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Dana Fortier
Office: (248) 426-9974
Cell: (248) 974-2124
Skype: dana.fortier.fbs
Twitter: TheLegalVADana
Email: dana@fortiervirtual.com
Office: (248) 426-9974
Cell: (248) 974-2124
Skype: dana.fortier.fbs
Twitter: TheLegalVADana
Email: dana@fortiervirtual.com
Service List (Partial)
• Calendar management- multiple attorney and legal calendars
• Managing partner support
• Client management & confidential client contact
• Preparation of documents and pleadings
• Federal Court electronic filings
• Trial preparation and litigation file management
• Witness management, arranging depositions, statements, trial appearance
• Staff training, development and continuing education
and location research
• Conference & event planning and management, including logistics, vendor management, attendee liaison, speaker & program development
• Project Managment
• Joint venture assessment and strategic partnership planning & development
• Spreadsheet and report creation
• Database creation & management
• Form layout and design
• Ezine preparation and distribution
• Invoice and statement preparation; accounts receivable management
• Correspondence management, including but not limited to review and response of regular mail, email, facsimile or text or other electronic correspondence
• Editing & Proofreading
• Special event reminder services including gift shopping & suggestions, holiday greeting cards, etc.
• Travel arrangements & travel management
• Blog writing
• Business organization management
• Organization development and procedures implementation
• Staff search, interviewing, hiring & training
What My Clients Have To Say About Me
"Dana is a wonderful resource. She is both knowledgeable and very detail oriented. She is very well connected and a master researcher. Whenever I am in need of finding information she is always able to direct me in the right direction.
She provides customers with the sense of being well taken care of. She has a natural sense of urgency. She understands the delicate nature of business client relationships. She provides excellent service. "
Tearza Martin
Bryce Avery Designs
Novi, MI
“On the handful of tasks that I gave to Dana, she was able to complete them in a timely fashion. The work was good and the end result was even better. She may be what you need to help make your business more efficient."
Brian Eyster
Essential Strategies
Troy, MI
"Dana is just what I needed to help get me together as a new attorney. She was able to look at my practice from a point of view that I never considered, make recommendations that made sense, and has continually worked with me to ensure that I stay on track. My practice is so much the better for having her on my side."
Crystal Carter, Esq.
Flint, MI
She provides customers with the sense of being well taken care of. She has a natural sense of urgency. She understands the delicate nature of business client relationships. She provides excellent service. "
Tearza Martin
Bryce Avery Designs
Novi, MI
“On the handful of tasks that I gave to Dana, she was able to complete them in a timely fashion. The work was good and the end result was even better. She may be what you need to help make your business more efficient."
Brian Eyster
Essential Strategies
Troy, MI
"Dana is just what I needed to help get me together as a new attorney. She was able to look at my practice from a point of view that I never considered, make recommendations that made sense, and has continually worked with me to ensure that I stay on track. My practice is so much the better for having her on my side."
Crystal Carter, Esq.
Flint, MI
Do You Need a VA?
After a pretty good conversation with him, we established a VA-Client relationship that is very strong. He's now a great cheerleader of VAs and told me recently he didn't know what he was thinking when he thought he didn't need me.
Hiring a VA is not a process to be taken lightly, so if you want to talk to me about hiring a VA - whether its me or someone else, please feel free to make an appointment in my calendar (see the Booknow link below) and I'll call you for a no obligation discussion about VAs and what they can do for you!
ABOUT ME In April of 2007 I started Fortier Business Solutions, a virtual support service providing project management and legal support to business owners, attorneys, financial planners, coaches, and other entrepreneurs who realized that partnering with a virtual professional is a step in the right direction.
I started my legal career at 16 in a small law firm in Oklahoma City, OK. There, I fell in love with the law and its “order”. After working in that law firm through high school and into college, I went on to college, attained my Organizational Management degree and continued my career as a legal assistant in Oklahoma City law firms. When I moved to Michigan in 1995, I continued in the legal field and eventually ended up supervising a litigation department of a large, national law firm.
While in my supervisory capacity, I had the opportunity to discover what really appealed to me - organizing, training & development, strategic planning - all within the legal support system. I streamlined operations, created processes that enabled work-flow to continue during any absence without having to hire temporary help, and also, with the help of the department, created processes for court filing systems. Creating this process reduced late filing fees by almost 40%.
Taking these abilities into the virtual world has been the next organic step in my career. In working with my clients with project management needs, I can work closely with them to organize and ensure that all details are taken care of, and all aspects of the project are closely monitored. I work with them and their staff in business planning & management, short- and long-term goal review and planning, continued personal and business development coaching.
MY CLIENTS consist of attorneys, financial planners, resume writers, graphic artists, coaches and real estate investors. They all bring unique qualities to their own businesses, and a relationship with each one of them has enriched me, too.
All new clients have weekly check-ins with me for the first 90 days, after which they are not obligated for those weekly check-ins any longer, but may continue if they chose. It gives us a time to make sure we're both on track with assignments and obligations for the coming week.
