Damon Key is a member of
Meritas, a new legal
service model that offers high quality worldwide legal services
through a closely integrated group of full-service law firms. Each
Meritas firm retains its independence, while offering clients
seamless and integrated service based on rigorous quality standards.
The
Meritas extensive member due diligence process and stringent
membership requirements ensure that clients can easily tap into
pre-screened, reliable legal expertise worldwide. Meritas offers
clients accountable, coordinated service through comprehensive
evaluation records, with up to 10 years of client satisfaction and
quality service data; an online database of Meritas attorneys,
searchable by legal skill and industry expertise, providing the
depth and breadth required to meet specific legal needs; common
technology platforms, enabling clients to benefit from streamlined
multijurisdictional client management teams; and cross border
practice groups and centralized billing – with standard rates that
are considerably more competitive than larger firms.
Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert is the exclusive
Hawaii member of Meritas, the world's largest network of mid-sized
independent business and civil litigation law firms. Meritas is
comprised of 270 member firms in nearly 70 countries on six
continents, with offices in every major business center worldwide.
Meritas has its own page on the web, where you can find out more
about the organization, member firms, and how Damon Key's Meritas
affiliation can enhance our legal representation of you or your
business.
As a Meritas member, Damon Key has access to the diverse knowledge
and resources of more than five thousand lawyers worldwide. Meritas
has member firms in the traditional commercial cities as well as in
many emerging markets, so our Meritas affiliation provides our
clients with ready access to a select group of experts in every
field, providing comprehensive, multi-jurisdictional and
international capabilities. Meritas firms also work closely with us
to provide our clients with coordinated advice in other legal
fields.
Meritas's strict admission criteria and business philosophy have
produced a group of broad-based commercial business legal practices
recognized for high standards of client service and technical
proficiency at reasonable cost. Membership in Meritas is a
significant honor, based on strict criteria and ongoing peer
evaluation of the firm. Potential members must endure a rigorous
ten-step selection process. In almost every case, only one firm has
been selected in each market. Membership in Meritas gives the firm
the advantage of service integration and fast access to information
and resources all over the world. Meritas developed the industry's
first peer review program to further enhance member quality, and
members are subject to ongoing client satisfaction evaluations.
For more information about Meritas, and how the firm's role in that
organization can benefit you or your business, e-mail
meritas@hawaiilawyer.com.
