Mr. Gibson provides some the most cost-efficient and timely clearance reporting of any competitive law firms. Indeed, while many other law firms order expensive “full searches” from outside services for the only place to do a robust search, Mr. Gibson conducts direct, in-house searches of the relevant databases to produce a less-expensive search result at a “knock-out” – conducted by him at an attorney-level instead of non-attorney search technicians or paralegals. While ultimately a outside full search may be ordered, Mr. Gibson’s knock-out search may save hundreds if not thousands of dollars ultimately. Indeed, it appears that search firms do not use attorneys to analyze base results to determine what results are ultimately referred to attorneys. Indeed, when comparing law firms, potential clients should ask who does the initial analysis of which marks are potentially relevant – attorneys, paralegals or other so-called “search specialists”. Potential clients should also ask what the fees are for the outside search services and how long it takes to get those results. Typically Mr. Gibson has an ability to significantly reduce the search fee costs for most searches.
