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Avvo cautions users that a rating "is not an endorsement of any particular lawyer, and is not a guarantee of a lawyer's quality, competency, or character. Nor is the Avvo Rating a predictor of the outcome of any matter in which such lawyer is involved." [12] Avvo's rating system has been criticized and has inspired some controversy. [13]
Seven major factors go into scores for ratings, with each adding or subtracting points from a 100-point scale that's mapped to letter grades, according to BBB's rating overview. Those factors include:
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is an American private, 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization founded in 1912. BBB's self-described mission is to focus on advancing marketplace trust, [2] consisting of 92 independently incorporated local BBB organizations in the United States and Canada, coordinated under the International Association of Better Business Bureaus (IABBB) in Arlington, Virginia.
The lead on this article looks like it was written by Avvo not by a real Wikipedia volunteer researcher. I suggest that it be replaced by something based on evidence. For one thing, most of the lawyers listed do not have an "Avvo rating." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.148.132.82 03:34, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
Mark Britton (born February 21, 1967) is a former lawyer and Expedia executive and founder of the legal marketplace Avvo.com.. In 2015, Mark won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Pacific Northwest. [1]
The first issue of The National Law Review Vol. I, No. 1, in January 1888. The National Law Review print edition was founded in January 1888 in Philadelphia by publishers and book sellers Kay & Brother, which initially specialized in publishing analysis on Pennsylvania legal developments authored by practicing attorneys. [5]
The United States Department of Education recognises the Council of the ABA Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar as a professional accrediting agency for law schools in the U.S. [23] American law schools that are accredited by the council are termed "approved" by the ABA, which indicates the law school was found to be in ...
A sovereign credit rating is the credit rating of a sovereign entity, such as a national government. The sovereign credit rating indicates the risk level of the investing environment of a country and is used by investors when looking to invest in particular jurisdictions, and also takes into account political risk.