Adventures in Lawyer Advertising: Meet the Smoothest Lawyer in Town
What might Shaft’s website look like if he were a lawyer?
The Turkewitz Times: Is Google Stupid?
Eric Turkewitz has some additional words of wisdom with regard to online marketing for law firms.
Legal Is Changing. And NeoSummit Is Where The Future Is Being Built.
Legal and operational leaders are gathering May 6–7 in Fort Lauderdale to confront the questions the industry hasn't answered—with a keynote from Amanda Knox setting the tone.
The Practice: Blogging And Other Social Media, Like A Search Engine Whore
Small-firm columnist Brian Tannebaum has some advice for the loyal adherents of internet marketing and lawyer advertising.
Touring the High-Roller Suite of Personal Injury Law, Big Willie Style
A look at one of America's most colorful trial lawyers and his lavish lifestyle -- as well as the recent hard times he has fallen upon.
Adventures in Lawyer Advertising: Battle of the Hammers
Three different personal injury lawyers have branded themselves “The Hammer.” Who should win the rights to the title?
Las Vegas Firm Serves Up Second Helping of Ham
Our favorite lawyers in Las Vegas are at it again, and this time around, we get more awesome porcine puns, cheesy acting, and ugly sweaters.
The New Way Litigators Handle Depositions Applies AI Every Step Of The Way
Depositions by Filevine help with scheduling, tracking goals, and trial prep.
Hey Girl, I’ll Be the Fearless Lawyer You Need
Meet Richard Schulte, a beacon of light in today’s sea of unmanly men...
Wachtell Finally Updates Dreadfully Boring Website
Wachtell has a new website. Is it any better than its last, which was called one of the worst websites in the legal industry?
Lawyer URL of the Day
It’s Friday, let’s play a game. A word search. Guess the URL for entertainment lawyer Roger A. Pliakas, Esquire. Hint: Sean Connery would take therapist…
Quote of the Day: What do you mean by ‘purported’?
[T]his might be a helpful alert to lawyers who are hiring someone to try to promote their sites: It’s possible that the promotion might consist of behavior that is par for the course for purported penis enlargement products, but not really in keeping with the sort of reputation that lawyers generally seek to cultivate. — […]
Opus 2 Steps Up Its AI Game With Acquisition Of A Legal Tech Startup
With the addition of Uncover’s technology, the litigation software is delivering rapid innovation.
Las Vegas Lawyers Ham It Up in Terrible Commercial
What do you get when you combine pig products, a sketchy guy in a mustache, and death metal? One colossally horrendous law firm commercial. The folks at Hamilton Law in Las Vegas were presumably late to the domain-name-grabbing game and had to settle for being called “ham legal.” Rather than fight their unfortunate web address, […]
Adventures in Lawyer Advertising: Best Lawyer Billboard Ever
Last week in Non-Sequiturs, we pointed you to a photo essay of some of the sketchiest lawyer billboards out there. From dogs, to eye patches, to crazy nicknames, these billboards are the epitome of what makes local lawyer advertising so painfully bad. It’s tough to say which is worse — these misguided attempts at originality, […]
Is Law Blogging Just Advertising? The Virginia Bar Thinks So
It’s easy to forget that lawyering is a business that requires a significant amount of advertising. Lawyers offer a service, and as many unemployed attorneys know, the profession includes lots of people doing essentially the same work. You have to find your customers to make it rain. For more and more attorneys, blogging has become […]
An Interview With the 2L Who’s Advertising Himself on Google
Yesterday we brought you the story of a 2L at Cardozo Law School who has taken out Google ads promoting himself, in an attempt to find a summer associate job. We reached out to Eric Einisman to ask him: What was he thinking?
One 2L’s Innovative Approach to Job Hunting
A reader alerted us to the following Google ad, which showed up in a Gmail sidebar next to a law-related email chain. Whoa! Is this for real? Is a second-year student at Cardozo Law School actually advertising himself via text ads on Google, promoting himself as "[a] great choice for Summer Associate"?