litigation lawyers Kim Briscoe, Rachel Shaw and Daniel Sorensen, the intent of this new blog is to clarify some of  “the fine print” surrounding BC injury law.  Whether it’s breaking down a topical news story, or explaining the impact of an interesting new judgment, the lawyers at Waterstone are excited to start blogging about the current affairs relating to their injury law practice.

Some of the initial topics covered at the time of launch include:

• hockey injuries and finding fault for brain injuries,
• how the courts respond to accident victims who disregard their doctor’s treatment advice, and
• a review of the debate on “why seat belts aren’t required in School Buses”.

Be sure to drop by and visit the BC Injury Lawyers Blog!

About Waterstone Law Group LLP: Waterstone Law Group is a full-service law firm that takes the approach that lawyer specialization provides the most effective way to service its clients’ legal needs. This focus on specific practice areas allows each lawyer an in-depth understanding of his or her chosen specialties. With offices in Chilliwack and Langley, B.C., all of the firm’s lawyers are proudly involved in local civic, charitable and recreational groups. For more information about Waterstone Law Group, please visit their site at www.waterstonelaw.com.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Product injury firm Hissey Kientz LLP has launched a new website dedicated to the recall of DePuy Hip Replacements.

In August 2010, DuPuy Orthopaedics and its parent company, Johnson & Johnson, issued a recall of the DePuy ASR XL Acetabular System and ASR Hip Resurfacing System hip implants due to an increased rate of “revision surgery”.  The company press release stated that one in eight surgical implants required repair or device replacement within five years.

The newly launched website from Hissey Kientz reviews the related hip replacement problems, along with ongoing monitoring for both Johnson & Johnson DePuy lawsuits and news updates.

For more information on Hissey Kientz or the firm’s DePuy Hip Replacement Recall practice, visit www.hkllp.com.

Stem Legal is pleased to welcome our newest client, Pushor Mitchell LLP.

Pushor Mitchell’s roots run deep in the beautiful Okanagan Valley city of Kelowna, B.C.  The firm is renowned for the integral role it has played within the region since the early 1970s.  Its community involvement ranges from its partnership with the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation to the provision of detailed pro bono legal services, such that in 2008, Pushor Mitchell was named the Kelowna Corporate Citizen of the Year.

The individual members of Pushor Mitchell also maintain the firm’s strong tradition of contributing their time and resources to numerous activities and causes. That might help explain why Pushor Mitchell is such a highly regarded place to practice law, as demonstrated when it received the 2009 CBA-BC Work-Life Balance Award.

But Pushor Mitchell’s practice and reputation reach beyond the Okanagan, extending throughout British Columbia and even across Canada. The firm maintains a diverse client base, from individuals to charitable organizations to emerging companies and established public corporations. Pushor Mitchell lawyers keep their clients updated on new legal developments with regular and issues of the firm’s Legal Alert newsletter. The firm’s practice areas include business law, personal injury, commercial litigation, family law, real estate, real estate development and wills, estates and trusts.

Stem Legal is proud to include among its clients a firm as dedicated to both professionalism and community as Pushor Mitchell.

About Pushor Mitchell LLP: Pushor Mitchell is a full-service Kelowna, British Columbia law firm, with a varied practice and a diverse client base that extends throughout B.C.  For more information about Pushor Mitchell, please visit its website at www.pushormitchell.com.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations. For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem Legal is pleased to announce the launch of a new law firm website for McClanahan Myers Espey LLP.

In addition to a striking new design, the site now boasts easier access to news and commentary from the firm’s unique blog, Contingent Fee Business Litigation. The new design also greatly improves the visibility of the firm’s practice pages and lawyer profiles, and reduces the number of navigational clicks required, by way of adding links to the firm’s Areas of Practice to the site-wide navigation, along with information on the firm and its lawyers, contact information, and a full index of archived news items.

One especially useful new feature, located directly on the homepage, is a clickable five-page e-book that answers FAQs about the firm. Each page links to further information on the topic; for example, why the firm prefers contingency fees, joint venture cases with other counsel, and in-sourcing legal services to corporate general counsel. Here’s a peek at this tool:

Our sincere thanks to the firm’s partners, Randy McClanahan, Mike Myers, and Bob Espey for their continued feedback and support throughout this project; we think the finished product really reflects the firm’s quality and distinctiveness!

