MicroLaw & River Run Computers - Strategic Alliance Partners - The Construction Chronicles, MicroLaw, Legal Specific Technologies, AreaStudio, Thor, Architects, Management

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MicroLaw and River Run Computers became "Strategic Alliance Partners" a couple of years ago. River Run Computers is a 10 year old technology systems integrator and service provider. Specializing in a broad ranging of network (Microsoft and Novell), remote access (Citrix certified), and proactive network and system monitoring through their innovative RSVP (Regularly Scheduled Visit Program), River Run has significant technology depth. MicroLaw periodically partners with River Run in the areas of complex network and in particular, when the Citrix remote access approach is the best fit for one of our clients. With a professional staff of more than 15, River Run offers additional technical depth and support to MicroLaw's long-time team.

In December of 2003, after nearly two years of searching, three of the princpals of MicroLaw and River Run Computers completed a purchase of a building in Glendale, Wisconsin that had previously been occupied solely by River Run. In January, MicroLaw left its long-time leased space and moved in with our new partner. The building is being completely gutted and remodeled. The goal is to create an intellectually stimulating environment. We believe this approach will maximize the natural synergies between the talented MicroLaw and River Run professional teams.

What this means is that our complement of nearly 25 legal and technology professionals makes us a significant technology and business automation force in our region (Wisconsin / Illinois), and throughout the country - a classic case of 1 + 1 equals 5! River Run owners Paul Riedl, Jr. and Joe Skotarzak share very similar philosophies with Renee and Ross from MicroLaw - a focus on offering our clients the best, most insightful and most professional IT services and guidance, whether law practices or any business type.

Our new Technology Center will be completed later this year. Needless to say, the troops are anxious. We'll keep you posted about the development of our new space (since we're on Camden Road, we're thinking of calling the building "Camden Yard"). We're looking forward to being able to invite our friends to a live and virtual Grand Opening later this year. By the way, our architect, Thor Sigurdsson gets our strong recommendation - creative and frugal - click here to contact him.

"The Construction Chronicles"

A "Before" View as of July 29, 2004

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The front 3/4 of our building - totally gutted except for the "Pink Monster" - a pile of old insulation - you can begin to see how the space will be loft-like when finished	The "nerve center"of the project - the plans created by our architect, Thor Sigurdsson - Thor appreciates the state of the art "construction office"
Another view - looks a little like techno.terrorists have attacked . . .	The building's got good "bones"! The exposed red girders will lend to the loft appearance
25 of us are crammed into 1/4 of the building while the front gets transformed. Tight quarters and the pinnacle of 70's paneling makes for an "interesting" experience	We don't want anyone to think we don't care about the well-being of our teams! The "gourmet corner" in our temporary space
It's self-explanatory. What you don't see is that it's the only PortaPotty with an integrated 8 port USB hub and dual Xeon CPUs	We take sanitation seriously! All MicroLaw and River Run personnel work in a "clean lab" environment courtesy of our "Sanitation Station"
Guess we should have used a UPS during that last thunderstorm	Judy and Kathy from River Run - Look at those smiles! Clearly all our joint employees LOVE this construction process.
MicroLaw's Paul and Sherry have cozy quarters - the paneling is a special order from the "That 70's Show" catalog	Randy's office - MicroLaw's Senior Systems Engineer. Always an oasis of neatness - the calm amidst the storm. Terrie's office, River Run's "Randy Counterpart," is equally neat . . . wonder what this means
Renee from MicroLaw and Paul from River Run - All these happy people - must be something in the construction dust . . .	Dora from MicroLaw managed to decorate around all the debris . . . talk about "Shabby Chic!"
No one can figure out why MicroLaw's Craig doesn't come into the office much . . . even after our on-staff Feng Shui expert made his space so "serene"	Ross' attic "home" - part of the upper level "Executive Suite" shared by MicroLaw and River Run top management - clearly no expense was spared . . .
"Dammit - I told you guys that crossing Windows XP and a Commodore 64 OS could have devastating effects!" - the "view" from Ross' desk in the attic	More to come in the next edition of: The Construction Chronicles!

"The Construction Chronicles"

The "After" View According to Our Architect

The following are the architectural design renderings for our building. The architects are Thor Sigurdsson and Riccardo Liotta from AreaStudio.

The "Before" View - Look in the "Architectural Digest" under "1970 Post-Attractive Modern". Color? Think: Phlegm

The projected "After" View - Sleek, Sophisticated, Professional

From Ugly Green Duckling to Sleek and Streamlined

A look "under the hood" shows the interplay of flowing shapes and industrial design with exposed structural elements

The future reception area - "floating surfaces" lend to the futuristic industrial design theme

Our Design and Construction Management Team

AreaStudio

(Architect)

Thor

(Architect & Project Mgmt.)