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September 20, 2008 ( PowerHomeBiz
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The Ballard Law Office is a San Francisco-based business litigation firm
founded by Benjamin Ballard, a seasoned attorney who has practiced law since
1980.
Ballard’s areas of practice include commercial law and litigation, tort
litigation, appeals, business counseling, and trust and probate disputes and
litigation. He represents a variety of corporate, small business, and
individual clients.
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His firm is Internet-based, which means he spends most of his time at his
home-based office.
GotVMail’s Virtual Phone System enables Ballard’s firm to work virtually,
saving the cost of gas, and the 90-minute round trip commute into San
Francisco.
“Even if my firm was in one location I would still use GotVMail because
the alternative was to spend $5,000 on a Centrex system with annual tech,
software and hardware updates. I wanted ‘dial-by-name-directory’
functionality that GotVMail provides at a small fraction of that cost
because it amortizes the cost of a much larger centralized server over many
users,” Ballard says.
Ballard uses remote meeting and desktop sharing services when meeting
with clients who don’t require a face-to-face meeting.
“I have my name on the door in a San Francisco office and meet clients
and conduct depositions there, but it seems I only have to go into town once
per month, if that. The rest is done via email or the Internet,” Ballard
says. “So little of legal commerce is done face-to-face or with paper these
days, you should be geared up for an e-office, and if you can do that, it
doesn't matter where you do it.”
As background, GotVMail is a virtual phone system for small businesses
that replicates the professionalism and advanced capabilities of large
corporate phone systems costing thousands at a fraction of the price.
GotVMail's monthly service plans start at just $9.95 a month. GotVMail
customers can use any phone -- land line phones, cell phones, VoIP phones,
even the latest SmartPhones -- with never a need to purchase equipment and
no long-term service contracts to sign.
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Erik Arvidson
GotVMail Communications, LLC
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