About McClanahan Myers Espey LLP: McClanahan Myers Espey LLP is a Houston-based contingency fee litigation firm. In addition to specializing in areas such as patent litigation and  corporate-owned life insurance, the firm also practices in class actions,  and other disputes potentially solved by contingent fee commercial litigation.  The firm’s blog is Contingency Fee Business Litigation.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem Legal client Jonathan Rosenfeld of Strellis & Field continues to make improvements to his content network.  Available this morning, his two newest collections include a pathfinder to Bed Sore Research Studies, and a topical list of books and journal articles related to nursing home injuries.

First launched in May, 2009, Mr. Rosenfeld’s Bed Sore FAQs website offers a dynamic collection of frequently-asked questions and answers on topics related to bed sore injuries, also known as pressure sores, pressure ulcers or decubitus ulcers.  The Bed Sore FAQ has continued to grow in 2010 with the introduction of the Bed Sore Resource Center, and is now expanding again with a new section on Bed Sore Research Studies.  The new section is accessible both as a link on the main Resource Center or from the Resource Center sidebar which is embedded throughout the website.  The Bed Sore Research Studies section contains information about and links to recent studies and clinical trials on bed sore prevention and treatment, including studies currently recruiting participants.

Mr. Rosenfeld’s Nursing Home Injury Laws website is also expanding its topical coverage.  In addition to providing the collected laws, State-by-State, relating to injuries arising in nursing homes, the site now includes a new Books and Journals section.  This section contains a strong list of reference books and journal articles related to nursing home injuries, along with links to further information on each item.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase business through the use of SEO and link building campaigns, audience profiling and content development strategies, and customized media and communications plans. Stem also delivers advice and guidance for law firms exploring online social media, specifically by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem congratulates our client, product injury firm Hissey Kientz LLP on the launch of their new microsite for their Paxil Birth Defects practice.

The new website explains that the antidepressant Paxil has been linked to an increased risk of birth defects in the children of women who take the drug while pregnant. In 2005, the Food and Drug Administration warned that women who take Paxil during pregnancy are twice as likely to have children with major birth defects as those who are prescribed other antidepressants. The site details the types of Paxil birth defects that have been seen, including atrial and ventricular septal defects, or holes in the walls of the chambers of the heart, with symptoms sometimes so severe that they required surgery. Research has also shown an increased risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN). Children born with PPHN suffer from circulatory problems that can lead to respiratory failure shortly after birth.

The site also highlights serious Paxil side effects and information about Paxil lawsuits, and is frequently updated with news about Paxil and legal settlements.

Visit the Paxil Birth Defects site at http://www.paxilbirthdefectslawyers.com/ for more information.

Stem Legal is pleased to welcome our newest client, Fraser Valley, British Columbia firm Waterstone Law Group LLP.

With offices in both Chilliwack and Langley, BC, Waterstone is ideally situated to serve residents of Canada’s beautiful Fraser Valley.  The firm’s founders each formerly practised in the larger Vancouver market, allowing Waterstone’s lawyers to bring the experience and expertise of big city law to local clients.

Waterstone Law Group is a full-service firm with practice areas that include Banking Law, Civil Litigation, Corporate/Commercial Law, Employment Law (including ADR),  Family Law, Farm Transactions, ICBC Injury Law, BC Personal Injury (including medical malpractice and wrongful death), Real Estate, and Wills and Estate Planning.

Waterstone is known and respected throughout the Fraser Valley for it outstanding commitment to community.  That commitment is embedded within the firm description and is featured on each of its lawyer profiles.  We’re proud to welcome Waterstone Law Group as Stem’s newest client.

About Waterstone Law Group LLP: Waterstone Law Group is a full-service law firm that takes the approach that lawyer specialization provides the most effective way to service its clients’ legal needs. This focus on specific practice areas allows each lawyer an in-depth understanding of his or her chosen specialties. With offices in Chilliwack and Langley, B.C., all of the firm’s lawyers are proudly involved in local civic, charitable and recreational groups. For more information about Waterstone Law Group, please visit their site at www.waterstonelaw.com.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem Legal client Koplow Law Firm has launched the Arizona Sex Crimes FAQ, a new resource targeted at those falsely accused of sexual offenses in the State of Arizona.

