Blog Verdicts This Week
This is the first of what I expect will be a weekly post that will mention other bloggers whose blogs in general or posts in particular are insightful, inquiring, intriguing or inspirational. Perhaps you will agree.
My very first "mention" goes to Eric Turkewitz of New York Personal Injury Law Blog. Eric's a super accomplished personal injury lawyer and his blog is widely read not just in New York but around the nation. He's been very kind and generous to me as I attempt to follow in his footsteps. I am sure his blog will always be more comprehensive and valuable than my little niche blog so I will keep an eye on his blog at all times and urge others to do the same.
- This week Eric discusses lawyer advertising and ethical issues that we personal injury lawyers face and should abide by. Fascinating stuff especially related to the Hudson River jet landing.
Monica Bay, the editor-in-chief of Law Technology News, is another leading blogger who reached out to me during my first days of blogging. Word from Monica at The Common Scold that there's a new blogger worth reading is better than a plug above the fold in a major newspaper. She writes that she chose her blog's name in part because she was inspired by meddlesome, argumentative and opinionated women in the past. I think, though, that The Common Scold is better described as infused with thought provoking, warm, funny, incisive and leading opinions about what's going on, emerging and happening of any significance everywhere in the legal community. That's quite a reach but that's what she does.
- This week Monica advises that there will be a Twitter panel at Legal Tech New York on February 2, 2009 at 3 p.m. Oh and guess who's moderating the panel? Monica Bay of course. I'll be there and hope to see many of you too.
Kevin O'Keefe is a former ("recovering"?) personal injury trial lawyer of great renown who now heads up LexBlog and blogs at Real Lawyers Have Blogs. Full disclosure: I am a LexBlog blogger. I stumbled upon Kevin's firm a few months ago and, after talking with him and others there, I became convinced that blogging would be fun, educational (for others and me) and a wonderful way to interact with thought leaders in the legal community that was otherwise not possible. Kevin is widely recognized as a leader in blogging, Twitter for lawyers and web 2.0 in general.
- This week Kevin opines that social media has become more important than search engine optimization for lawyers!
- And I should mention: Kevin will be featured on the Twitter panel at Legal Tech New York on February 2, 2009 at 3 p.m.
There are a few other bloggers who have helped me with advice and inspiration during these early days of my blog. I mention them briefly now but will follow up with more about them soon in future posts. Each of the following is a blogger of great significance to whom I pay close attention regularly. You should too.
- Carolyn Elefant at MyShingle
- Walter Olson at Overlawyered
- Sheila Scheuerman and Christopher Robinette at Torts Prof Blog
- Roy Mura at Coverage Counsel
- David Gottlieb at No-Fault Paradise
