Law Office of Jonathan W. Cole | The Office is Complete

It has now been a month that I have had access to my new law office and I have been very busy preparing it. There are so many small details that need to be worked out in a law office. Everything in the office I have done myself, of course with the help of family as well. I had no "professionals" in the office to do anything. There are two reasons I did this. First and foremost, I am sure that everything is done right. There was no cutting corners, no cheap way out. I know that if something is in the office, it is properly installed and properly working. The second reason is cost. The money that I save on the cost of preparing the office, I can pass along to clients. I am extremely happy with the way the office has turned out. Everything from the colors of the office, to my logo, to the cable have been put in properly. I would briefly like to comment on a few things that are special about my office that may not be a part of another law firm.

Technology - In order to ensure that the private information of my clients stays private, I have installed cat-5 line throughout the office. By having personal high speed line in the office, no private data is transferred wirelessly. This reduces the ability of both the government and thieves to snatch clients confidential information from the air. Additionally, my wireless network is uniquely set up with a cisco small business router. The advantage of this router is that the MAC address of any device that is allowed on the network must be manually entered by me. This prevents back hacking or a close proximity wireless attack. Additionally, my server itself is password protected to prevent any prying eyes who may be in my office to "stumble across" client data from my networked computers. In addition to these safeguards, there are a few additional technology safeguards, which will remain secret, that also help client information stay confidential.

Location - I looked for a long time before selecting the location of 5013 W 95th Street, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 for my location. There were a number of factors involved in selecting an office. First, my office had to provide me easy access to public transportation downtown. I am located one block away from the Metra train for Oak Lawn. This train will bring me downtown in no time, so that I can handle a client matter and be back at the office. This ease will reduce the transportation costs on my clients and allow me to get more work done throughout the day. Next, the location needed to have ample parking for clients to access the office. Additionally, the parking had to be close enough to the office to be accessible to those who are handicapped. My next consideration was ease to public transportation. I already spoke about my ease to the train, but just across the street is a bus stop for all West Bound buses on 95th St. Additionally, there is a bus stop for East Bound buses at the end of the block. This will give my clients easy access to my office. The final consideration was a location that would be convenientent for clients to come to. My location is close to a number of restaurants, an accountant, bakery, cleaners, and bank. Clients can easily stop by the office and get the rest of the errands done for they day the need. These reasons were all factored into the equation and my current office was the best fit.

 I have blabbed on enough for this post. Please feel free to leave questions or comments in the section below. If you have any legal questions, please call my law office or leave a message through my website by clicking on Oak Lawn Attorney. Thanks for reading and good luck on your legal problem.

 Jonathan W. Cole

Law Office of Jonathan W. Cole | Illinois General Assembly Home Page

Illinois General Assembly Home Page

The link above is the website tot he Illinois General Assembly. This is the main starting point for all info Illinois Law related. People who want to know the current status of the law, who sponsored a bill, or when a bill becomes effective all use this website to find the information. Although there is a disclaimer about the speed that the website is updated, rest assured that all attorneys use this information as current law. There have been typos or mistakes on this site in the past, but they are usually corrected quickly and are not substantive enough to make a huge difference in proceedings of cases. If you have questions about how a law impacts you, or how you can use a law in your favor, call the Law Office of Jonathan Cole at 708-529-7794 or go to his website at jwcolelaw.com to learn how a law impacts your situation.

JWC

Law Office of Jonathan W. Cole | Getting Started

So today is the first day of the useful form of this blog. I have been randomly posting things about law and things in recent times that are applicable to the law. I now have my office, which was a giant project in itself, and am in the process of moving in. One would not think that you could work from 8:00 A.M. until 9:00 P.M. and not even get close to the jobs accomplished that you would like to accomplish. I have got the new office painted, installed new cat5 line, installed my network, installed my copy machine into the network, ordered the sign for my front window, and recieved my business cards. I sill need some additional furnature and other misc. things but The Law Office of Jonathan W. Cole is slowly coming to fruition. This blog will be set to discuss the new legal concepts that do not directly fall into my main practice areas, the trials and tribulations of having a law practice, and the things that make a life of law so much fun and so fulfilling. I have to give credit to all of the family and friends who helped make this journey so much smoother. My Mother, Aunt, Aunt and Uncle, Grandmother and Church Friends have all played an enormous part in the creation of this practice. I am eternally grateful to all of those individuals who have helped make this law office a success. I have gotten some great ideas of how to help the community understand their legal rights and how proper legal planning now can prevent a ton of hassle later in life. It is true that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

 In posts to come, I will take you to my other blogs through links...but that will have to wait. I would like to get them better started before you get to see them. Thanks for being patient. I hope you, the reader, can get a good deal of information from this blog. If you have any questions for me, feel free to comment and I will try to provide an answer as soon as possible. I am going to try posting once a week in the begining, with the goal of more than one post a week as the goal. Thanks for reading and as always, stay safe...stay legal.

  JWC