The new site contains answers to common questions about Arizona law, standards of proof, and defines related terminology.  The initial set of categories for this FAQ are:

• Arizona Child Abuse
• Arizona Luring Laws
• Child Molestation
• Date Rape Laws
• Indecent Exposure
• Sex Offender Registration
• Sexual Assault

In addition to category browsing, the homepage includes a “featured question”, along with the latest Q&A additions to the website. The full text of all the FAQ entries are searchable from the search box located on the left column on each page.

About Koplow Law Firm: The Koplow Law Firm exclusively practices criminal defense, and is led by Lawrence Koplow, a former prosecutor with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office and a seasoned trial attorney.  In addition to sex crime defense, Koplow law firm is known for its work as DUI attorneys.   Mr. Koplow maintains two blogs related to the firm’s practice:  one on DUI law and another on Arizona criminal law. The firm’s offices are located in Scottsdale, AZ, and may be contacted at 602.494.3444.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem Legal congratulates our client Hissey Kientz on the launch of their new Mesothelioma Lawsuit Blog.  A serious form of cancer commonly caused by exposure to asbestos, mesothelioma has given rise to lawsuits that now constitute the most significant mass tort in U.S. history, with approximately 3,000 lawsuits filed annually.

Construction workers—including electricians, painters, plumbers and roofers—and workers employed at oil or chemical refineries, factories, or other industrial sites are among the individuals most heavily affected by exposure. In addition, many family members or other loved ones of these asbestos workers were also inadvertently exposed to asbestos fibers that were carried into the home. Thousands of veterans of the U.S. Navy or Merchant Marines have also been exposed to asbestos that was used as insulation or in machine parts aboard the ships on which they served.

The new blog will prove a valuable resource for mesothelioma victims and asbestos attorneys, with the latest news and legal commentary on developments in the field of asbestos law. Posts on the new blog are grouped into the following categories:

• Asbestos Exposure and Contamination
• Asbestos Lawsuits and Settlements
• Asbestos and Mesothelioma Laws
• Asbestos and Mesothelioma Lawyer Information
• Asbestos and Mesothelioma Studies
• Mesothelioma Lawsuits and Settlement

About Hissey Kientz LLP: Hissey Kientz is a law firm specializing in product injury claims and medical mass torts litigation. Other areas of focus in addition to mesothelioma include Fen-Phen and PPH, Ortho Evra birth control patch, Seroquel, and Yaz and Yasmin birth control pills, to name a few.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem Legal congratulates our client Strellis & Field attorney Jonathan Rosenfeld on the co-launch of a new Resource Center and practice group dedicated to bed sore injuries.

The new Resource Center is a sizable new addition to Mr. Rosenfeld’s Bed Sores FAQ site, and includes new sections on bed sore injury articles and a detailed glossary of bed sore terms. Perhaps most impressive, visitors to the website will now be able to access a new National US Directory of medical providers arranged in a State-by-State drop-down menu. At launch, the directory includesmore than 650 care providers!

Stem Legal also congratulates Mr. Rosenfeld’s law firm Strellis & Field on the launch of its new practice group dedicated to Bed Sore Injuries.  Also known as pressure sores, pressure ulcers or decubitus ulcers, the new practice page explains the nature of these injuries, their causes, and the mechanics behind their development.  Mr. Rosenfeld, who has a long history of helping bed sore injury victims,  previously handled these types of cases under the firm’s Nursing Home Negligence group.  By launching a new dedicated firm group, he hopes to set apart this very important area of his practise.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase business through the use of SEO and link building campaigns, audience profiling and content development strategies, and customized media and communications plans. Stem also delivers advice and guidance for law firms exploring online social media, specifically by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem Legal congratulates our client, Arizona family firm Nirenstein Garnice Soderquist PLC, on the launch of their newly re-designed website.  Screen capture follows:

The new site offers clear and informative descriptions of the firm’s central practice areas: Family Law and Divorce Law, as well as their Appellate Practice and Divorce Mediation services. Visitors can also view detailed information on the more specific elements of the firm’s cradle-to-grave approach to relationship law, including areas such as adoption law, elder law, estate and probate litigation, juvenile law, child and spousal support and child custody practice, Arizona community property practice, and prenuptial agreements, among others.

