Get an Insurance Attorney Application - Section 4

Firm Operations and Management

Does the firm or any attorney of the firm have clients in the entertainment industry?

At any time in the past five years, has the firm, or any attorney of the firm (regardless of what firm they were with at the time) provided legal services in any way related to a secruity or secruities transaction?

Does the firm have any one client in which the firm's attorneys have an equirty intereste greater than 10% combined?

Does the firm have any one client wihch represents more than 25% of the firm's billings?

Does anyone in the firm serve as a director, office or employee or in any other management capacity for a client?

Does the firm have procedures for identifying and resolving potential or actual conflicts of interest including cross-checking of former, existing or potential clients?

Does the firm have at least two independently maintained docket controls?

Does the firm regularly confirm representations in wrting via use of form engagement letters?

Please attach a sample engagement letter.

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, Max. file size: 5 MB.

Does the engagement letter include the following:

Identity of the Client

Scope of representation that includes key terms of legal representation

Fee structure and billing agreement

Termination agreement that includes file retention and destruction terms

Does the firm ensure that a countersigned engagement letter is received from the client before work begins on a new matter?

If no, please explain.

Does the firm regularly acknowledge in writing the declination or termination of representations?

For firms greater than 5 attorneys: Does the firm require that at least two attorneys in the firm be informed of the initiation of the representation?

If you are a solo practitioner, do you have a procedure in place regarding provisions of services if you are incapacitated or otherwise unavailable?

Has the firm initiated lawsuits or arbitration procedures during the last two years to enforce the collection of unpaid fees for the firm?

Has the firm or any lawyer in the firm represented publicly traded clients with services rendered involving Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) compliance including but not limited to Securities, Accounting, Financial/Investment Services or Tax Work?

Has the firm been involved in any mass tort / class action cases within the past five years?

Firm Revenues

Please provide the following financial information for the last three fiscal years.

Current Fiscal Year End Date

Gross Revenues

Prior Fiscal Year End Date

Prior Fiscal Year Gross Revenues

Two Years Prior Fiscal Year End Date

Two Years Prior Gross Revenues

What percentage of accounts receivable are outstanding more than 90 days?

Please enter a number from 0 to 100.