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Law Marketing/Networking

My Career as a County Prosecutor

March 5, 2010 Law Marketing/Networking

Unlike many of my colleagues in the criminal defense bar, I would have no moral qualms about working for the prosecution. In fact, during the summer after my first year at law school, I interned at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  I also interviewed with the county prosecutor’s office for [...]

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Solo Criminal Law Practice: The Downside

March 3, 2010 Law Marketing/Networking

A couple of days ago, I crowed about the advantages of being a privately retained lawyer, as opposed to public defender. In fairness, I should note that private practice as a solo practitioner also has its downsides.
Yes, there is also a lot of paperwork as a public defender.  And yes, there may be some bureaucracy. [...]

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Five Advantages To Being A Paid Lawyer

February 27, 2010 Law Marketing/Networking

Now that I have moved back to D.C. and opened my own criminal defense law firm, former colleagues at the Defender Association of Philadelphia have asked me how I enjoy private practice.  For them and for other public defenders who might be thinking about making the transition, I offer the following five advantages to being [...]

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Finding The Right Name For A Criminal Law Blog

February 25, 2010 Law Marketing/Networking

Scott Greenfield of Simple Justice wrote a complimentary piece about this blog earlier this week. While I was very flattered to be described as “one of the newest and brightest additions to the blawgosphere,” Greenfield continued to encourage me to change the name of this blog.  Wrote Greenfield in a postscript:
“Jamison, attempting to straddle the [...]

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On Legal Marketing and Blogging: A Newbie Offers His Perspective

February 5, 2010 Law Marketing/Networking

When I moved down from Philadephia to D.C. and opened my own criminal defense law practice, I decided to find out what some of the criminal defense lawyers I respected in Philadelphia did with respect to marketing.  So I went on-line to check out the websites of such Philadelphia lawyers as Brian McMonagle, Daniel Paul [...]

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On Ghostblogging, West Berlin, and the Internet

January 31, 2010 Law Marketing/Networking

As a college student in the 1970s, I visited East Berlin with some friends.  One night, after returning back into West Berlin through Checkpoint Charlie, we were at a pizza parlor when we witnessed a fist-fight outside a nightclub next door.  I had never seen anything like that before, and was shocked by the brutality [...]

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The Koehler Law Review of Criminal Law Blogs

January 28, 2010 Law Marketing/Networking

As a relatively new criminal law blogger, I initially checked out other criminal blogs to find out what other people were doing and to get ideas for my own blog.
I found a range in quality of the blogs I visited. In some cases, it was obvious that the blogger was posting the obligatory entry every [...]

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The Controversial World of Avvo

January 18, 2010 Law Marketing/Networking

Avvo is such a controversial network, it is hard to believe that just a couple of months ago, I hardly knew what it was.
For those of you who are not familiar with it, Avvo is a social networking site similar to Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn, except that it is for lawyers.  Lawyers in states that [...]

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The Challenges Of Being A Solo Practitioner

January 14, 2010 Law Marketing/Networking

I was sorry to learn this morning that one of my favorite legal bloggers – Michael McLees of Fast Texas Divorce – has decided to discontinue his blog.

Writes McLees on a recent entry:  “I’m just not sure that [the blog] contributes anything to my practice and since the novelty has worn off, it just isn’t [...]

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A Neophyte Deals with Search Engine Optimization

December 19, 2009 Law Marketing/Networking

Ever since I set up this website a couple of months ago, I have had many offers – for a fee, of course – to improve the site’s ranking on Google.  I have always been a neophyte when it comes to matters involving the Internet.  I also have to admit that, prior to launching the [...]

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