Lawyer 2 Lawyer

YouTube has played a huge part in getting a message out. On Lawyer 2 Lawyer, we will look at the vitality of YouTube as a business and marketing tool . We'll see how law firms are dealing with the popularity of this technology and using it to one-up the competition. Law.com bloggers and co-hosts, J. Craig Williams and Robert Ambrogi, welcome Neil Squillante, the publisher of TechnoLawyer, Kevin O’Keefe, the President and founder of LexBlog and Kelly Y. Chang, founder of Law Offices of Kelly Chang and a YouTube user, to discuss this hot topic. Don’t miss out on this program!

Depression among attorneys is becoming a serious problem in a high stress profession. On Lawyer 2 Lawyer, we focus on the topic of lawyers and their personal battles outside the court room, specifically in the area of mental health and substance abuse with some first hand accounts. Law.com bloggers and co-hosts, J. Craig Williams and Robert Ambrogi turn to the experts, Attorney Dan Lukasik of the firm Cantor, Lukasik, Dolce & Panepinto in Buffalo, New York and founder of Lawyers with Depression and Ellen Murphy, Executive Director of the non-profit website, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers. Please listen to this important show!

Avvo executives speak out on this week's Lawyer2Lawyer with co-hosts and Law.com bloggers, J. Craig Williams and Robert Ambrogi. Hear Avvo CEO and President, Mark Britton and VP of Products & Marketing, Paul Bloom with their reactions to our previous podcast about Avvo, the newest lawyer rating service against which a class action suit has been filed due to dissatisfaction with the service. Listen to their point of view, how they are dealing with feedback and what steps they're taking to improve Avvo. Check it out!

A big week for the U.S. Supreme Court with five rulings involving free speech, religion and campaign finance. On Lawyer 2 Lawyer, we discuss them and look ahead to upcoming SUPCO action. Join co-hosts and Law.com bloggers J. Craig Williams and Robert Ambrogi with the experts: Tony Mauro, Supreme Court correspondent for Legal Times, American Lawyer Media, and Law.com and Amy Howe, Partner at Howe & Russell P.C in Washington D.C. and regular contributor to and editor of SCOTUSblog. Don’t miss it!

On March 16, 2007, Ontario-based Menu Foods recalled more than 60 million cans and pouches of pet food that it marketed under a variety of brand names. Many pets across the States became ill or even died. Join Law.com blogggers and co-hosts, J. Craig Williams and Bob Ambrogi as they discuss the pet food recall, the lawsuits and class actions filed against the distributor, product liability and property damage and the significance of pets in our society. Lawyer 2 Lawyer welcomes Attorney Jay Edelson, partner at the firm Blim & Edelson LLC out of Chicago, who filed one of the first class actions involving the contaminated pet food crisis and Attorney Bruce Wagman, partner with the firm Schiff Hardin LLP in San Francisco and Chief Outside Litigation Counsel of the Animal Legal Defense Fund. Don’t miss it!

The online numerical ranking system of lawyers, Avvo, launched last week with mixed reviews. Many attorneys complained about Avvo's information and some even called it a popularity contest. Two Seattle attorneys have filed a class action lawsuit against Avvo. On Lawyer 2 Lawyer, we discuss thoughts about the product, the class action suit, competition among lawyers and the future of Avvo. Law.com bloggers and co-hosts, J. Craig Williams and Robert Ambrogi welcome our guests: Attorney John Henry Browne, criminal defense attorney at the Law offices of John Henry Browne out of Seattle and one of the attorneys filing the class action lawsuit, Carolyn Elefant, founder and principal attorney in the Law Offices of Carolyn Elefant and blogger for MyShingle.com and Law.com's Legal Blog Watch and Denise Howell, appellate, intellectual property, and technology lawyer and blogger for Bag and Baggage. Don't miss it!

A 31-year-old personal injury lawyer out of Atlanta, Andrew Speaker, stirred up an international public health emergency when he traveled to Europe after being diagnosed with a drug resistant form of tuberculosis. On Lawyer 2 Lawyer, we will talk about the legal liability of this specific case. What can happen to Andrew Speaker legally? Can he be disbarred? As a lawyer, should he have known better? We will also discuss the doctors’ liability. Did they give him permission to fly? Are they at fault? Join Law.com blogger and host J. Craig Williams as he gets insight from our guests: Professor Stephen Bainbridge, William D. Warren Professor of Law at UCLA and Dr. Robert Klitzman, co-founder of the Columbia University Center for Bioethics and an associate professor of clinical psychiatry at the university’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. Please join us!

Today on Lawyer 2 Lawyer, we will talk to three attorneys to discuss their trip and ask them about the development of the legal system in China, what they learned and what they are bringing back to our legal system here in the States. We will also speak to another attorney who will give us his outlook on his experience as a lawyer in Hong Kong. Law.com bloggers and co-hosts, J. Craig Williams and Robert Ambrogi welcome Nicholas Connon, from the firm Connon Wood Scheidemantle LLP, Malcolm S. McNeil, partner in the Los Angeles office of the Hawaii based law firm, Carlsmith Ball, Neville Asherson, Senior Partner in the law firm Asherson, Klein & Darbinian and Roderick Miller, lead partner in the law firm of Miller Peart which is based in Hong Kong. Don’t miss it!

On Lawyer 2 Lawyer, we are going to discuss “Celebrity Criminal Cases.” Why is the public so fascinated with seeing our stars in trouble? Is there special treatment when it comes to celebrities faced with legal problems or is it just the opposite. Does media coverage help or hurt a case or the image of the celebrity client? Join Law.com bloggers and co-hosts J. Craig Williams and Robert Ambrogi as they get the scoop from the experts. Lawyer 2 Lawyer welcomes Attorney Tom Mesereau, a partner with the firm of Mesereau & Yu, LLP in Los Angeles, and Attorney Jennifer Keller, a criminal defense attorney in Southern California, to discuss this hot topic! Don’t miss it!

This month, verbal chaos ensued when the all-female law firm, Fetman, Garland & Associates, put up a racy 20 ft billboard in a trendy Chicago neighborhood, reading "Life is Short. Get a Divorce." Today on Lawyer 2 Lawyer, we are going to discuss this controversial ad and question whether the firm went too far. We will also discuss the fallout and the advertising campaigns effect on the validity of attorneys. Join host and Law.com blogger, J. Craig Williams as he discusses this hot topic with the experts: Larry Bodine, a business development advisor who helps law firms, Tim O’Brien, President/CEO of The Personal Branding Group, Inc. and Jeffery Leving, national litigator and consultant from the Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving, Ltd. in Chicago. Don’t miss it!