Arvind A Raichur

Biography

Raichur graduated with a double B.A. in economics and political science from the University of New Mexico, where he was a CLEO Fellow and member of the ASUNM student senate. While pursuing his Juris Doctorate from the University of New Mexico, he served on the UNM School of Law Honor Board and UNM Natural Resources Journal, and was a member of the 1994 Moot Court Team. He obtained his J.D. in 1995 and began working as a lawyer for Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk in Albuquerque, NM where his main practice areas included employment law, business litigation, contract negotiations, and Federal Employers Liability Act.

Career

In 1998, Raichur, with his wife Becky Raichur, started AttorneyLocate.com & AllLaw.com as an online attorney directory and legal information portal. After a few years, AllLaw.com, Inc. began to provide complete search engine marketing services to lawyers and law firms throughout North America. In 2008, AllLaw.com, Inc. expanded its scope to help other small businesses reach potential clients through the search engines by launching SonicSEO.com as a DBA. As of 2010, AllLaw.com, Inc. has over 3,700 law firms from throughout the United States and Canada listing their services in their online attorney directories, is a profitable multimillion-dollar company selling and servicing thousands of Web sites throughout the country, and maintains strategic alliances with many corporations.

On December 1, 2010, AllLaw.com, Inc. announced that two of its properties, AllLaw.com and AttorneyLocate.com, were acquired by Internet Brands (NASDAQ: INET). Internet Brands will maintain these sites as great places for consumers to find lawyers. AllLaw.com, Inc. will maintain control of its search engine optimization business with attorneys and other small businesses throughout North America through its existing DBA called SonicSEO.com. AllLaw.com, Inc. is undergoing a corporate name change to SonicSEO.com, Inc.

In February 2012, SonicSEO.com announced a new venture with Directory Plus, a regional directoy publisher serving New Mexico and Southern Colorado. According to the New Mexico Business Weekly, Directory Plus "will offer its clients complete Internet marketing services through SonicSEO.com."

On July 18, 2012, Raichur was invited by Senator Tom Udall to speak before the Democratic Steering Committee in Washington, D.C. about his personal experience creating jobs as a small business. Here, Raichur stressed the importance of the Internet for job growth among small and mid-sized businesses.

Raichur has been a frequent speaker on Internet trends and marketing at the Association of Trial Lawyers of America Conventions, served as treasurer for the Wertheim for Congress campaign, was co-editor of the publications of the Young Lawyers Division of the New Mexico State Bar Association and has worked with the Christian Legal Aid Society. He is published in The Presidency Reconsidered (Waterman, R., ed., Peacock Publishers, 1993), a textbook used by many universities throughout the country, and frequently consults with other Internet businesses and technology start-ups.

Raichur is committed to promoting economic growth in his community. He has served on the board of directors for the New Mexico Bowl since 2010 and was appointed to the WESST Board of Directors in 2012, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization committed to growing New Mexico's economy by cultivating entrepreneurship; WESST provides training, technical assistance and access to capital to small business entrepreneurs throughout the state. He was also honored as one of the Top Performing CEOs in New Mexico and led his company to receive the designation as one of New Mexico's Best Places to Work for the third year in a row.