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Welcome to another post from our “Meet the FindLaw Team ” series. “Meet the FindLaw Team” provides insight into the day-to-day lives of our colleagues. Today we feature FindLaw Senior Writer, Consumer Content Steve Tanner. Get to know Steve by reading about his experiences at FindLaw below.

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Senior Writer, Consumer Content (Learn About the Law)

When it comes to running companies, Michael Mathias knows that growth and customer service are key. And he's bringing that knowledge and experience to FindLaw.

Mathias signed on as FindLaw's new General Manager in November. He's a welcome addition to our management team as FindLaw continues to grow -- both as a resource for consumers looking for legal help, and as a provider of business development solutions for small law firms.

"FindLaw has an important role in the legal industry," Mathias said. "Small law firms need our leading marketing services to grow their businesses and connect them with consumers in search of legal resources. I am excited to be a part of this team and aim to build on the history of FindLaw's success."

Welcome to another post from our "Meet the FindLaw Team" series. "Meet the FindLaw Team" provides insight into the day-to-day lives of our colleagues. Today we feature FindLaw Client Online Advertising Product Manager Alex Siebenaler. Get to know Alex by reading about his experiences at FindLaw below.

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I am a Product Manager for Online Advertising.

Welcome to another post from our “Meet the FindLaw Team ” series. “Meet the FindLaw Team” provides insight into the day-to-day lives of our colleagues. Today we feature FindLaw Client Development Associate Kathy Schammel. Get to know Kathy by reading about her experiences at FindLaw below.

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I am a Client Development Associate (CDA).

FindLaw is growing, and we're looking for some new talent to fulfill one of the most important roles for our fast-paced business: Client Development Associates.

Client Development Associates, or CDAs, are often FindLaw's first points of contact for lawyers who are looking for help with their websites and online marketing strategies.

What exactly does a CDA's job entail?

Internet marketing is much more than just creating a website or running advertising. It's about using the right channels for your firm and delivering high-impact content that synergizes with your other efforts, ultimately transforming prospects into clients.

If you are wondering how you can use your website and other digital assets to better target and gain new clients, then FindLaw's upcoming webinar is just for you. Entitled "More and Better Clients: Five Ways to Make Internet Marketing Deliver," the forty-five minute webcast will go over the essential elements of coordinating and streamlining your legal marketing approach. In addition to the five ways to better your Internet marketing efforts, the webcast will cover potential pitfalls that are easy to fall prey to.

Welcome to another post from our "Meet the FindLaw Team" series. "Meet the FindLaw Team" provides insight into the day-to-day lives of our colleagues. Today we feature FindLaw Project Manager Shannon Van Schoonhoven. Get to know Shannon by reading about her experiences at FindLaw below.

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I am a Project Manager.

When we see a question asked multiple times in our Answers community, we take note of it. Why? Because we want to make sure that we address the issues our users really care about by having the most accurate, up-to-date, relevant content available throughout our website. At FindLaw, we are not only the number one source for free legal information, we also strive to be the most relevant source of legal information as well. Why? Because being relevant and trustworthy benefits our consumers, our clients, and the legal community as a whole.

Over the past two months, our Audience Team writers have been working hard to create consumer-friendly articles that answer some of the most asked legal questions from our Answers community. Here’s a look at some of the

Welcome to another post from our "Meet the FindLaw Team" series. "Meet the FindLaw Team" provides insight into the day-to-day lives of our colleagues. Today we feature FindLaw Copywriter II Tanya Brody. Get to know Tanya by reading about her experiences at FindLaw below.

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Copywriter II

Goodbye 2012, hello 2013! With the New Year always comes a lot of reflection on the one past. More than just appreciating the year in review, one can also learn from the major issues of the past year. This is especially true when it comes to the major legal issues of the past year.

At FindLaw.com, we write about a range of legal issues in our Learn About The Law section as well as our many consumer-facing blogs. Because we always strive to provide our users with the information they are looking for, we pay special attention to those legal issues that are searched the most. Sometimes we use this information to add additional content to highly-searched topics while other times we research into the most searched terms to help us make guesses about what consumers will be looking for in the year ahead.

Here’s a look at the top 5 most searched legal issues of the past year.