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Background Information
DirectLaw™ , Inc., is an
affiliate of Epoq US. Inc., dedicated to enabling law firms of all types create web-enabled
legal services. Epoq US, Inc. was founded by
Richard S. Granat in June, 2000 to offer digital legal solutions to
consumers over the Internet, utilizing the Rapidocs® technology developed
by its affiliated company, Epoq Group
Limited which is based in Great Britain. During the summer of
2000, Epoq US launched its revolutionary My Lawyer web service (www.mylawyer.com),
which enabled users to assemble complex legal documents or Adobe PDF forms
using the custom built Rapidocs software, (http://www.rapidocs.com)
Rapidocs ® "interviews" users and creates complex documents tailored to their
circumstances. Epoq US. Inc., today operates more than 15
specialized legal information web sites generating more than 10,000
smart legal documents and forms a month for consumers and small
business.
Richard Granat is a Maryland
attorney and maintains his own virtual law practice in family
law at
http://www.mdfamilylawyer.com, in addition to leading Epoq's efforts
in the U.S.
Mr. Granat was formerly President of the Institute for
Paralegal Training, the nation's first paralegal training institution,
where he was instrumental in developing the role of the paralegal in law
firms the United States. He has also served as President of Automated
Legal Systems, Inc., one of the first software companies developing legal
applications for the personal computer. Mr. Granat is also co-chair of the
ELawyering Task Force of the Law
Practice Management Section of the
American Bar Association and he serves as liaison from the
Law Practice Management Section to the ABA Standing
Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services. He is also a member of the
Maryland and
District of Columbia
Bars. Mr. Granat is a fellow in the College of Law Practice
Management.
DirectLaw™ is Epoq's focused company effort to support solo
practitioner attorneys and attorneys from small law firms who want to
use our service to add automated documents to their scope of services in
order to become more competitive with alternatives that are now available
to consumers such as
http://www.legalzoom.com and other non-lawyer alternatives such as We
the People USA.
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