BernieSez was a free-to-use service created by attorney Terence McEnally, and James Young and launched in November 2013. BernieSez.com allowed persons in need of legal services to briefly describe a legal matter, and have attorneys contact them directly.Troyer, Rebecca. "Need a Triangle traffic lawyer? There's an app for that". The Business Journals. (December 18, 2013). Retrieved December 8, 2014. Attorneys were verified and subjected to a review before being allowed to participate."New App Promises to Connect Consumers With Attorneys". WITN (August 29, 2014). Retrieved December 7, 2014. Participating lawyers were not able to see fee quotes made by other lawyers.Troyer, Rebecca. ""MoneySaver: Raleigh attorney develops app for lawyers to bid on your business". ABC 11. (August 13, 2014). Retrieved December 8, 2014.
History BernieSez was co-owned by Terence McEnally and James Young,"New App Promises to Connect Consumers With Attorneys". WITN (August 29, 2014). Retrieved December 7, 2014 through the company Legal Software Solutions. The company initiated a soft launch of BernieSez in November 2013.Ranii, David (December 31, 2013). BernieSez app hopes to revolutionize how lawyers are hired. News Observer. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
Model BernieSez emulated the model of other SaaS such as , AngiesList, and HomeAdvisor, in order to aggregate service-provider choices for the consumer and place onus upon the service provider to initiate first-contact.Granados, Alex (August 1, 2014). Law Technology Today. Retrieved December 7, 2014.Ranii, David (December 31, 2013). BernieSez app hopes to revolutionize how lawyers are hired. News Observer. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
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