In Version 1.0 of my bio, I described the dream that led to the creation of Valorem: in short, the belief that unparalleled service and alignment of our interests with those of our client would fundamentally alter the way lawyers and clients relate. Our immediate goal was to kill the billable hour, the largest obstacle to achievement of this fundamental realignment.

In a recent meeting with our Advisory Board, which is made up of current and former in-house lawyers, clients and non-clients, business people and advisors to the legal industry, the Board urged us to shift our focus away from the billing issues to a clearer description of what we offer. Less what we are not, more what we are. With that advice in mind, I thought it a good time to update my bio to focus on how the Valorem approach is providing benefits for our clients.