Your Legal Resource, PLLC is committed to connecting individuals in need of legal advice or representation with honest, trustworthy, and experienced attorneys across the spectrum of legal specialties.
We are also committed to making a difference for the local legal community and small business community, by being a resource partner for your business. We want to create community where there is none, strengthen community where there is some, and help fuel explosive growth in Metro Detroit. It all starts with the small business.
As your strategic resource partner for your practice or small business, we will guide you through the maze of business tools from networking to marketing to social media and beyond. We will help you identify and cultivate long term relationships that are key to your business success and growth. We will share our network of business professionals who can help you with other products, services and resources needed for your business. Whether you need a company logo, a website, a marketing strategy, a coach, or other product or service, we will direct you to the right professional for your business.
What you can expect from our team of legal and business professionals:
- Accessibility: We return all phone calls as soon as possible, and within 24 hours.
- Clarity: We communicate clearly, answer your questions fully, and seek out answers to those on which we are not clear.
- Courtesy: We respect, appreciate and value every client and contact – and strive to provide the same excellence of service we expect for ourselves.
- Professionalism: Honesty and integrity are at the core of our business. Our attorneys and business partners are quality producers who conduct themselves with the utmost professionalism.
- Expertise: Our attorneys are specialists in their respective areas of law who have proven themselves to us over the years. They stay abreast of legislative changes that impact their areas of law, and are active members of professional and community organizations. Many are also authors or professional speakers in their area of specialty. Our business partners have achieved excellence in their industry and will share their knowledge and expertise with you.
- Equitable, Straightforward Fees: Each of our attorneys is committed to billing clients honestly and fairly for legal services. Fees options are discussed openly prior to you hiring your attorney. Our business partners understand the needs and budgets of the small business and are willing to work with you.
There is no charge for legal referrals, and many of our attorneys offer an initial consultation at no cost. Our business partners will provide a complimentary consultation to explain their services and how they may fit the needs of your business. Contact Us for more information.
About Our Founder – Lori T. Williams
In her fourteen years practicing family and divorce law, Lori T. Williams had ample opportunity to see the results achieved by worthy attorneys, and those of attorneys who represented their clients poorly. She also realized that she was far more inspired by bringing people together than by taking families apart.
In 2004, Lori established Your Legal Resource, PLLC, a referral service committed to connecting individuals with honest, trustworthy, experienced attorneys across the spectrum of legal specialties.
In 2008, Lori was asked to join the Troy, Michigan office of Special Counsel and served as their Business Development Director for six months, thereby adding legal staffing to her suite of legal resources. Special Counsel is a national company which provides attorneys, paralegals and legal support staff to law firms and legal departments on a part time or full time basis.
In 2009, Lori added consulting services to Your Legal Resource, PLLC, so she could partner with lawyers and other professionals, as well as entrepreneurs and small businesses, to help them in the business of law and in starting or growing a small business.
Lori earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Michigan State University and Juris Doctor from Michigan State University College of Law (formerly Detroit College of Law). She was a full partner in the general practice Law Firm of Ahles & Tollefson, P.C. until 1994, when she began specializing in family law through Lori T. Williams, P.C. Lori’s focus shifted from the practice of law to the business of law with the establishment of Your Legal Resource, PLLC, where she is committed to connecting the right client with the right professional.
Lori is currently an active member of the State Bar of Michigan, the Birmingham Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce, and is the membership chair for the Women’s Bar Association-Oakland County Region of the Women’s Lawyers Association of Michigan. Her past associations and memberships have included the Michigan Association of Female Entrepreneurs, Connectech, Motor City Connect, the Greater Royal Oak Chamber of Commerce (including serving on membership committee in 2007), the Metro Detroit Chapter of the National Association of Career Women (NACW), where she served as membership director for three years and was acknowledged as Mentor of the Year in 2005, the National Association of Women Business Owners (3 years), advisory board member for SmartWomensCoaching.com and Contributing Expert for the Smart Women’s Cafe and Idea Lab from June 2007 to June 2008, and Coach for the 2007 Great Lakes Entrepreneurial Quest Business Plan Competition.
A popular speaker, Lori’s lively presentations include:
- How to select the best legal and business professionals for your situation.
- How to surround yourself with the right people.
- Why and how to network.
- Making your network “work” for you.
- One woman’s journey in discovering purpose and passion.
- Branding for professionals
- Effective Networking
- Creating Strategic Partnerships
Contact Lori by phone 248-594-4470 or Email