Michael Brennan lives in Grayslake but practices fulltime as The Virtual Attorney, serving clients in three states from his office in the cloud.

What inspired him to launch a virtual practice? "I graduated law school in 2010, one of the worst times to start out as a lawyer in recent history," Brennan said. "When I looked at the legal services industry, it didn't seem like it was responding to changing times and consumer needs. As they say in the tech industry, I saw a system ripe for disruption.

"I soon realized I wasn't alone. Across the country, practitioners are delivering legal services virtually. So, while I did not come up with the concept, I embraced it." FInd out more in the October Illinois Bar Journal.