Ashford Law Group, PC Announces New Contemporary Web Design
Ashford Law Group, PC issued the following announcement on Jan. 20.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 1/21/20
Ashford Law Group, PC Announces New Contemporary Web Design
Ashford Law Group, PC has launched a new, updated website featuring a modern, user-friendly design. The new site provides a look into the firm’s primary practice areas, culture, attorneys, and more, with the intention of better serving current and potential clients.
Serving clients throughout Northwest Indiana, including Porter County, Lake County, and La Porte County, Ashford Law Group, PC has three experienced and dedicated attorneys. C. Anthony Ashford, Meghann Chonowski, and Michael Mulchay are all eager to help no matter what type of legal issue you may be facing.
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Founding Partner C. Anthony (Tony) Ashford is a lifelong resident of Northwest Indiana and cites a commitment to the well-being of the community as a driving force behind the firm’s work.
The firm notes, “We are proud to introduce our new website in order to allow us to assist a broader range of clientele. While we have thrived through direct referrals from former clients and other professionals, we hope the new website allows us to directly reach those in most need or that may benefit most from our unique legal acumen.”
The firm collaborated with TOPDOG Legal Marketing, LLC on the design.
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About Ashford Law Group, PC:
Ashford Law Group, PC is an established law firm located in Northwest Indiana. The firm strives to provide efficient and effective legal representation without wasting their client’s time or money. The primary practice areas of the group include Business Planning and Litigation; Estate and End of Life Planning; Heavy and Catastrophic Personal Injury; Insurance Claims and Litigation; Legal, Medical, and Professional Malpractice; and Motor Vehicle Accidents.
Contact:
Ashford Law Group, PC
332 W. 806 N.
Valparaiso, IN 46385
1140 S. Calumet Road, Ste. 2
Chesterton, IN 46304
Phone: 219-728-5210
Fax: 219-728-5210
info@nwilawfirm.com
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GSA Publishes Web Standards for Year-Old Digital Services Law
A year after passage of a law requiring federal agencies to improve the quality and accessibility of digital services, the General Services Administration on Wednesday released a set of website design standards agencies across government can use to meet that mandate.
GSA launched a new webpage as part of the U.S. Web Design System, as required under the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act, or IDEA Act. While the page itself is new, the information it provides for agencies has been developed incrementally by USWDS team since 2015.
The IDEA Act, passed in late 2018, included eight criteria for all digital services developed after the IDEA Act was enacted, including being accessible to individuals with disabilities, maintaining a consistent appearance, hosting working search capabilities and being designed around user needs.
All of these principles are included in the latest design standards, including the latest code version—released in April 2019—and the maturity model—released in December 2019—that help agencies deploy user-friendly sites quickly and upgrade legacy sites on an incremental timeline.
On Wednesday, the Technology Transformation Service—an arm of GSA that houses innovation shops like 18F and the Presidential Innovation Fellows—released the new design standards to meet a mandate in the IDEA Act.
The new web design standard, in full, suggest agencies should use the web design system—including the USWDS code and user-centered design principles—and follow the maturity model.
In a call with reporters Wednesday, TTS Director Anil Cheriyan lauded the USWDS effort for producing standards that are easy to adopt, flexible to deploy, proven out and built through a collaborative process.
“The 21st Century IDEA Act requires agencies to comply with TTS’ website design standards,” GSA’s IDEA Act Implementation Lead Ammie Farraj Feijoo said on the call. “The standards published today says that agencies should use the U.S. Website Design System,” including the relatively new maturity model.
GSA will also publish a notice in the federal register whenever the design standards are updated. The first notice will go live Thursday, announcing the first update.
Why the .Law Domain May Become a Necessity for Firms
Wiley offices in Washington, D.C.
Recently, Am Law 200 law firm Wiley not only shortened its name, but also swapped its .com web domain for .law.
While Wiley’s domain move is uncommon in the legal industry, observers say it will likely become a necessity as law firms attempt to assure clients’ potential cybersecurity concerns and rebrand themselves.
The overall rebranding was a strategy to refocus on the wider array of practices the firm offers while still maintaining the name recognition earned from previous successes, Wiley said. Likewise, the switch to .law was also strategic to further its branding as a legal authority and give prospective clients greater assurance, the firm said.
Noting the bar license verification required to register a .law domain, Wiley partner David Weslow said potential clients have a greater confidence that the law firm website they clicked on is owned by an actual law firm.
“The consumer knows the site they’re reaching is legitimate and not a scam site,” Weslow said, noting reports of consumers being duped by fraudulent sites.
Absent the verification, the steps to registering a .law domain are minimal, noted Christa Taylor, chief marketing officer of Minds + Machines, a top-level domain provider that owns the .law registry.
Taylor noted that Minds + Machines is a wholesaler that sells .law and other top-level domains to registrars and resellers. The variety of registrars causes the price of .law domain to vary, she added. However, Wiley confirmed it paid under $200 to acquire its new .law domain.
To be sure, the .law domain hasn’t caught on with law firms. Robert Algeri of law firm website design company Great Jakes Marketing said one of the factors holding back .law is muscle memory,
“If you already have a good .com domain, the safest course of action is to stick with it,” he said. “People will reflexively go to .com.”
Still, Algeri said the .law domain is “short and sweet” and will eventually become more common.
“.Law isn’t a trend yet but it will become a trend,” Algeri said. “The reason is due to another trend that is affecting law firms. Law firms are shortening their name just as Wiley Rein has shortened its name to Wiley. As the name shortening trend continues, they won’t be able to find a corresponding .com.” For Wiley’s part, the firm said it decided to switch its domain to .law early during rebranding discussions.
Still, as a host of law firms continue to trim their names to match the sleek and modern branding of their corporate clients, security consultants warn previously owned domains can’t be forgotten.
“The risks are minimal as long as the company owns the previous domain names, and keeps extending them before the domain registration expires,” wrote Iron Bastion information security consultant and researcher Gabor Szathmari in an email. “In case the domain name registration is not extended for any reason in the distant future, an attacker can simply reregister the domain name to assume control.”
Someone could choose to restore the email service or set up a fake website on the former domain name to deceive former clients or employees, he said. To prevent potential phishing schemes, Szathmari suggested firms submit a change of web address notification to search engines to migrate results from the old site to the new site.
He also recommended updating the firm’s web servers, reconfiguring email systems and a host of other tasks when switching domains.
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