Visitors to the re-designed NGS website will also see a Legal Team page, with updated profiles of the firm’s lawyers, and a new publications page, which presents firm news and updates from  Nirenstein Garnice Soderquist’s two blogs, the Arizona Divorce & Family Law Blog and the Arizona Elder Law & Probate Litigation Blog.

For more information about Nirenstein Garnice Soderquist PLC or to take a tour of the new site, visit www.ngslaw.com.

About Nirenstein Garnice Soderquist PLC: Founded in 2003, Nirenstein Garnice Soderquist is Arizona’s first boutique family law firm and one of Arizona’s most well-known and respected family law firms. Nirenstein Garnice Soderquist seeks positive outcomes for all clients through compassionate, empathetic, and respectful negotiation. Although the firm strives to resolve matters outside the courtroom, its attorneys are skilled litigators who bring matters to the bench with confidence and determination.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem Legal is pleased to welcome our newest client, the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association.

Established in 1988 as a conference of the Canadian Bar Association, the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (CCCA) is now more than 10,200 members strong and growing rapidly. Its membership consists of corporate counsel employed in virtually every industry in Canada, encompassing public and private businesses, non-profit organizations, municipalities and crown corporations. It also welcomes associate members from law firms whose support and expertise enrich its educational programs and events.

CCCA member services include career development tools (Continuing Legal Education programs, a Spring Conference and a World Summit) and a fleet of publications (CCCA Magazine, the In-House Barometer Survey, the Corporate Counsel Compensation & Benefits Survey and the Ultimate Corporate Counsel Guide). The association also supports learning and peer-to-peer networking opportunities for 12 CCCA Chapters nationwide, recognizes excellence in the profession, and offers a variety of benefits serving the unique needs of in-house counsel.

About the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association: The Canadian Corporate Counsel Association is the only member organization in Canada providing a dedicated national forum and voice for the in-house counsel profession. More than 10,200 members in corporate law departments and private law firms benefit from the CCCA’s leadership, educational programming, knowledge resources, and networking opportunities.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem Legal is pleased to announce new communications and media consulting services for law firms and legal organizations, led by Jordan Furlong, have been added to our portfolio of service offerings.

As a profile-building company for the legal marketplace, Stem helps promote and enhance the visibility of law firms and legal organizations with key groups and business sectors. Building on our core competencies of SEO, content marketing and building legal brands online, we have always emphasized the importance of media profile and communications. Now, we are rolling out a series of services focused specifically on developing effective media relationships.

Anchoring our new line of services is our Media Strategy Service, an intensive three-month project aimed at revitalizing a law firm’s or legal organization’s dealings with the media. This Premium Package is available for a fixed fee of $7,500 which includes:

• a personal interview to establish your media-related business development goals,
• an interactive questionnaire to determine your best media options,
• an inventory and assessment of your current media outreach practices,
• a customized strategic plan for using the media to promote your practice,
• a guide to building relationships with key media personnel, and
• a three-month period of telephone and email delivered consultation on media strategy and interactions.

A Basic Package of the Media Strategy Service is also available for a fixed fee of $2,500, and includes:

• an inventory and assessment of your current media outreach practices,
• a guide to building relationships with key media personnel, and
• a three month period of telephone and email delivered consultation on media strategy and interactions.

Alternatively, the Media Strategy Service may be rolled into Stem’s complete Monthly Retainer Service, which includes ongoing input on the firm’s web marketing strategy, search engine optimization services, target audience profiling, content marketing campaigns and much more, at a cost of $2,225 per month.

Stem’s media and communications offerings are also available for existing Stem clients seeking help with a specific task, such as revamping website content, starting or re-engineering a blog, overhauling client communications like newsletters, and weighing whether and how to engage in social media vehicles like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Clients are encouraged to contact Steve Matthews or Jordan Furlong to discuss how our new media services may be incorporated into their current projects.

