Avvo names Jason Moss Chief Marketing Officer

Seattle, Wash — Avvo® Inc., the leading online legal marketplace connecting lawyers and consumers, today announced it has hired Expedia executive Jason Moss as Chief Marketing Officer. He will report to Mark Britton, founder and CEO.

Moss has more than 15 years of marketing and management experience, currently at CarRentals.com, owned by Expedia, where he has been the general manager for three years. Previously, Moss ran Expedia’s global paid search operations and prior to Expedia he was a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company.

“Jason brings a great combination of corporate and start-up experience that will serve Avvo well,” Britton said. “His expertise will help drive our marketing efforts and our overall business to the next level. We couldn’t be more excited to welcome him to the team.”

Moss holds an MBA from The University of Chicago and a BA in Economics from Carleton College.

“Avvo has transformed the legal industry in a way that benefits both consumers and lawyers by making the legal market easier to access and more transparent,” Moss said. “Everyone at Avvo is passionate about the company’s mission and I look forward to joining the team.”

Founded in 2006, Seattle-based Avvo is the largest online legal marketplace – providing a directory, a Q&A forum, and a wide selection of fixed-price legal services – which are all designed to help consumers get the legal counsel they need quickly and with transparency. For more information on Avvo and its legal resources for consumers and attorneys, visit www.avvo.com.

About Avvo, Inc.

Avvo helps people find and connect with the right lawyer through industry leading content, tools, and services. Founded in 2006 in Seattle, Avvo provides transparent information about attorneys, with Avvo-rated profiles for 97% of practicing lawyers in the United States. A free Q&A forum with more than 8 million questions and answers and on-demand legal services that provide professional counsel for a fixed cost, make legal faster and easier. For more information on how Avvo helps people through legal issues from research to resolution, visit www.avvo.com.

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VP, Communications, Avvo

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