Thanks to Our Current Monthly Sponsor(s):

Cobb Technologies

Millicare by EBC Carpet Services Corporation

Xenith Bank

Business Partners

We are all in the legal industry together as business partners.

2013 Business Partner Guide to RALA Sponsorship Opportunities

We turn to our business partners for service, operational support, education and solutions. Our business partners are a vital part of our success as legal administrators.  We very much appreciate the contributions and support we receive and encourage Richmond ALA Members to use the providers for all of their law firm needs!  Read more about these important relationships.

If you are interested in becoming a Business Partner Sponsor of the Richmond Chapter of ALA, please contact President Ann Caudle at acaudle@spottsfain.com or Business Partner Liaison Mary Ellen Cleveland at mcleveland@t-mlaw.com for information on how to do so.  

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Contacts: Patrick Logan patrick@seltekinc.com and Wendy Logan wendy@seltekinc.com

Seltek provides technology solutions and services tailored to law firms.  Our services include IT support, computer forensics and electronic discovery.   Whether your firm needs a few hours a day, week or month for IT related services, we can meet your needs. We pride ourselves on our expertise and service levels.  We are certified in Computer Forensics and have provided collection services to a majority of law firms across Virginia.  Our services also include security assessments, graphics design, and providing residential PC services. 

Seltek is a Richmond based firm and we highly value our relationship with ALA.   Please contact us to learn how Seltek can be an integral partner for all your technology needs.

Software Training:  We provide hands-on instructor-led multi-level training in several software programs, including:

  • Microsoft Access, Excel, InfoPath, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, Publisher, Word, Microsoft Windows, Keyboarding
  • Adobe Acrobat, Captivate, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, SAP Crystal Reports

Soft Skills Training: We offer over 60 soft skills classes, topics ranging from Cross-Cultural Business Communications to Managing Multi-Generational Teams, from Diversity to Strategic Decision Making, from Managing Conflict to Effective Presentations.

Online Skill Testing: Test your job candidate before you hire them, or test your current employees to assess their skills.

Custom Training: We will design a training plan and materials specific to your needs—based on your documents.

Seminars & Workshops:  Schedule "Lunch & Learn" 1-hour sessions or other seminars in advanced Excel, Word, PowerPoint, New Features of Office, Soft Skills, etc.  Also offering workshops on iPads, Social Media, Google Apps, PivotTables, and more.

Flexible Scheduling, Quantity Discounts, On-Site Training, SWAM Certified (100% Woman Owned), Locally Owned & Operated in Richmond.

A Division of Commonwealth Personnel Consultants, Inc., a full-service personnel consulting and recruiting agency, just celebrating 28 years in business.

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Special Counsel’s position as the nation’s largest provider of contract legal professionals has been solidified through years of experience and the strength of our operations and best practices. Central to our success is our dedication to ensuring the right match between our clients’ objectives and our candidates’ talents.

Law firms and corporate legal departments count on Special Counsel to resolve their most critical needs—from creating and assembling corporate transactional documents to preparing for high-stakes litigation.

Since 1987, Special Counsel has placed Practice Area Professionals on temporary, temporary to hire and direct hire assignments with clients nationwide. Our candidates have unmatched experience across a broad spectrum of practice areas and specialties. They have gained experience as legal secretaries, paralegals and attorneys in many types of law firms and corporate legal departments, or have law school degrees that have prepared them for alternate careers aligned with the practice of law.

Our Practice Area Professionals work on an as-needed basis affording our clients’ unparalleled flexibility and substantial cost savings, whether they are small law firms or Fortune 500 companies.

As part of a Fortune Global 500 company, we draw on unmatched resources to develop personal, tailored solutions for our clients’ needs worldwide. And, with offices in over 36 markets in the U.S., we can either bring the solution to you, or conduct a document review in one of our strategically placed onshore delivery centers, leveraging excellent talent at affordable rates.

 

LSI was founded by attorneys in 1997 in Richmond, Virginia.  Since then, we have been providing contract attorneys and support staff through our Richmond headquarters and branch offices in Norfolk, McLean, Raleigh, and Charlotte.  LSI has been staffing legal administrative assistants, paralegals, secretaries and specialized e-discovery reviews not only with licensed contract attorneys but also unlicensed law school graduates, document coders, document scanners.  We have staffed client projects that needed to run 24 hours a day 7 days a week due to tight deadlines, remote projects, projects that require specific language skills, and projects that require a specific area of expertise.  LSI only hires legal professionals as recruiters for our offices, such as attorneys or paralegals.  We feel that as legal professionals that have served and worked in the legal community we have the best knowledge, education and familiarity with the legal industry to provide our clients with outstanding service.

Xenith is dedicated to serving law firms of all sizes with services to help grow and manage your firm. We offer a full suite of deposit and treasury products and services designed to improve cash flow and enhance efficiency of attorneys, paralegals and administrators. We even partner with SoftPro to provide enhanced reconciliation services to our mutual clients and also provide door-to-door courier service for documents and deposit pickup. Need a line of credit or other financing? Xenith is ready to help. Partnering with Xenith means working directly with an experienced relationship manager who will understand your business priorities and will come to your office whenever you need us. Xenith is a Virginia bank, headquartered in Richmond with additional offices in Tysons Corner and Hampton Roads. Call DeAnn Pangburn, a proud sponsor of the ALA for six years, and you’ll understand how a partnership with Xenith will exceed your expectations. Let us show you how Xenith can assist your firm!

The ABA Retirement Funds Program (the "Program") provides affordable 401(k) plans with no out-of-pocket expenses exclusively to law firms of all sizes, even solos.  The Program offers plan design flexibility, a broad range of investment options, full-service administration, and professional fiduciary services.  Contact  Linda Cooper, Vice President of Sales of the ABA Retirement Funds Program at (781) 796-9180 or visit www.abaretirement.com for more information and a prospectus.

