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. Dennis on August 28, 2006 9:07 PM writes...
Cool. A ratemyprofessors.com for judges. I wonder if it will cause some of the same commotion as the professor rating sites do. I 'spect it might.
Permalink to Comment2. Richard Levitt on August 31, 2006 5:36 PM writes...
Thanks for the notice! We're up just a couple a months but are building up steam with some 800 critiques so far. We'll be adding some states soon, too. Yes, judges are beginning to look at it and have sent some comments, which we invite. No death threats yet but probably just a matter of time! We put everything up so long as it's not phony and not libelous. We're practicing trial/appellate lawyers and have gotten great feedback from our colleagues. Particularly popular have been our 10 best and 10 worst lists on the home page. In the end, though, it's only as good as the contributions. So keep them coming.
Permalink to Comment3. Richard Levitt on August 22, 2007 11:02 AM writes...
I thought you might be interested in an update regarding The Robing Room, as it's been a year since my last post. We now have in excess of 3500 comments and 1000 ratings of federal judges from more than 1500 contributors. We are thrilled with the response and have received excellent feedback regarding the value of the site. The overwhelming majority of posts have been informative and entirely legit, though we continue to review them for "quality control purposes" (as they say).
Permalink to CommentWe are also pleased to announce that we went live with our New York State Robing Room a few weeks ago and with our Florida State Robing Room just a couple of days ago. Both may be accessed on our home page, www.therobingroom.com
4. Nicholas Kaizer on October 10, 2007 12:06 PM writes...
We are pleased to report that the Robing Room website has indeed been attracting attention in the legal community. (We have been addressing the various security issues as they arise, and this may have something to do with our growing popularity.) From its initial Federal judges site, the Robing Room has added a New York State section, and a Florida section. A section for California is slated for release later this fall. The ultimate goal is to provide judicial rating capability for all fifty states (plus the District of Columbia). Why not come over and have a look at www.therobingroom.com, see for yourself how we're doing, and judge the judges?
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