Archive

Here are collected samples of the best work we have done over the past several years. We have designed web sites since 1995, and have experience with print and corporate identity extending back even earlier. For current projects, go to our New Projects page. Or, review our work by market sector. See Marketing for Law Firms, Marketing for Non Profits, Marketing for Health Care, and Marketing for Industrial Companies.

Throughout this web site, the projects we've done for our clients are always reproduced with their permission. We think it shows they appreciate our work, and we appreciate their confidence. Read client testimonials here.

June 2012: Security Consultant is Secure With DLS

See our Social Media Page to read how DLS created the Facebook presence for this company.

Executive search firm SI Placement hired DLS for a second cycle, designing a completely new web site after a run of 5 years. Located near the US capitol, SI places security consultants and investigators. DLS furnished graphics and consulting services for the company's social media platforms on Facebook and Twitter. At www.siplacement.com.

May 2012: Second Milestone for Consultant

DLS completes its 2.0 web site for Milestone, a management consulting firm in Manhattan. Whereas Milestone's previous site was dark and denser looking, with pages heavily dependent on Flash, this year's model is clean and Apple-like in its interface. At www.milestonenyc.com.

April 2012: Procurement Lawyers Know Where to Shop for Web Design

Building our following in the Washington DC area, our web design services were procured by the firm Doyle & Bachman. With a bold, clear design, the project was a straightforward transferral, page for page, of an obsolete site, and was built in a short timeframe. At www.doylebachman.com.

March 2012: DC Law Firm is Supreme, Courts Visitors

DLS completes the web site for firm Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP in Washington DC, where its partners regularly appear before the Supreme Court and other high places. The lawyer bios and the site overall are rich with supporting documents: trial memoranda, briefs, etc. At www.robbinsrussell.com. DLS, while based in New York, handles multiple clients in the capitol, and all over the United States.

March 2012: Nonprofit Executive Search Firm Phillips Oppenheim

See our Social Media Page to read how DLS created the Facebook presence for this company, and others.

DLS Design completed the new web site for Phillips Oppenheim, specializing in high-end executive search services for nonprofits, based in New York City and Washington DC. Building upon an established corporate identity, the site we created has a broad footprint and bold colors, new file hierarchy, and easier navigation. At www.phillipsoppenheim.com. DLS also implemented the firm's Facebook page.

February 2012: Longtime Boutique Firm Hires DLS For Second Act

DLS has completed the web site for Federman Steifman, a boutique firm in NYC handling real estate. This is the second version DLS has done on their site, refreshing the look and structure entirely after a run of about five years. At www.federmansteifman.com

February 2012: DC-area IP Firm Uses Drupal for Content Management

February 2012, DLS completed its work on the new web site for Edell, Shapiro & Finnan in Rockville MD. The site is built using Drupal as a content management system, enabling our client to edit and delete content at will, and control aspects of the site's navigation. Drupal is a growing technology with a wide community of developers refining it and contributing new functions all the time. At www.usiplaw.com

January 2012: Psychiatric Financial Solutions

In January, DLS Design completed a new web site for Psychiatric Financial Solutions, a billing and consulting service specializing in mental health providers. The business was founded by a licensed clinical psychologist. At www.psychiatricfinancial.com

December 2011: Levin & Glasser Web Site is Grand, Central

Nine-attorney Levin & Glasser is a general-practice law firm in New York City handling business law, real estate, trusts and estates. Levin & Glasser worked with DLS Design to create their new web site from the ground up. Ready for the firm to show off this holiday season, the look is geometric, rich but not overstated, and enjoys the benefit of high-quality portrait photography. www.levinglasser.com

December 2011: Regional Law Firms are a Study in Contrast

Manhattan boutique Saito Law Group has its origins in corporate and white-collar firms; John Solis is a solo personal injury lawyer in Laredo, Texas. For Saito, DLS employed a restrained Wall Street palette and wide, stable framework, and for Solis, a more colorful, consumer-friendly design using a familiar Texas symbol, the "lone star", a pre-existing logo. Each site carefully optimized and appearing in searches the very next day. www.saitolawgroup.com and www.lawofficeofjohnsolis.com

Understanding the specific needs of every client, DLS Design will approached each project differently, a promise we make to new clients as well.

