I finally got to talk with the attorney today about designing a website for them.
They are a small group, 8 attorneys in G'boro and 2 in Asheville. Their practice is mainly medical-based, I think they work with healthcare groups and med/tech developers, so not ambulance chasers. They are mainly looking to establish a presence for marketing—not a lot of pages, but they don't currently have any content or images, so really, starting from scratch.
I'm thinking a Wordpress template so they can handle CMS once the project is complete, but I'll take your advice on that if you think something else would work better. Do you think we would need a designer, or could we manage comps and wireframes between us?
I'll also talk to a photographer I know, I can probably handle the copywriting side.
I got the impression the guy I'm talking to is the one really pushing for this, and the older attorneys are not convinced of the need for a web presence. I was very clear with him that the upfront costs might be higher than they are expecting, but they will probably still be shocked a little. I need to get him some ballpark numbers by next week, so if you can give me either a project price range, or an hourly rate and estimate of time, I can start factoring up a price range. I prefer to work on a project cost model myself.