LegalMatch Life

LegalMatch Farewell to Ryan Courtwright

A moment of silence was observed today when San Francisco
socialite and LegalMatch employee Ryan Courtwright stated that he will be leaving us August 1st.  Parting with his beloved California shores to attend school this Fall, Ryan is pursuing his Master’s Degree in Space Agriculture, or English maybe.

He first started at LegalMatch two years ago as a cubicle-dwelling legal intern and climbed the ranks to Copywriter Extraordinaire making quite a splash in the legal blog and newsletter scene in the United States and Germany. He's just like the Hoff and also likes a good cheeseburger. Don’t worry folks, he’ll still be doing graphics for us and writing our amazing Newsletters.

Ken LaMance, his boss and yogi, was quoted: “Ryan has so much machismo that he jump-started my electric car by winking at it once, seriously.” Lisa, a creature handler and employee at LegalMatch, hurtfully whimpered that “the office will
 FINALLY stop smelling like cheap Jack in the Box tacos and spilt Dr. Pepper. He chews with his mouth open.”

Before driving off into the sunset with his gorgeous chef-girlfriend Samantha, Ryan will be awarded with LegalMatch’s highest honor: The Golden Scales which come with a NEW Apple iPad. Okay, I'll admit he gave me $5 to say that. It'd be cool though, right? 

Note: LegalMatch HR Manager Niesha Sweet will be available for any employees who would like to talk about his departure or get counseling. We are all deeply moved by the loss. 

Meet LegalMatch - Melinda Collins

Melinda is another one of our attentive Marketing Managers who works with LegalMatch member attorneys to highlight the most marketable aspects of their practices and foster expansion. Although she says that she’s partial to lawyers with Southern accents, she maintains important accounts of LegalMatch lawyers throughout the United States. 

Before coming to LegalMatch Melinda was earning her Bachelors degree in Marketing at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo at which she also minored in Art and Psychology. San Francisco is home to some outstanding museums like the SFMOMA as well as a number of other galleries that feed Melinda’s fanaticism for Art. When she’s not doing the art thing, Melinda likes going out on the town to restaurants like Absinthe or Delarosa, bars like 15 Romolo, and to concerts. She likes alt/classic rock the best and “only listens to the good stuff: Ray LaMontagne, Fleetwood Mac, Jimi Hendrix, Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, and The John Butler Trio.” 

Melinda grew up in Fair Oaks, California and goes back to visit her family regularly. Last year, she went on a 7 month backpacking trip through South America and Europe. She’s not a stranger to traveling; Melinda studied abroad in Australia and New Zealand for 6 months during school. We’re happy she lived through her trips since she is, as she put it, “ridiculously clumsy” having sliced her eye with a ceiling fan (think of Salvador Dali’s Un Chien Andalou), fallen off a cliff in Machu Picchu, and gotten clipped by a taxi in Argentina. Luckily, being an outstanding Marketing Manager has nothing to do with hand-eye coordination or body awareness. Whatever innate sporting abilities she may lack are compensated by her courteous and diligent work ethic.