October 2011: Greener Divorces

DLS Design created this website for matrimonial and family law firm Greener & Schioppo, based in New York City.
www.schioppodivorcelaw.com

October 2011: New Health Care Law Practice Site by DLS

DLS designed this simple and elegant website for health care law counsel Catherine G. Patsos as she opened her new law office. As a startup, our client needed quick turnaround. We delivered the site by opening day, with printed materials including stationery and several print ads rolled out on time. www.healthcarelawllc.com

September 2011: Brooklyn Nonprofit Reaches the "Heights"

DLS designed Heights and Hills new web site in conjunction with the organization's development agency. Heights and Hills is one of the largest providers of support services for older adults in a number of communities in Brooklyn and their families. They meet with older people in their homes, and support caregivers such as family members. www.heightsandhills.org

July 2011: Poe & Burton PLLC Re-Launch

DLS designed the original web site for Washington, DC attorney Greg Poe in 2009. When the firm combined forces with another attorney, forming Poe & Burton PLLC, DLS transitioned many of the same elements to a new site at www.poeburton.com. DLS is frequently called in to guide firms that are starting up, growing, combining or otherwise transitioning with their web initiatives.

July 2011: Brown Gavalas & Fromm LLP Brochure

DLS Design produced this capabilities brochure for insurance-defense firm Brown Gavalas & Fromm. The full color piece, printed on coated stock, contains interior pages describing the firm's practice, and the back cover carries a pocket for the insertion of separate promotional pages the client can print from templates we set up.

May, 2011: "Your Wrongs, Your Rights:" a Criminal Attorney's New Web Site

In May DLS completed the design of a new web site for Brian T. Pakett, a criminal attorney in the Bronx, NYC. DLS Design designed a dramatic, concise web site with answers to some common questions on arrest and similar matters. We also wrote the slogan, Your Wrongs... Your Rights, which strongly reflects this attorney's approach to his clients. Read the nice things Brian is saying about us on the DLS Design testimonials page. Then view the site at www.pakettlaw.com

May 2011: Filling in the "Gulf" for Texas PI firm

Just back from the printer, the latest brochure by DLS Design, for Brunkenhoefer Almaraz & Turman P.L.L.C., a personal injury firm in Corpus Christi, Texas. Having completed the firm's website, we painstakingly re-created the design for print. Print and web utilize different systems for color and photos, so our work consisted of matching these across both media. This is the most often requested type of brochure at DLS Design: an oversized piece bearing descriptions of a client's work, with a pocket for inserts.

April 2011: One Against Many... Is Good Odds

One against many is good odds for clients who hire attorney Jeffrey Jannuzzo. Jeff goes against nationally-known law firms in matters such as partnership disputes and malpractice claims, and has achieved a winning record. DLS Design communicates Jeff's prowess with a Flash animation -- softly dramatic, with a bit of humor. Adversaries, represented by small clusters of figures, are dominated by a larger figure crafted to look like Mr. Jannuzzo in silhouette. www.jannuzzo.com

March 2011: DLS Re-habs Litigator Web Site

In March, DLS completed a re-design of the web site for the Lauro Law Firm, a litigation firm practicing in Tampa, Florida as well as New York City. DLS retained aspects of an older design, but corrected for pages that were too dark, or poorly organized, broadened the page footprint, and added drama with an animation incorporating scenes from the firm's two locations and appearance photos of the name partner from the courthouse steps. The web site also includes a set of talking-head videos explaining the firm's practice. www.laurolawfirm.com

February 2011: Lean Startup, and a Niche-Market Law Firm Site

OvertimeLawyer.net is an example of a niche-practice site we do for law firms at DLS Design. Typically these cover a very specific area of law, or one particular case. As its name states, this site is intended to give information to the public about overtime and other employment issues. At www.overtimelawyer.net

Paul & Paul, LLC, is a startup law firm located in Southport, Connecticut, focusing on civil litigation and corporate law, areas previously handled by the principals at other, larger firms. The client wanted a simple law firm web site with a non-cluttered appearance. At www.paulctlaw.com. DLS Design handles a number of law firm startups, and you can read more on our New Law Firm page.

