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Only the Best
Our Values: The Six Pillars
You might hear us refer to Primerus members as the world's
finest law firms. We know this is true because we seek out
and retain only the best law firms around the world. We use
all the ratings services available to us, including Martindale
Hubbell, Best Lawyers, Chambers, and Legal 500, to ensure
the law firms we invite to join Primerus are the best. That
is just the beginning. We then conduct a more extensive
investigation of the firm, including attorney backgrounds,
references and malpractice history checks. An independent
accreditation board has the last word on admission and
retention of members, resulting in a high quality standard
that's applied universally to all members. Another board
oversees quality assurance to more specifically define our high
standards and to help firms live by those standards in everyday
practice. So you can rest assured we really are the best.
When we formed Primerus in 1992, we set out to restore
honor and dignity to the legal profession and to help rebuild
the public's trust in attorneys and the judicial system by
setting the highest standards for our member firms.
Every Primerus member firm and every attorney within those
firms shares a commitment to a set of common values known
as the Six Pillars:
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Integrity
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Excellent work product
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Reasonable fees
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Continuing legal education
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Civility
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Community service
More than twenty years later, our commitment to these values
remains strong, and our clients notice the difference in who
we are and how we work.
The Primerus Difference
As we all know, the legal market went through a seismic
shift during and following the recession of 2008. It's no
coincidence that in 2009, the year immediately following the
economic crisis, Primerus had one of its most successful years
of growth ever. Our firms were offering what clients wanted,
and still want ­ high quality legal services for reasonable
fees. Quality and value ­ that's the Primerus difference.