The Snark at Law.com recently handed out some snarky awards for law firm websites, and Asheville’s Van Winkle Law Firm came up a winner in the “Best Full-Body Lawyers-out-of-the-Office photos.” It’s pretty hilarious.
Check out the Van Winkle list of attorneys to check out the photos for yourself. Here’s more from The Snark:
But who needs a headshot when you can have full-body lawyer-action photos? Thanks to the Georgia reader (You win a Starbucks card! We’ll be in touch!) who nominated The Van Winkle Law Firm for “Most Creative (aka Humiliating to some)” award for their awesome website www.vwlawfirm.com.
If you ever wondered, “What would my litigator look like wearing body-clinging bike shorts and a racing top with a helmet while perched on a 12-speed?” this is the site is for you!
This firm really goes far beyond a head shot. You get the full-length formal lawyer-y photo plus resume, and then you can click on “Meet [insert name here]” to see your boring lawyer magically transform into someone with a life. The personal bios tell you almost anything you want to know about these lawyers if, say, you were looking to date them on Match.com — tidbits like their favorite book/movie/vacation spot/food, you name it. Best of all, this website offers photos of what these folks look like pursuing their varied interests on a Saturday morning.
A few highlights — the guy holding a goat; the stately gentleman wielding a chainsaw; the sassy lady in her classic convertible; and the attorney named “Army” sporting camo and a rifle.
This site is addictive, and I loved it. I feel sorry for the attorneys who had nothing more interesting to depict than the expected golf/tennis shot, but hey, we can’t all be charcutiers (yes, there is one on this site) in our spare time.
If you have not guessed by now, the Van Winkle Firm is not Big Law. Sure, with about 30 lawyers in Asheville, N.C., I am sure they are Big Time for their market. I am just saying no real Big Law firm would break the bank to create such an intimate portrait of its 567 lawyers. Nor would we advertise that we do anything other than bill hours in the office. But Asheville is one of those hippie places where people like to brag about having a “quality of life” and “outside interests,” so I am sure this works well for them.
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I’d like to thank you very little for putting this posting up. Like a train wreck I couldn’t look away for half an hour.