January 2011: DLS Gets to Second Round with LA Law Firm

DLS designed its first web site for Los Angeles firm Russ August & Kabat, a mid-size general practice firm handling intellectual property, entertainment law and other work just a few years ago. Imagine our surprise when RAK told us they were re-designing their site... and our delight when they chose us again. The result: a striking update rooted in a related color palette, but more dramatic with deeper, richer tones, a wider footprint and a more measured animation. www.raklaw.com

January 2011
January 2011: DLS designs second-generation web site for Gordon & Silber, NYC medical malpractice defense firm
January 2011: Solo-practice firm sites for litigators Robert Plotz and Adrian Szendel

December 2010: True Colors for "True Counsel"

In December, DLS Design finished our design of a very comprehensive web site for New York City litigators Mintz & Gold LLP. Like the city itself, we think our design is tough-minded and colorful. Includes extensive print and video of cases handled by the firm. The slogan, "Counsel... in the true sense of the word," was suggested by DLS as we read an earlier draft of the site's content. An extra contribution we are pleased to make for our clients. At www.mintzandgold.com

November 2010: Alison Arden Besunder

DLS Design lavished time and care on this new web site for trusts and estates attorney Alison Arden Besunder. Alison is a prolific writer and speaker, and her work is represented in detail. Her small firm practices in New York, Brooklyn and Manhattan, working in the traditional areas of wills and trusts, as well as niches such as gay and lesbian clients and same-sex domestic partnerships. At www.besunderlaw.com

October 2010: Healthcare Defense Firm Dresnick Gets Web Makeover

Every dispute has two sides, but DLS Design is impartial, servicing any law firm — defense or plaintiff side — looking for excellence in the design of their web site. This October, DLS has completed the design of the web site for Miami law firm Dresnick, Rodriguez & Perry, P.A. The firm represents doctors of all types, health care facilities and those in related fields such as pharmacists and home health agencies. At www.dresnicklaw.com

September 2010: Brunkenhoefer, Almaraz & Turman

See more examples of DLS tie-ins between client web sites and their brochures

Continuing to expand our client roster across the US, DLS Design has just finished designing and producing a new web site for the Corpus Christi, Texas-based personal injury law firm, Brunkenhoefer, Almaraz & Turman. The firm handles serious injury cases strongly identified with its part of the country, Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. Cases touch upon maritime, shipping and oil-industry matters. At www.gulfattorneys.com.

August 2010: Mount Kisco Child Care Center

DLS design takes good care of our clients, just as they in turn take care of their customers — in this case the children of northern Westchester. For Mount Kisco Child Care Center, DLS designed a bright, colorful new site filled with pictures. The center services families with children ranging from infants through grade school, and places special emphasis on nutrition through a program involving local farmers and chefs, Feed Me Fresh. Features being added to the site include both a daily menu and an events calendar which the client can edit directly through a web browser. At www.mkccc.org.

July 2010: Schpoont & Cavallo

Through a personal connection, DLS Design came to design this elegant, simple web site for Schpoont & Cavallo, LLP, a woman-owned matrimonial law firm in New York City. Palette is light, pleasing, contemporary, green; site is populated by descriptions of practice expertise including pre-nups, post-nups and all the specialties of the trade; and carefully optimized for search. At www.schpoontcavallo.com

January 2010: DLS Fortifies Public Defenders

DLS Design has just completed a new web site for The Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem (NDS). The agency offers legal defense to members of the public in upper Manhattan, using a team that starts with volunteer lawyers and broadens to include social workers, investigators and others. Additional services include conflict resolution training. At www.ndsny.org.