Better Results

  "The Business of Lawyering Is To Solve a Client's Problem."

  The ultimate objective of any client is to have legal assistance   in solving a problem. Lawyers often do not realize that the   business of lawyering is to find ways to solve the problems that   clients want and need to have solved.

  Clients seek both "quality" and "value" in legal services. Such   standards, however, must be understood from the client's   perspective, rather than the lawyer's, if true service is to be   provided. Therefore, from the standpoint of the client, legal   services should:

1. Solve the client’s problems
2. Be delivered in a timely fashion
3. Be provided for a fee that reflects true value to the client
4. Recognize that the justification for the existence of lawyers is     to serve clients and to solve their problems
5. Have a high level of lawyer-client communication

  "Clients Want a Simpler, Less Costly Solution To Their   Problems."

  Most clients are primarily concerned with the cost associated   with legal services. As a result, some potential clients may be   willing to accept a lower quality of legal representation when   what they are really seeking is quality legal service, but at a   lower price. Clients, however, should not have to make such a   trade-off when simpler, less costly solutions to their problems   exist.

  Several years ago we retooled Gammon & Associates to enable   the firm to assume more of the monetary risk traditionally   associated with community association legal work and to pass   these savings on to our expanding client base. By   reconstructing the Firm, its personnel requirements, as well as   its information management system, the firm has become a   self-contained and efficient legal agent for community   associations that is able to depart from the traditional method   of uncontrolled billable hours and accommodate clients by   offering a variety of cost effective billing methods.

  "Partnering with our Clients."

  Under the traditional monthly billing utilized by most law firms,   attorneys have little incentive to reach an early conclusion to a   matter or to provide cost effective services because they are   billing for and receiving money up front from their clients for   every legal task they choose to perform regardless of the   success of their legal efforts. Consequently, under this "pay as   you go" traditional billing method, the client assumes all of the   risk associated with achieving the legal objective including how   economically efficient an attorney chooses to be in   accomplishing the objective. By utilizing our unique billing   programs, legal fees incurred by a community association are   typically not invoiced by Gammon & Associates until we collect   money from the homeowner. In other words, under our result   oriented billing programs, Gammon & Associates, in most   instances, does not invoice legal fees that have been incurred   until we perform.

  By agreeing to invoice legal fees incurred for a matter, not in   the month in which the legal fee was incurred, but, rather,   when the sums are collected from the homeowner responsible   for the debt, we, in essence, “partner” with our clients such   that we share in the risk of accomplishing the legal objective.   By sharing the risk of achieving a legal objective with the   association, the delay in performing a legal task that an   association may have experienced in the past should be reduced   and the likelihood of an objective being accomplished in a timely   and cost effective manner is enhanced. An example of Gammon   & Associates sharing the monetary risk with our clients is the   Firm’s write-off and removal of all legal fees incurred in pursuing   a maintenance fee collection matter upon the foreclosure of a   property by a mortgage company. In addition, if a court awards   attorney’s fees less than those actually incurred by the Firm   under the terms of our result oriented billing program, then the   Firm will only receive the attorney fee amount awarded by the   court. This helps to ensure that a client does not get caught in   the situation of paying out more in legal costs than they   actually recover.

  "A Very Different Approach, For Better Results."

  To deliver what knowledgeable clients want requires new   technological methods, new quality standards, and new   approaches to meeting a client’s needs. Gammon & Associates is   equipped with the information and resources required to provide   cost-effective, first-class legal services. Skip trace systems,   access to county, state, and federal records, website   interfacing, and direct link capabilities with clientele, create a   self-contained and efficient legal agent for community   associations. Attorneys and paralegals have fingertip access to   the reference, research, and analysis information needed to   comprehensively and cost-effectively prepare and manage   cases. Clients, in turn, receive timely reports which itemize legal   work performed on all specific matters for a given status report   period as well as provide cumulative detailed itemization relating   to monies recovered from homeowners and forwarded to an   association. Gammon & Associates’ information management   system seamlessly integrates its computer capabilities, including   a sophisticated project management database, with litigation   support and accounting programs.

  Systems and information integration translates into the following   benefits received by our clients: cost-effective service,
  well-informed community associations, and minimal unnecessary   client involvement.

  Selecting legal counsel for a community association used to be   a difficult task. Gammon & Associates, however, offers a   compelling series of reasons to build a relationship with our   winning staff. Contact us today at (713) 964-5340 to receive   free, no obligation information by mail or speak with a   representative about how we can assist your community in   meeting its objectives or email us at info@gammonlaw.com.

    
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