Small and medium-sized businesses gain options for legal services with OnDemand Legal Subscription Services from Tenaglia & Hunt, PA.
The firm operates an office at 1521 Concord Pike in north Wilmington.
The new model of delivery of legal services enables companies to contract on a monthly basis for a prepaid number of hours at a fixed fee or set budgets for legal services and projects. In addition to the many legal services it offers at a preset rate, OnDemand Legal comes with a suite of unified communications features via an online client dashboard. These features provide transparency into billing, as well as tracking of legal matters and activities, an interactive calendar, task lists, document sharing, collaboration and messaging, a release stated.
In addition to the many legal services it offers at a preset rate, OnDemand Legal comes with a suite of unified communications features via an online client dashboard. These features provide transparency into billing, as well as tracking of legal matters and activities, an interactive calendar, task lists, document sharing, collaboration and messaging, a release stated.
“There have been major shifts in the legal industry since the recession which have resulted in corporate clients migrating away from the billable hour model,” said John J. Tenaglia, managing partner of Tenaglia & Hunt. “In response, we are meeting the demand for legal services by today’s small and medium-sized business by offering affordable, flexible and scalable fee arrangements through our OnDemand Legal services packages.”
Partner James T. Hunt, Jr. said his firm is also responding to concerns it has heard from business owners and their in-house counsel regarding the traditional outside legal counsel approach. These range from poor communication to expensive, “nickel-and-dime” billing practices, which make attaining expert legal advice too costly for many small businesses.
“Especially for startups or smaller companies, access to legal counsel can quickly break a budget with the traditional billing model, and hiring in-house legal counsel might not be feasible,” said Hunt. “But regardless of their size, these businesses still have genuine needs for legal counsel and services. With OnDemand Legal Services, corporate clients can now be proactive about their budgets for legal services, have greater access to counsel on an as-needed basis, and enjoy improved collaboration with outside, top-notch counsel with the client dashboard.”
Clients receive budget notifications, can track billing in real time, ping an attorney, send files securely and easily, collaborate on document revisions, as well as update and share online calendars, monitor activities, and track tasks, the release stated.
