1. Define the footprint before you define the page count
Bosseo describes a choice between statewide coverage and a narrower footprint limited to counties selected by the firm. Saginaw city’s recorded county relationship is Saginaw County, so a firm serving Saginaw should first decide whether its real service area is the city, the county, additional Michigan counties or a broader state footprint. Population alone cannot answer that question. A city population is not a measure of the number of people searching for a lawyer, and it should not be converted into an expected number of pages, calls or cases.
Recommended approach
Bring a precise service-area map to the consultation. Separate places where the firm accepts matters from places it merely wants to reach. Then compare a Saginaw County footprint with any wider Michigan scope using practice-area relevance, court or filing coverage and the firm’s ability to respond to inquiries.