Stem’s Media Strategy Service is headed by Jordan Furlong, a Senior Consultant with Stem who brings more than a dozen years’ experience editing three of Canada’s leading legal periodicals. He served as Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Bar Association’s flagship National magazine for a full decade, during which time the publication earned nine Silver and Gold Awards for excellence from the Canadian Business Press and an Investigative Journalism Award from the Canadian Association of Journalists. He also founded and served as Executive Editor of the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association’s CCCA Magazine, and held the position of Managing Editor with The Lawyers Weekly newspaper. Jordan also writes one of the legal profession’s most respected strategic blogs at Law21: Dispatches from a Legal Profession on the Brink.

To learn more about Stem’s Media Strategy Service or communications and media offerings, contact Jordan Furlong at jordan@stemlegal.com.

About Stem Legal: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase business through the use of SEO and link building campaigns, audience profiling and content development strategies, and customized media and communications plans. Stem also delivers advice and guidance for law firms exploring online social media, specifically by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

Stem Legal is pleased to welcome our newest client, South Florida criminal defense firm Lenamon Law Trial Lawyers.

With offices in Miami and Punta Gorda, Lenamon Law offers services for a wide variety of criminal matters. Practice groups support clients charged with drug offenses, violent crimes, white collar crimes, sex crimes, internet/computer crimes, fraud and DUI charges. Together, the firm’s attorneys have 45 years’ experience and have worked on more than 100 jury trials. They also draw upon the support and expertise of a broad support network including medical, mental health, forensic and mitigation specialists. Lenamon Law tailors a unique defense for each client, and works with them to find appropriate treatment and diversionary programs wherever possible.

The firm is headed by Terry Lenamon, a nationally recognized death penalty opponent and expert capital litigator. Mr. Lenamon has defended clients in 20 first-degree murder trials and eight death penalty cases. He is the author of the blog Terry Lenamon on the Death Penalty.

About Lenamon Law Trial Lawyers: Established by Board Certified AV-Preeminent trial attorney Terry Lenamon, Lenamon Law  is a south Florida-based criminal defense firm with 45 years’ experience in complex, serious criminal matters. The firm is committed to working closely with clients and their families to choose the appropriate course of action and to prepare the best possible defense for each individual case.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Product injury law firm Hissey Kientz LLP recently launched www.yasminyazsideeffectslawyers.com, a website to help clients who have suffered serious side effects from birth control pills Yaz & Yasmin.

Studies in the British Medical Journal found that the use of birth control drugs Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella doubles the risk of blood clots compared to another popular form of birth control. Blood clots can lead to other serious conditions such as heart attack, stroke, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Other reported side effects of Yaz include liver and kidney failure, gallstones, and pancreatitis.

More than 200 women have filed lawsuits against Yaz manufacturer Bayer Pharmaceuticals. Details about lawsuits, along with news and contact information, are available at www.yasminyazsideeffectslawyers.com.

For more information on Hissey Kientz and frequently asked questions about Yaz & Yasmin, visit www.hkllp.com.

Stem Legal is pleased to announce our newest client, one of Canada’s leading suppliers of legal support services: BC’s own Dye & Durham Corporation.

Dye & Durham Corporation (D&D) supports lawyers and government in areas as diverse as litigation, corporate/commercial, real estate, process serving, and due diligence. These services can all be ordered and accessed online via Dye & Durham’s ETRAY product. Electronic corporate records management services are facilitated by ECORP.  Full support is available in 17 languages.

Dye & Durham is a preferred service provider for the Government of British Columbia’s Corporate Online . The company also offers a wide variety of corporate and legal supplies, including minute books, custom stamps, and share certificates.

Dye & Durham also provides up-to-date industry news (feed) as well as continuing legal education opportunities.

Stem is excited to be working with such a well-respected and engaged member of BC’s legal community.

About Dye & Durham Corporation: Dye & Durham Corporation is a wholly owned Canadian company with a long and reputable history of serving the legal profession and is Western Canada’s premier supplier of worldwide legal support and information services. With its head office in New Westminster and branches in Vancouver, Victoria and Abbotsford, Dye & Durham provides timely and accurate legal support services supported by a defect guarantee.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.