The editors of Law.com, an ALM publication and the most widely-circulated legal industry news source, recently included Culhane Meadows on their prestigious list of “7 Law Firms That Moved the Needle on Innovation in 2017.”

“Innovation is one of the four core values we adopted when we launched Culhane Meadows and we never stop looking for ways to improve delivery of legal services to our clients,” says Heather Haughian, one of the firm’s founders and managing partners. “Being publicly recognized for how we use out-of-the-box thinking and emerging technologies to transform Big Law into Smart Law is incredibly rewarding.”

The largest woman-owned national full-service law firm in the U.S., Culhane Meadows fields nearly 60 partners in seven business markets across the country. The firm’s cloud-based business model gives attorneys greater work-life flexibility while delivering outstanding, partner-level legal services to major corporations and emerging companies across industry sectors more efficiently and cost-effectively than conventional law firms. Clients enjoy exceptional and highly-efficient legal services provided exclusively by partner-level attorneys with significant experience and training from large law firms or in-house legal departments of respected corporations.

“This recognition from Law.com is really an affirmation of the outstanding attorneys who have embraced our innovative business platform because they were drawn to our better way to practice law,” adds Grant Walsh, another founder and and managing partner. “Our partners left traditional Big Law to join Culhane Meadows because they recognized our innovative value proposition that lets them retain more of their earnings while having more more control over their practice, plus the added flexibility of working remotely so they can spend more time with their families.”

Here is an excerpt from Law.com’s article:

Yes, innovation is a tired buzzword and a law firm marketing cliché. But it’s also the key to law firms remaining competitive in the face of increased client demands, intensifying competition and ever-greater segmentation of the legal services market. Throughout 2017, we’ve brought you stories of law firms investing in technology, implementing new systems or launching other future-minded experiments. Here are some of the headlines that stood out.

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Culhane Meadows — Stay-at-Home-Rainmakers: A Growing Threat to Big Law. The virtual law firm is attracting real talent with a model that allows lawyers to set their own billing rates and keep 80 percent of their earnings. Founded in 2013 by four lawyers in Dallas and Atlanta, the firm announced Dec. 19 that five new IP partners have joined its ranks. 

Notably, Culhane Meadows is the only cloud-based law firm to be included on the Law.com list as the other six firms are traditional brick-and-mortar outfits. Culhane Meadows is honored to be recognized side-by-side with respected firms such as Dentons, Bryan Cave, DLA Piper and Seyfarth Shaw.

The full article from Law.com can be found HERE.