The Litigation Support Bureau Introduces the Houston Metropolitan Paralegal Association (HMPA) as its charter affiliate in a new program designed to provide exposure and benefits to legal associations and organizations.
Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB via PR Web Direct) October 12, 2005 -- The Litigation Support Bureau today introduced The Houston Metropolitan Paralegal Association (HMPA) as its charter affiliate signifying the launch of a new affiliate program in support of professional development through the associations of attorneys, legal administrators, paralegals, legal assistants and office managers. Starting November 2005, Litbureau.com will conduct an awareness campaign enlisting affiliates to participate in our first Nationwide Toys for Tots Drive on-line.
June, 2005 - The Litigation Support Bureau announced its litigation services search engine with online procurement and vendor management solution for legal professionals. A patent pending points program (The Merit System) rewards users through discounts, gift certificates and several charity donations for each order placed with a vendor who participates in the system. Most vendors offer points in The Merit System.
Registered Affiliates are included in The Merit System and receive a small donation every time one of their members earns a point while using the procurement system. They are encouraged to introduce LitBureau to their local marketplace enhancing their legal community over all by providing nationwide opportunities to their providers and options for their consumers.
"Quote from William Burley President-Houston Metro Paralegals Association: Our Board of Directors evaluated LitBureau and feels that it has the capability of benefiting all those who manage outsourcing, with the added bonus of providing donations to various charities that benefit the community. By becoming an affiliate, we want to give all paralegals an opportunity to choose for themselves the benefit of this system in their daily legal responsibilities."
LitBureau.com provides a secure online portal that enables litigation support consumers to manage the entire lit support procurement process from vendor investigation and review to vendor selection and project management. The site enables litigation support providers to create a listing at no charge by registering contact information, services offered and cities served. Once submitted, the systems new search engines can then match and display these listings against user search requests for a specific service in a specific city. The user can then select multiple providers and submit an online RFP or select a single provider for immediate order entry.
Maintaining the philosophy of building, utilizing and integrating best in class solutions, LitBureau.com is an impressive collection of technologies built on top of proprietary systems. The order engine was developed internally and the bid engine is provided by BidQuote, one of the leading online interactive RFX solutions in the world. Through a highly engineered user interface that integrates these two powerful technologies, users achieve a friendly and predictable experience regardless of service type, provider or provider location.
Litbureau.com shortens the procurement lifecycle for both users and providers by organizing and automating the entire process. It is low cost, easily accessible and offers a host of value added services to further improve productivity.
We are very pleased to welcome HMPA as the 'Charter Member' of our Affiliates Program and thank their board members for input, guidance and patience as we enhanced our programs, explains Tony Alaniz President and founder of LitBureau.com. There are other associations in the process of becoming our affiliates and we are very excited about the prospect for that kind of growth."
More about HMPA:
The Houston Metropolitan Paralegal Association is the largest paralegal association in the State of Texas and is in the top five of the largest metropolitan paralegal associations in the United States with more than 700 members. HMPA is a nonprofit, non partisan, non bargaining association, organized in 1978 to promote the professional advancement of paralegals in the Houston area. Today HMPA continues to strive for excellence in the profession through the implementation of a minimum education standards and the creation of the Professional Houston Paralegal (PHP) designation. Although HMPA is not a regulatory board, its goal to remain on the forefront of the regulation, certification and licensure issues facing the profession at the approach of a new century.
More about LitBureau.com:
The Litigation Support Bureau is an on-line community and market place where consumers, at no charge use a single and secure private page to automate the procurement process of locating providers, requesting proposals, placing orders and managing multiple projects with multiple providers. Projects managed on the consumers page can earn points towards appreciation, charity and discounts as dictated by their employers policy. Qualified providers receive complementary listings in our search engine for a small marketing fee on awarded projects. Enhanced listings and services are made available to help providers acquire, retain and build more profitable, long-term relationships with new customers.