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Potomac Law Group
Founded in 2011, PLG is a full-service national law firm that offers a modern and collaborative model to deliver legal services. With over 165 experienced attorneys, many former BigLaw or in-house, in 25 states across various practice areas, the firm provides sophisticated legal counsel to clients ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies. PLG is dedicated to delivering exceptional value and results through a flexible, client-focused approach.
Purpose
Our primary goal is to provide clients exactly what they are seeking: sophisticated legal advice from knowledgeable attorneys at attractive rates. At the same time, we have strived to create a more flexible environment in which to practice law, beginning with our full commitment to remote work ten years ago, unusual in the legal industry at the time we began operation. Emphasizing this more lifestyle-friendly work model, our team is best able to deliver excellent client service.
Vision
Our modern business model – novel at the time of our formation in 2011 – eliminates much of the costly overhead and over-staffing traditionally associated with large law firms, allowing us to charge lower rates than BigLaw. Our flexible work environment, including the absence of minimum billing thresholds and origination targets, allows us to attract and retain BigLaw talent, another important driver of the value we deliver to clients.
Mission
PLG is committed to innovation, excellence, and professionalism. Innovation in our continuing focus on improving our operation through better process, billing structures, and training and evaluation systems. Excellence in the professionals we recruit and the manner in which we support them. And professionalism in the way we treat our clients and each other.
Additional Culture Details
PLG understands the importance of a strong, collaborative culture. The firm’s Wellness & Culture Committee hosts frequent online events to bring colleagues together, including regular virtual Happy Hours, Book Club meetings, and “Lunch & Learn” events, among others. Our online Happy Hours feature entertainment, ranging from tea tasting (one of our most popular events) to a Halloween costume party to an interactive competition to “solve an art heist.” Other events showcase our professionals’ many talents, with piano, guitar, and singing performances and a race car tutorial.
Programs such as Coffee on the Cloud and Virtual Cafeteria help connect colleagues from different corners of the firm (various geographic regions, practice areas, etc.) to meet for a virtual coffee or lunch break online.
Our unique culture has helped us attract, recruit and retain talented professionals, and has contributed to keeping our attrition rate among the lowest in the legal industry.
Programs such as Coffee on the Cloud and Virtual Cafeteria help connect colleagues from different corners of the firm (various geographic regions, practice areas, etc.) to meet for a virtual coffee or lunch break online.
Our unique culture has helped us attract, recruit and retain talented professionals, and has contributed to keeping our attrition rate among the lowest in the legal industry.
Values
- Innovation, Excellence, and Inclusion
- PLG is committed to innovation, excellence, and inclusion. Our value stems directly from the talent and commitment of our attorneys who practice law throughout the United States. Our attorneys have outstanding academic credentials and impressive professional experience, with an average of seventeen years at top national firms and/or in-house at major corporations. Clients recognize our attorneys’ skills and creative strategies, as well as their common sense and practical solutions.
We are deeply committed to fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion that embraces the uniqueness of each of our attorneys and support staff. We recognize that a diverse workforce with a wide variety of perspectives will best serve our clients, who differ by industry, geography and culture. We are proud that our firm consists of experienced attorneys with rich and varied backgrounds, knowledge and skills, and believe that those different backgrounds make our firm stronger.
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