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Denise Howell is a seasoned appellate and intellectual property litigator based in Los Angeles. Denise writes one of the first and most popular law-related blogs, Bag and Baggage, coined the term "blawg" and helped pioneer podcasting for lawyers. Microcontent obsessed since 2001, she is frequently quoted in the media on legal issues involving intellectual property and technology law. "Sound Policy" is Denise's show at IT Conversations, and it's also what she hopes results from the briefs she submits to court. Email Denise at dhowell@gmail.com.

Dennis Kennedy is a computer lawyer and legal technology expert based in St. Louis, Missouri. An award-winning author, a frequent speaker and a widely-read blogger, he has more than 300 publications on legal, technology and Internet topics, many of which are collected in his e-books. Dennis has been described as someone who knows almost every rock song in existence and, more importantly, how they apply to technology and law. Email Dennis at his gmail address.

Tom Mighell is Senior Counsel and Litigation Technology Support Coordinator at Cowles & Thompson in Dallas. He has published the Internet Legal Research Weekly newsletter since 2000 and blogged about the Internet and legal technology at Inter Alia since August of 2002. With Tom's singing, Ernie on guitar and Dennis' encylopedic knowledge of rock music, we may have the beginnings of a good band, if this whole blog thing doesn't work out. Email Tom at tmighell@swbell.net.

Marty Schwimmer left a partnership in the largest trademark practice in the world and founded Schwimmer Mitchell, a full-service IP micro-boutique in Westchester County, New York, where he represents owners of famous and not yet famous trademarks. He founded The Trademark Blog, the first IP law blog and the one with the most pictures. He is the first to come in and the last to leave in his firm. Email Marty at marty@schwimmerlegal.com.

Ernest Svenson practices law with a mid-sized law firm in New Orleans, specializing in business-related lawsuits. Most of his practice takes place in federal court, especially the Eastern District. He is best known for his weblog Ernie the Attorney, which he started as an experiment. Like many experiments it got out of control. Nevertheless, he continues to practice law and, occasionally, to seek enlightenment. Email Ernest at esvenson@gmail.com.
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March 30, 2005

Re: First Thing, Let's Kill All The Lawyers

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Posted by Denise Howell

A couple of quick responses:

  1. Marty's excellent post today is the kind of thing that, before this blog existed, we might have chewed over in email without ever seeing it expressed on the Web with such pure voice. It's good to see it here.
  2. On the ability of blogs by legal professionals to reduce widespread negative feelings about the law and lawyers, they won't solve the problem but they'll help. As the seats in the infinite auditorium continue to fill (to pilfer Ernie's recent metaphor), a more complete picture of the humans comprising the profession will be there and impossible to ignore. The stereotypes and hatred will get a run for their money. Of course, there will be jerks and lameheads too, and there will be a huge, mostly clumsy rush by lawyers and firms to adopt blogs for their much discussed and undeniable marketing power, without really understanding that what makes the good ones good is the kind of candor and accessiblity exemplified by Marty's post. Even so, as more of the constituent parts of the profession continue sharing what they know and who they are in this format, the harder it will be to generalize about how evil we are, the more accountable the jerks and lameheads will be forced to become, and the easier it will be to help clients do business and dissipate conflicts with fewer undue lawsuits and less undue rancor.

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