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. Ron on October 27, 2005 5:46 PM writes...
Excellence.
Many of the "qualifications" you list are ways that excellence could be revealed, such as appellate judgeship or law review article authorship. Honestly, so are things like Ivy League education. But each of these things is only a way to judge the necessary trait. Lack of the qualification is not a disqualifier.
While I thought that Miers had the excellence to qualify when she was named, it was not demonstrated after the fact. It makes me wonder if her nomination was not intentionally scuttled - by herself or Bush on purpose or by mutineers. For example, her meticulous grammar was well known - and even the source of criticism for being too detail oriented - and yet her response to the Senate was poorly spelled and poorly edited. Very odd.
Permalink to CommentLooking to the future, I expect that Bush may well nominate an ideologue and get the warfare back the way it had been - between the Reds and the Blues.
2. CE Petit on October 27, 2005 7:01 PM writes...
Rather an interesting list... as it includes an item I regard as disqualifying. I don't like judges, and particularly high-court judges, with extensive bar association experience. It's been my sad experience that judges who have held high-level state bar (and ABA) office tend to be too deferential to "zealous advocacy" standard, even when they are in a Model Rules state, and just don't pay enough attention to attorney misconduct.
That said, I value, in no particular order:
Permalink to Comment* Judicial demeanor (whether as a judge or otherwise)
* Clear writing
* Reads Between Lawyers
* Demonstrated high legal ability, especially at the margins of existing doctrine
* Clear writing (can't say it too often)
* Displays signed photo of Ernie or Denise on office wall near other photos of celebrities and politicians
* A distinguished undergraduate background OTHER THAN business, economics, or political science
* Willingness to listen to (and be convinced by) opposing views
* Clear writing
3. Lee Thomason on October 28, 2005 3:36 PM writes...
You left out Attended Catholic schools (like CJ John).
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Permalink to Comment6. Parker Biddle on September 12, 2007 7:04 PM writes...
Who are current people high political regard that would fit these qualifications?
Permalink to Comment7. ayy bayy bayy on January 17, 2008 9:45 PM writes...
I just needed this for a project....soooo yep
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