Founded in the mid-1980’s, ALPS is an attorney-centered professional liability insurance company. Celebrating over 10 years as the Virginia State Bar Endorsed Professional Liability Insurance Provider, we deliver services and resources that support the legal profession as a whole and work to promote the honor, dignity, and professionalism of lawyers. 

Melissa Ball, melissa@ballop.com and Stephanie Rutledge, stephanie@ballop.com

After working in the office supply and furniture business for over a decade, Melissa and Jonathan Ball decided that if they wanted something done right, they would have to do it themselves. Ball Office Products was formed in 2000 with a focus on excellent customer service and great prices along with an unparalleled personal touch. Affectionately known as the cookie people, Ball Office Products is the friendliest, woman-owned office products retailer in Richmond, Virginia.  Ball carries furniture and business equipment as well as everything from office supplies to specialty items at your request. By keeping our service representatives right here in town, our clients can always depend on courteous and personal assistance as well as speedy service. Our focus is on the customer and our goal is to be a local one stop shop for all of your business needs.  We save our clients time, and we accommodate special orders and requests. It’s so easy to order from us whether you call in your order, fax it in or place it through our user friendly internet ordering site.  Internet ordering allows our customers to control expenditures, maintain budgets and evaluate purchases.  Plus, we keep it personal by delivering your order, along with a few freshly-baked cookies, to wherever you keep your supplies,  making your deliveries exactly where and how you want them. We’re the company-next-door and we’re part of your local community. Consider us your true partner in business, a partner who does everything possible to help you operate and make your business a success. Our mission as Richmond’s local furniture and office supply provider is to be your long term business partner.  Our goal is to empower local businesses to operate efficiently by providing courteous, local assistance, delivering your products with a smile, and always being the model of superior customer service.

Chase Dominion Advisors is an independent financial firm with a deep understanding of all aspects of retirement plans. Our mission is to simplify the complexities of retirement plans, by providing clear, easy-to-understand explanations of financial products and services as we carefully create a customized strategy for your company. We can help you design a plan that suits the needs of your company and your workforce, implementing the highest fiduciary standards while offering an appropriate mix of investment options, education and personalized counsel to your employees. In today’s climate of economic volatility, increasing regulatory intervention and abundant litigation, you need a partner who can advise you how to structure, establish and maintain an appropriate retirement plan for your company. Count on Chase Dominion Advisors.

Client Connection has been a prominent leader in accounts receivable management for the legal profession.  We specialize in servicing the legal community and pride ourselves in understanding the unique culture of law firms and the relationships they have with their clients.  We have made it our business to understand the nature of attorneys relationships with their clients and the various billing transactions.  We can tell you how your clients are thinking.  Consequently, we know the techniques that are effective in getting them to pay their bills.  We have a full understanding of the various practice areas, client billing and payment arrangements, and specific knowledge of institutional and non-institutional clients that require experts in managing accounts receivable for law firms.

  • Servicing the legal profession for nearly 20 years, and proud supporter of ALA
  • Working with law firms of all sizes and practice areas
  • Preserving the strong relationships attorneys have with their clients
  • Total solutions for accounts receivable management and collection efforts

Payroll Contact: Rob Hyatt   rhyatt@dominionpayroll.com

Merchant Services Contact: Patrick Gallagher   pgallagher@dpsmerchantservices.com
 
 
Dominion Payroll Services (“DPS” to our friends) is a service bureau providing fully outsourced payroll processing and human resource options.   We process payrolls for clients all over the United States! With over 1,000 clients ranging from 1 to 2,500 employees, Dominion Payroll Services is quickly becoming the premier choice for payroll processing and a whole host of ancillary products!
 
DPS also works with many legal practices to help them ease the pain associated with accepting credit cards. With our emphasis on simple pricing, better products, and superior customer service, many businesses have found working with us a pleasant experience. We can guarantee you lower rates when running credit cards, streamlined products, and top shelf customer service.

MilliCare by EBC Carpet Services is a commercial carpet and upholstery maintenance company, headquartered in Delaware. EBC was founded in 1989 and now has offices throughout the Mid-Atlantic region including, Philadelphia PA, Baltimore MD, Washington DC, Richmond VA, and Virginia Beach VA.  

We are proud of our customer list which now includes over 350 facilities in which we proactively maintain over 65 Million square feet of carpet per year.

EBC Carpet Services is also the world's largest MilliCare franchise. Our MilliCare maintenance process continues to be the technology leader in the carpet maintenance industry. The MilliCare process is now endorsed by the Carpet and Rug Institute as a deep extraction process and because it is the driest, low moisture process in the industry, it is naturally the best way to clean in a facility for all the modern day concerns of Green Building issues such as IAQ and Mold prevention. The maintenance products along with our companies record of employee retention, internal quality processes plus 22 years in the cleaning and maintenance business allows us to guarantee our results for all of our customers. Let us come and survey your facility, discuss your expectations and help us learn more about your company and your facilities so our family of motivated associates can help you take care of your facility.

 

R&R Office Supplies is an office supply dealer located in Richmond, Virginia’s historic downtown. Since our founding in 1992, our business has been guided by the core philosophy of providing superior products at affordable prices through unparalleled customer service. These principal cornerstones have allowed us to grow into a company which offers over fifty-five thousand products and services over two thousand customers nationwide. As proud business partners of the Richmond ALA, we use our expertise to offer efficient and cost-effective solutions to the legal community’s office supply needs.

Our other 2013 Sponsors include these Monthly Luncheon Sponsors:

Creative Office Environments

Dunmar Records Management