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Law Marketing/Networking

On Bringing in New Clients as a D.C. Criminal Defense Lawyer

July 23, 2010 Law Marketing/Networking

I was in contact this morning with a former colleague at the Philadelphia public defender’s office who eventually plans to go into private practice herself and who tells me she has always been impressed by my willingness to take the plunge. But, she told me, she has no clue about how you go about bringing [...]

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“Innocent Until Proven Guilty” Video

July 21, 2010 Law Marketing/Networking

Courtesy of Jeff Adachi and the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, here is a public service video entitled “Innocent Until Proven Guilty.”

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On Attempting to Measure “Success” on Twitter

July 11, 2010 Law Marketing/Networking

A couple of weeks ago, somebody appropriated my name, photograph and biographical information for over a month to tweet some of the most inane things you have ever seen on Twitter.  (And that is saying a lot.)  Although my impersonator avoided tweeting anything blatantly offensive or crude, it was still distressing to see my name [...]

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On Norm Pattis and “The Happysphere”

June 26, 2010 Law Marketing/Networking

Norm Pattis was in town this weekend, and Mirriam Seddiq and I joined him last night for dinner at Oyamel restaurant.  Seddiq’s brother works as the head bartender there, and he made sure we were treated like royalty. Pattis and Seddiq were in the bar area waiting for our table when I arrived.  Pattis commented [...]

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Ode to Colin Samuels’ Mother

June 19, 2010 Law Marketing/Networking

Back in the days when I tried to write fiction, my greatest aspiration was to get a short story into the Best American or O’Henry anthologies of best short stories for the year. Alas, I was never successful. No nominations. No honorable mentions.  Not once. Not even close.

Given my need for outside validation, I was [...]

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On The Ethics of Blogging About A Client

June 15, 2010 Law Marketing/Networking

I don’t own my cases, and they aren’t mine to write about.  They belong to my clients, and my clients don’t want the worst experience of their lives strewn across the internet.  I respect that, so I don’t kiss and tell.

– Scott Greenfield, “Letting Go”
While I consider myself an ethical person and an ethical [...]

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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly On The Internet

June 8, 2010 Law Marketing/Networking

A couple of days ago, my friend and colleague Mirriam Seddiq posted a very flattering piece on me on the Not Guilty blog.  Thank you, Mirriam. This is one of the many good things that have come about because of my presence on the Internet.

The same day that Mirriam’s entry came out I also learned [...]

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On Jon Katz, Texas Hold ‘Em, and Fantasy Football

May 31, 2010 Law Marketing/Networking

Last week I had the pleasure of getting together for lunch with fellow D.C.-area lawyers/bloggers Mirriam Seddiq and Jon Katz. Regular readers of this blog know Seddiq very well, but may not know that Katz authors one of the most successful criminal law blogs out there, the Underdog blog.  I envy his blogging experience and [...]

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Writing for Scott Greenfield and Other Censors

May 31, 2010 Law Marketing/Networking

A creative writing teacher once asked my sister who her audience was:  Who is it that you write your short stories for?  When my sister responded that she wrote with her father and her brother in mind, the teacher looked at her and said, no, those people are not your audience.  They are your censors.

I [...]

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Six Months Into A Solo Criminal Law Practice

May 17, 2010 Law Marketing/Networking

Mark Bennett and Brian Tannebaum both announced last week that they have been practicing criminal law for 15 years.  While I have nowhere close to this level of experience, I recently celebrated an anniversary of my own. As of this past month, it has been six months since I opened my D.C. law office and [...]

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