Best in Law Blogs : LexBlog Network : October 13, 2009

When attending a conference, it’s every bit as important (if not more-so) to network as it is to learn. Duh. But when it comes to networking, it often revolves around checking out glossy name tags clipped to sponsored laniards, seeing who the attached individual works for, then just winging it from there. Probably not the most effective method. Today, Elizabeth Ferris has some insight and eight simple steps for more effective networking.

• How to Increase Your Networking Success – Law marketing consultant Elizabeth Ferris on her Authentic Law Marketing Blog
• Senate Finance Committee Plan Would Impose $6.7 Billion Annual Sector Fee on Insurers – Washington, DC attorney Martha Pugh Hance of McDermott Will & Emery on the firm’s blog, Health Care Law Reform
• Are those tests at roadside anything more than glorified stupid human tricks? – Harrisburg, PA lawyer Justin McShane on his Pennsylvania DUI Blog
• Trick Or Treat? Some Healthy Debate About The Ten Most Risky Foods – Milwaukee attorney Shawn Stevens of Gass Weber Mulins on the firm’s blog, Defending Food Safety
• Protecting Your Children’s Inheritance–The Value Of Trusts – Michigan lawyer TJ Wall of Wall Law Group on his Michigan Estate Planning Law Blog
• What is an alternative fee? – Chicago attorney Patrick J. Lamb of Valorem Law Group at his blog, In Search of Perfect Client Service
• Is Your Firm In Trouble In this Economy? Six Reasons It Might Fail – Legal marketing specialist Tom Kane of Kane Consulting Inc. in his Legal Marketing Blog
• 62 Percent of Personal Bankruptcies were because of Medical Debts – Washington, DC lawyer Gabriel Assaad on his blog, DC Injury Law Journal
• Your Firm Website: Is it for You or Your Clients? – Dallas attorney Cordell Parvin on his Law Consulting Blog
• Bear Stearns Hedge Fund Managers’ Trial Begins Today – Georgia lawyer Anthony Lake of Gillen, Withers & Lake in the firm’s Federal Criminal Defense Blog