Everett Lynnwood Mukilteo Snohomish County DUI Attorney: Avvo’s fantasy ratings a good investment (for the owners, not the public)

Everett Lynnwood Mukilteo Snohomish County DUI Attorney:  Avvo's fantasy ratings a good investment (for the owners, not the public)

The following is from a Seattle PI article and can be viewed in full at:

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/318496_avvo05.html

In the case of attorneys, only those who have signed up with Avvo and provided credit card information can post a comment about another attorney. Lawyers also can report inaccurate information and request that it is removed from the site.

But a key question remains.

Can a mathematical model -- which relies in part on the input of clients and attorneys -- really determine the best and worst lawyers?

Several prominent lawyers in the Seattle area scored midrange to high rankings on Avvo.

Former Gov. Gary Locke, now an attorney at Davis Wright Tremaine, scored a 7.1 ranking, while John McKay, a former U.S. attorney and now Getty Images general counsel, scored 6.5. Steve Berman, who has won several major class-action lawsuits over the years, received a "superb" rating with a score of 9.1

William Neukom, president-elect of the American Bar Association and former vice president of legal affairs at Microsoft, appears in two profiles with scores of 6.5 and 7.4 (Neukom is licensed in California and Washington).

Britton -- who comes from a family of lawyers and boasts an Avvo score of 8.0, or "excellent" -- said he has been "pleasantly surprised" with the accuracy of the rating system. "When I look at the statistical curves that we have and all of the true mathematical ways of looking at this, and also when I just smoke-test this and look at different lawyers that I know, I just say: 'Wow, this works really well.' "

Bottom line – the source code, or whatever it is, is arbitrary and nonsense.  Avvo.com is an advertising site.  To truly research an attorney do not rely on avvo.com

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