UpRight honored by Built in Chicago for second consecutive year
UpRight
Law today announced it has been named one of the Top 100 Digital
Companies in Chicago by Built in Chicago in 2016. This is the second
year in a row the national consumer law firm has been listed among the
key employers that are fueling the city’s growth as a technology hub.
“We started UpRight three years ago with the idea of using technology to
deliver access to justice to millions of hardworking Americans who were
previously underserved by the legal system. Three years, 150 employees
and a couple of office expansions later, I think it’s fair to say we’re
making progress,” said Ed Scanlan, Chief Executive, UpRight Law. “Being
named to Built in Chicago’s Top 100 list for the second year in a row
positions UpRight alongside some of the most impactful tech companies in
the United States, and validates the work our team puts in every day to
deliver on our mission and to make UpRight a great place to be.”
Founded in Chicago in 2013, UpRight is the first national online
consumer law firm in the U.S. and it is one of the fastest growing firms
in the country with more than 300 local partner attorneys, averaging
more than 20 years of experience, across all 50 states.
UpRight is changing the way legal services are delivered by using
technology to connect consumers with the firm’s lawyers. UpRight
provides consumers with affordable, convenient access to high-quality
legal representation by removing the most common obstacles that prevent
Americans from accessing the justice system – such as inconvenient
business hours, geographic distance between lawyers and consumers,
intimidation of the justice system and poor payment plans.
UpRight opens new markets of underserved consumers for the legal
industry and provides its partner attorneys with the same support that
Am Law 100 firms provide their attorneys. UpRight’s headquarters in
Chicago handles backend functions, such as payment processing, customer
service, case management software and malpractice insurance so its
lawyers can focus on practicing law. The result is that UpRight’s
partner attorneys earn higher salaries with no additional overhead.
The annual list by Built in Chicago ranks digital technology employers
from data analytics startups to e-commerce businesses and digital
agencies based on the full-time employee numbers in their Chicago
office. Since 2015, 700 new companies have emerged in this sector,
bringing the total to more than 3,900. The top 100 digital companies
alone hire more than 40,000 employees in the city.
To see the full list of the top 100 digital companies, go to: http://www.builtinchicago.org/2016/10/03/chicago-top-100-list
About UpRight Law
Founded in 2013, UpRight Law is the first national online consumer law
firm in the United States with more than 300 local partner attorneys
across all 50 states. UpRight’s social mission is to bring access to
justice to millions of hardworking Americans by using technology to
remove the most common obstacles that prevent consumers from receiving
high-quality and affordable legal representation. For more information,
visit the firm’s website,
and Facebook,
LinkedIn
and Twitter
pages.
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