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.
1. Denise Howell on June 17, 2005 12:03 AM writes...
WANT it. Bad.
Permalink to Comment2. Lawgirl on June 17, 2005 12:47 AM writes...
Intriguing. Can you explain in more detail how each of these components work and how you propose they be stitched together? thanks.
Permalink to Comment3. Steve Matthews on June 17, 2005 11:12 AM writes...
This is where I think your firm extranet should be going: a blog built in, RSS feeds from the DMS, website content, internal KM collections... with the ultimate goal of complete file transparency for the client.
Permalink to Comment4. Douglas Sorocco on June 17, 2005 2:04 PM writes...
Interesting but too complex. I think an internal Wiki that is capable of generating page, group and site-wide RSS feeds would be an easier way to go. Keep files in a centralized place and simply link to them within the Wiki document. If the file is changed - automatically update the Wiki.
Good discussion.
Permalink to Comment5. Joe Gratz on June 17, 2005 5:52 PM writes...
The Basecamp project management service operates on precisely the theory you propose:
http://www.basecamphq.com/
Messages, files, due dates, and tasks are all organized in a bloglike fashion and are available to each user on the web or in a custom RSS feed.
I've been using it to run the administrative end of Constitutional Commentary, published by the University of Minnesota Law School. It's really rather nifty.
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