LexBlog Network blogs in the ABA Journal Blawg 100 : Show some love with your vote
December 27, 2011
Voting in the ABA Journal’s 5th Annual Blawg 100 is underway.
While there are plenty of good law blogs in the Blawg 100 (and many more good ones that did not make the list), I’m a tad biased towards those blogs on the LexBlog Network. Please show them some love with your vote.
Here’s the LexBlog Network blogs nominated by the ABA Journal as top 100 law blogs, their voting category, and what the ABA Journal had to say about the blog.
- At the Intersection, published by Attorney Pam Woldow (@pwoldow), partner and general counsel of Edge International.
- LPM: Pam Woldow of Philadelphia, general counsel of global legal consulting firm Edge International, taps her background as a BigLaw litigator as she explores topics of legal project management in transactional practices.
- Niche: Day in and day out, Dan Harris (blogging from Seattle) and Steve Dickinson (corresponding from Qingdao) educate readers about what it takes to successfully do business in China, with personal observations and professional analysis of China’s regulatory system, the evolution of Chinese law and the latest legal news.
- Labor and Employment: Thoughtful posts and insightful analysis that touch on subjects well beyond Connecticut are signatures of blogger Daniel Schwartz of Hartford. University of Connecticut professor Nancy A. Brouillet notes, “This well-written, timely blog provides an objective description of cases and decisions of concern to employment attorneys, employers and unions. It has become such an outstanding resource that most attorneys check it daily.”
- Torts: J. Russell Jackson returns for his second year as a Blawg 100 honoree. Writing from a defense attorney’s point of view, the partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York City examines recent court decisions and the latest class action news nationwide with irreverent but substantive posts.
- Business Law: UCLA law professor and blogger Stephen Bainbridge writes: “Delaware is the most important state in corporate law, and [Eckert Seamans partner Francis G.X.] Pileggi offers more comprehensive coverage of Delaware developments than anyone. Well-written. Scholarly but practical.”
- Labor and Employment: Written primarily with a client audience in mind, this blog by Constangy, Brooks & Smith partner Robin Shea is devoid of legalese and chock-full of practical advice that other employment lawyers find valuable. Clearwater, Fla., lawyer Sean Moyles writes that it’s his favorite, noting that the blog is “timely, exceptionally well-written and always entertaining.”
- Niche: This blog by Alison Rowe of the law firm of Kelly Hart & Hallman in Fort Worth, Texas, is “informative and up to date in a relatively undeveloped area of law,” says Holden Hoggatt of Jennings, La. He says posts aid practitioners, himself included, who are focused on the practice of equine law.
- Labor and Employment: For those confronted with regular questions about the developments in and applications of the Family and Medical Leave Act, Chicagoan Jeff Nowak’s blog is one to bookmark. Tuscaloosa, Ala., lawyer Bruce H. Henderson recounts that in April, when large swaths of his state were devastated by a string of tornadoes, he posed several leave-related questions to FMLA Insights. The response was a post addressing many of his disaster-related issues.
- Trial Practice: Cozen O’Connor partner Hayes Hunt and a formidable in-firm backbench give concrete criminal defense trial practice advice, share personal anecdotes from the courtroom and offer commentary on criminal cases in the news.
- Torts: You may never look at a produce aisle the same way again once you’ve read Seattle lawyer Bill Marler’s exhaustive coverage of food safety violations. Marler tracks food poisoning cases with a single-minded fervor, offering a valuable resource to trial attorneys, food producers and anyone sitting down to dinner.
- Legal Technology: Kevin O’Keefe, the Seattle-based CEO of LexBlog, “isn’t afraid to speak his mind as he challenges the legal community to use social media effectively,” Technola blogger Kate Bladow wrote us. And O’Keefe, not to put too fine a point on it, thinks a lawyer needs a blog to be taken seriously on the Internet. But we regret that the lion’s share of the blog’s posts are increasingly devoted to promoting blogs in the LexBlog network. (The ABA Journal’s comment has inspired me to blog my personal insight at least once a day.)
- Trial Practice: Houston appellate lawyer Kendall Gray doesn’t persuade juries about facts; he persuades judges about the law. And that’s greatly a written exercise. Gray’s breezy posts focus largely on grammar, writing, editing and even typography. There are also occasional asides about the members of the Supreme Court of Texas and the antics of trial lawyers.
- Business Law: This blog reports and analyzes what happens after shareholder lawsuits strike a corporation’s directors and officers, and courts rule on the extent of insurance carrier liability. But look out for Beachwood, Ohio, lawyer Kevin M. LaCroix’s off-topic posts as well—they’re very entertaining.
- Trial Practice: Karen Koehler, a plaintiffs PI attorney in Seattle, offers her lawyer-readers trial tips, sometimes even posting transcripts from her trials to give readers the whole story. Koehler posts on her small defeats and frustrations as well, but emphasizes the importance, as a trial lawyer, of taking everything in stride.
Register to vote here for your favorite law blogs. You may vote for one blog in each of the 12 categories.
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