Kimbro Legal Services, LLC

Practice/Organization Description

Stephanie Kimbro, Esq., MA, JD, has operated a Web-based virtual law office in North Carolina since 2006 and delivers unbundled estate planning to clients online. She is also Of Counsel and the current Director of the North Carolina branch of Burton Law, LLC, a multijurisdictional virtual law firm. She is the recipient of the 2009 ABA Keane Award for Excellence in eLawyering, was named an ABA Journal Legal Rebel in 2010 and has won the Wilmington Parent Magazine Family Favorite Attorney Award five years in a row for her virtual law office.

Her book, Virtual Law Practice: How to Deliver Legal Services Online, was published by the ABA/LPM in October, 2010 and her second book, Limited Scope Legal Services: Unbundling and the Self-Help Client, was published by ABA/LPM in March 2012. She is also the co-founder of Virtual Law Office Technology, LLC (VLOTech), which was acquired by Total Attorneys in the fall of 2009.

In addition to her virtual law practice, Kimbro is a technology consultant providing assistance to other legal professionals interested in the online delivery of legal services. Kimbro writes about the ethics and technology issues of delivering legal services online and is interested in the use of technology by legal professionals to increase access to justice in our country. She has presented continuing legal education (CLE) courses on a variety of topics for the ABA, ALI-ABA, and different state bar groups and law schools.

Kimbro serves on the advisory board of the International Legal Technology Standards Organization (ILTSO), the board of the Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project (NTAP) and is a member of the ABA eLawyering Task Force, the Vice Chair of the ABA LPM’s Ethics and Professional Responsibility Task Force, a member of the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) Law Practice Management (LPM) Council, and the NCBA Tech Advisory Committee.

Contact Me:

Email: Slk at kimbrolaw dot com

Twitter: @StephKimbro

Bar Admissions

Licensed to practice law in the State of North Carolina, including all state courts and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Education

MA - Miami University

JD - University of Dayton School of Law

Professional Associations & Memberships

American Bar Association

North Carolina Bar Association

N.C. Bar Association's Young Lawyer's Internet Committee

NCBA Tech Advisory Committee

NCBA LPM Council

ABA eLawyering Task Force

Honors and Awards

2009 ABA Keane Award for Excellence in eLawyering

Featured Law Practice Magazine, ABA Journal, GP/Solo Magazine, Lawyers USA, The Federal Lawyer, NC Lawyers Weekly and the Canadian Bar Association's National Magazine Addendum

2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010 Wilmington Parent Magazine Family Favorite Award

Areas of Practice

• Business Organizations
• Professional Malpractice
• Science, Computers, & Tech
• Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning

Number of Attorneys

Sole Practitioner