Companies were always under pressure to cut their legal bills, says Mark Harris, Axiom’s boss. But “fake pressure” before became “real pressure” during the downturn.

公司总在削减法律账单的压力下，Axiom的老板马克.哈里斯如是说，但以前的“伪压力”在经济危机中变成了“真压力”。

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One expert judging the LawWithoutWalls projects, in fact, was Mark Harris, an attorney who, burned out by Big Law's treadmill, co-founded Axiom in 2000 with business executive Alec Guettel.

一位评价法律无围墙项目的专家，马克.哈里斯（Mark Harris），事实上他是一名律师，被大律师的繁重工作搞得筋疲力竭，2000年他与一名业务主管阿莱克.格特尔（Alec Guettel）共同创建了Axiom。

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This article is by Mark Harris, the chief executive of Axiom, a 1, 000-person new-model legal services firm.

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