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Freelance lawyering & the unlaw firm

How on demand lawyers can help a law firm expand and contract to meet client needs.
Freelance lawyering & the unlaw firm
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Peter Aprile and Natalie Worsfold interview Erin Cowling, Flex Legal Network’s (“FLN”) co-founder and senior counsel.  Peter, Natalie, and Erin discuss FLN, whether freelance lawyering is NewLaw, and how on-demand lawyers could change the legal landscape.

Erin Cowling

Guest

Erin Cowling, Flex Legal Network

 
 

Erin has over ten years of experience.  She has worked as a corporate litigator at a large Bay Street firm, and she has worked as an associate at an estates and trusts litigation boutique.  In January 2013, Erin started offering freelance legal research, litigation support, and content marketing to sole practitioners to mid-size law firms and in-house legal departments.

In 2015, Erin, along with partner Ashleigh Frankel,  launched Flex Legal Network (“Flex”).  Flex provides law firms with the opportunity to access quality (and cost-effective) on-demand lawyers to cover overflow work.

Peter Aprile

Host

Peter Aprile, Counter Tax Lawyers

Peter Aprile is a senior lawyer specializing in tax dispute resolution and litigation. His vision as Counter’s founder and his everyday role at the firm are one and the same: to be an agent of change, uncovering opportunities and developing strategies that achieve more than anyone expected. A creative thinker, Peter studies problems from all different angles to find what others have missed. He’s also convinced that he likes winning more than most people.

Different people describe Peter in different ways. At the CRA and the federal Department of Justice, the word relentless comes up quite a lot. Admittedly, so does the word a**hole – but it’s often said with a certain grudging respect, if not affection. Peter’s clients call him a saint. Well, some of them, anyway. His colleagues describe him as empowering and harddriving, but fair. Peter’s friends call him loyal. His wife describes him as a lot to deal with, but worth it. Peter encourages his young daughter and son to call him “The Big Homie,” though with limited success. His mother describes him with the single word mischievous – before going on to complain that he should call more.

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Natalie Worsfold

Host

Natalie Worsfold, Counter Tax Lawyers

Natalie is a tax lawyer who represents individual taxpayers and owner-managed businesses in disputes with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). She also successfully challenges CRA decisions denying taxpayer relief and helps facilitate applications under the Voluntary Disclosures Program.

But what you really need to know about Natalie is that she’s a tax litigator with heart. When she takes a case, it’s not out of technical interest – it’s because she cares. And if she believes the government has got something wrong, she won’t stop until it’s been put right. She’s fierce.

Natalie is the co-architect behind many of Counter’s process workflows, software and data analytics systems, as well as our comprehensive knowledgebase (loving named Hank). And when it comes to preparing cases, she’s Counter’s secret weapon – happiest when elbow-deep in evidence, meticulously building creative solutions to seemingly impossible problems. Because the fact is Natalie sees things that other people don’t.

Natalie’s family and friends describe her as loyal, selfless, understanding and fun. They also mention stubborn. To her Counter colleagues she’s a combination of stellar brainpower and contagious enthusiasm who elevates the game of everyone around her.

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