WHAT'S IN STORE FOR THE FUTURE In September 2008, I created The Academy for Legal Virtual Assistance, which is a web-based training program designed to train virtual assistants to work virtually with attorneys, and to also train legal assistants who desire to work virtually with attorneys.
Thank you for dropping by and visiting my site and if you have questions, I invite you to click on the "Book Now" link above for a no obligation discussion regarding virtual partnerships.
I started my legal career at 16 in a small law firm in Oklahoma City, OK. There, I fell in love with the law and its “order”. After working in that law firm through high school and into college, I went on to college, attained my Organizational Management degree and continued my career as a legal assistant in Oklahoma City law firms. When I moved to Michigan in 1995, I continued in the legal field and eventually ended up supervising a litigation department of a large, national law firm.
While in my supervisory capacity, I had the opportunity to discover what really appealed to me - organizing, training & development, strategic planning - all within the legal support system. I streamlined operations, created processes that enabled work-flow to continue during any absence without having to hire temporary help, and also, with the help of the department, created processes for court filing systems. Creating this process reduced late filing fees by almost 40%.
Taking these abilities into the virtual world has been the next organic step in my career. In working with my clients with project management needs, I can work closely with them to organize and ensure that all details are taken care of, and all aspects of the project are closely monitored. I work with them and their staff in business planning & management, short- and long-term goal review and planning, continued personal and business development coaching.
MY CLIENTS consist of attorneys, financial planners, resume writers, graphic artists, coaches and real estate investors. They all bring unique qualities to their own businesses, and a relationship with each one of them has enriched me, too.
All new clients have weekly check-ins with me for the first 90 days, after which they are not obligated for those weekly check-ins any longer, but may continue if they chose. It gives us a time to make sure we're both on track with assignments and obligations for the coming week.
WHAT'S IN STORE FOR THE FUTURE In September 2008, I created The Academy for Legal Virtual Assistance, which is a web-based training program designed to train virtual assistants to work virtually with attorneys, and to also train legal assistants who desire to work virtually with attorneys.
Thank you for dropping by and visiting my site and if you have questions, I invite you to click on the "Book Now" link above for a no obligation discussion regarding virtual partnerships.
Blog Posts
Last of the snow for this year in Michigan?
In a previous post I wrote that I love the snow - and I do. But come on! We've had snow since NOVEMBER! Over 5 months is more than enough already!
I'm looking out my window as I type this (because I don't look at the screen or the keyboard when I type - it helps my thoughts flow a lot more freely) and I can see the leaves on the trees beginning to bud. I know that spring and all its marvelous, glorious colors is just around the corner. My favorite flowers - daffodils and tulips - will begin mak… Continue
I'm looking out my window as I type this (because I don't look at the screen or the keyboard when I type - it helps my thoughts flow a lot more freely) and I can see the leaves on the trees beginning to bud. I know that spring and all its marvelous, glorious colors is just around the corner. My favorite flowers - daffodils and tulips - will begin mak… Continue
Posted by Dana Fortier on April 11, 2009 at 11:30am
Silly Facebook Quizzes
I don’t know what it is that makes me take these silly quizzes on Facebook, but one I took just recently was “What Does Your Birthday Mean?”
According to its scientific fact-gathering (of 4 questions), it determined that I am blessed with a great sense of humor and I can laugh at adversity. Okay, so does that mean that whatever trials and tribulations that come about in my life, I can get through them with a sunny disposition? I try, but it doesn’t always work out quite the way I want it to.
I… Continue
According to its scientific fact-gathering (of 4 questions), it determined that I am blessed with a great sense of humor and I can laugh at adversity. Okay, so does that mean that whatever trials and tribulations that come about in my life, I can get through them with a sunny disposition? I try, but it doesn’t always work out quite the way I want it to.
I… Continue
Posted by Dana Fortier on April 9, 2009 at 8:00am
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Fortier Business Solutions provides off-site legal support & management to solo and small law firms and project management services.
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My calendar
APRIL
7th
Motor City Connect Lunch at BD Mongolian BBQ @ 11:00 a.m.
21st-24th
IVAA Live Summit in Montreal (office closed; available by phone & email periodically)
25th
Novi Job Fair @ Civic Center with clients Jill Jordan and Joyce Fortier
29th
Novi Business Expo @ Hotel Baronette (sponsoed by the Novi Chamber of Commerce)
3:00 to 7:00 p.m.
7th
Motor City Connect Lunch at BD Mongolian BBQ @ 11:00 a.m.
21st-24th
IVAA Live Summit in Montreal (office closed; available by phone & email periodically)
25th
Novi Job Fair @ Civic Center with clients Jill Jordan and Joyce Fortier
29th
Novi Business Expo @ Hotel Baronette (sponsoed by the Novi Chamber of Commerce)
3:00 to 7:00 p.m.
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