August/September 2004
The Cambridge Chronicle
The Cambridge Chronicle will be sent to our clients every other month via e-mail and will have news and information
specific to legal staffing and more specifically to Atlanta. We will also publish what is new with Cambridge, for example
changes in the benefits we offer our temporary employees and steps we take to improve our services. If you have any
suggestions on topics you would like to see, please e-mail us at jlowe@cambridgeprofessionals.com. It is our constant goal
to provide not only the best candidates and service, but also to serve as consultants to our clients.
New Temporary Benefits
We are now offering an additional level of health
coverage for our long-term temporary employees.
Until now, we have always offered health insurance
reimbursements of $100 per month to our temporary
employees to apply to the insurance carrier of their
choice. In addition, they already receive eligibility in
our 401K, holiday and vacation pay. Our new
coverage will allow long-term temps (on assignment
6 months or longer) to participate in the same Major
Medical coverage full-time employees at Cambridge
enjoy. This level of coverage offers: health, vision,
dental and life insurance through Guardian. For more
information contact: Steve Sullivan 404.842.2800.
CambridgeFinancial Welcomes:
CambridgeFinancial is pleased to announce the
addition of Kelly Shapiro and David Tabor. Kelly
joins our team with over 15 years of various
recruiting and business development experience.
David has over 7 years of professional experience
including
4 years in the staffing industry with a national firm
here in Atlanta.
CambridgeCounsel Welcomes
Bennett Weinstein as Attorney
Recruiter:
Bennett received his B.S. in Biology from Michigan
State University in 1997, and his J.D. from Vermont
Law School in 2004. At Cambridge, Bennett’s main
focus is recruiting and placing attorneys with some of
the Southeast’s top law firms and corporations.
When to use Contract
Paralegals and Attorneys
Contract attorneys and paralegals are becoming a
common part of Atlanta’s legal landscape and a costeffective staffing solution for large litigation projects
or for finding short-term expertise in a niche area.
Today, it is evident that corporate America is still
carefully managing non-revenue producing divisions
of their companies, and therefore, is still carefully
scrutinizing the costs and fees of outside counsel. At
Cambridge we not only provide our clients with
contract legal professionals, but also specialize in
team placement and management. Here are some
common situations where contract attorneys and
paralegals are most often utilized:
Document Discovery Review
Due Diligence Contract Review
Lease Abstraction
Environmental Audits
Antitrust-Second Request Review
Contract Audits
Coding Projects
In addition, Cambridge offers contract attorneys and
paralegals with expertise in all types of practice
areas. Examples include patent prosecution, contract
drafting and negotiating, commercial and residential
real estate, securities, brief writers, and tax. These
attorneys and paralegals normally have 5+ years of
experience within their fields. Their bill rates depend
on their level of experience and the contract work
required of them.
Projects we have staffed in 2004:
 Corporate Merger-contract attorneys and
paralegals for a document review to identify
privileged and responsive documents in the
largest telecom merger in U.S. history.
 Securities Litigation-contract attorneys
assisting at all levels in the representation of
a major broker-dealer in arbitrations and
potential pending litigation. Responsibilities
of contract attorneys range from document
review to motion and brief writing to case
management.
 Lease Abstraction- contract attorneys and
paralegals to abstract commercial real estate
leases and then enter data into a database
management system.
 Securities Enforcement-contract attorneys
assisted with the production of documents to
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Production stemmed from a preliminary
SEC investigation of one of the firm's
clients.
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Intellectual Property Litigation-contract
attorneys for a document review in a large
patent litigation case. Contract attorneys
were also utilized to assist in other aspects
of trial preparation as directed by the Firm's
attorneys.
General Litigation-contract attorneys in
general document review for privileged and
responsive documents.
Specialist in Project/Team Placement: As part of
our project/team placement, Cambridge provides the
following services at no cost: a presentation of our
team capabilities including a cost benefit analysis,
preparation of a pre-project planning guide, and a
performance standards meeting for all contractors. If
it is determined that a team is needed, and the client
has committed to using Cambridge, we will: (1)
create project specific candidate guidelines, (2) hold
a candidate orientation, (3) screen and select a team
and team leader with client’s approval and (4) create
a candidate retention and incentive program. Once a
team is in place, we will apply quality control
measures to ensure the client and the team is happy
with the progress of the project. These quality
control measures include, but are not limited to:
client and candidate satisfaction surveys, routine
meetings and customized reporting.
At Cambridge Professional Group, we consider
ourselves a partner in our client’s success, and we
share in the responsibility of meeting the demands of
their clients. If you are thinking of hiring full time
attorneys or paralegals to meet peak needs, or if you
are thinking of contacting another firm to act as cocounsel on a case that you are not equipped to handle
alone, please give us a call and allow us to conduct a
free cost benefit and staffing analysis.
Mock Jury Services
Cambridge Professional Group has recently added
another innovative service to its project team menu.
Having an extensive candidate pool, which
encompasses candidates from all over Atlanta, we
can create a “jury” that will meet your demographics
and give you the desired feedback on the “verdict”.
How it Works: Your firm has a large case going to
trial and would benefit from a mock trial. The
advantages of a mock trial with a randomly selected,
but demographically representative jury are
numerous. They allow you to present your case and
in return, the mock jury provides feedback as it
relates to: the strengths, weaknesses and any missing
pieces of the case. It also allows for non-lawyer
“eyes and ears” to analyze the merits of the case and
break it down to the simplest of form. Since the
jurors will be paid for their participation, they will be
asked to take a true active role, participating in a
roundtable discussion evaluating the case and filling
out evaluations/feedback forms that cover:
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Strengths of the case.
Weaknesses of the case.
Missing pieces of the case.
Questions that were not answered.
How the attorney presented the case.
The general impressions of the attorney
presenting the case.
The attorney’s weaknesses and strengths.
What would you recommend the attorney do
differently to connect with the jury?
What are your general impressions of the
client.
Anything else you would like, we will tailor
each evaluation form and roundtable
discussion to meet the needs of the client
and the specific case.
Our Role: We will create a mock jury of candidates
that meet your demographic specifications. We will
screen them for appropriate backgrounds, schedule
them and commit them to the duration of the mock
trial. Then we will have them fill out all appropriate
confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, and
prep them in regards to expectations and participation
in the project. We will also pay them directly as
employees of Cambridge and bill the client an allinclusive hourly bill rate between $22 an hour and
$36 an hour (based on scope, backgrounds and
experience).
Our Legal Team
Janelle Lowe, Vice President of Legal Services
Chris Fernandes, Director of Paralegal Recruitment
(Temp & Permanent)
Steve Stone, Director of Attorney Recruitment
(Temp & Permanent)
Kasey Binder, Senior Recruiter (Permanent Legal
Secretaries, Legal Administrators, & HR
Professionals)
Amy Brown, Recruiter (Attorneys)
Bennett Weinstein, Recruiter (Attorneys)
Hallie Pinstein, Recruiter (Temporary Legal
Secretaries, Temporary & Permanent General Office)
Jenny Voigt, Recruiter (Clerks & General Office)
Cambridge Professional Group
Four Piedmont Center, Suite 200, Atlanta, Georgia 30305
404.842.2800 or 1.800.563.6101 phone, 404.842.2805 fax
Legal, Financial & General Office Staffing Services