CONTRIBUTORS
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.
Denise Howell
Dennis M. Kennedy
Tom Mighell
Marty Schwimmer
Ernest Svenson
1. Traverse Legal, PLC on June 21, 2005 10:16 AM writes...
I always believed that one of the fallacies of the medium and large law firm was that they could provide the necessary expertise for clients on a variety of matters. One of my litigation clients has need real-estate matter; I am forced in a big firm to refer that client to someone within my law firm who has experience in this practice area. At best, I can refer my litigation client to the best person in my firm.
As an independent practitioner, my same litigation client with a real-estate need can be referred to the best attorney for the job,.. I am not limited by the walls of my law firm in making sure that my client gets the best person for the job.
I use the same concept with my virtual paralegal and virtual law clerk programs; I am building a database of virtual workers who have expertise in a variety of matters. I have virtual law clerks who are still in law school but who have had tremendous experience in the technology field before going to law school. Several of them are specializing in intellectual property law and shooting for their patent license. They have written papers in law school about ICANN dispute resolution and have more expertise in this area than most lawyers dabbling in domain disputes. When I have a client that has a domain issue, I can have that virtual worker at a much lower hourly rate perform much of the work. My client gets a lower effective rate for the job. I am able to bill the client less. And, my client gets a worker with significant expertise.
My overall goal is to build a workforce of virtual workers with niche expertise in a variety of areas. I will simply call on those resources as necessary. Because they are not employees, I have no mandate to keep them busy on a forty hour work week.
I agree that commoditization of law is necessary and important. Technology and common standards bring cost effectiveness to solving legal problems which is simply not possible in today’s market. What good is a legal system which is only available to those who have huge bank rolls to hire attorneys? We need a legal system which is available to everyone in America. This means bringing prices down for legal solutions to legal problems across the board.
Enrico Schaefer
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Permalink to Comment4. real estate guy on September 10, 2005 6:32 PM writes...
Is there a place on the web to find information on real estate law as it pertains to the web?
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