Avvo Blog
A companion to Avvo, a lawyer-rating site. This blawg lists Avvo's top 10 most-viewed lawyers of the week, tracks Avvo press mentions and links to other blawgs.
Author: Conrad Saam is Avvo's senior marketing manager.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Practice Management • Legal Marketing & Consulting
Recent Posts from Avvo Blog
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NYC, Local Counsel, and Avvo on ABC News
Late last week, I was in NYC to moderate a panel at the Corporate Dealmaker Forum. There was rain in the skies, and a sense of gloom in the air, given what’s going on with…
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Revisit the 2000 Election with Recount
If a thirty-day wait until Election Day is too long for you and you crave some political excitement, rent Recount. Here is what Ann Althouse had to say about the movie: I thought it…
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Top Viewed Lawyers in September 2008
Here are the top viewed lawyers on Avvo for last month. The common thread seems to be that unless you are mired in scandal or a fictional lawyer played by William Shatner, you need to…
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Do lawyers make better presidents?
With this year’s presidential race between two lawyers and two non-lawyers, Avvo is asking readers to weigh in on whether lawyers make better presidents. Take the poll below and then discuss the issue at Avvo…
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I’ve Been “Memed”
Avvo Advisor and popular blogger J. Craig Williams tagged me with a meme of non-law blogs, asking me to write about my top-five favorites. Admittedly, I had to look up what a “meme” was before…
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Public Citizen Takes on LA Bar
Public Citizen has filed another lawsuit challenging restrictive attorney advertising rules, this time in Louisiana. The Louisiana advertising rules – which have yet to take effect – are, according to Public Citizen, “among the most…
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Tattoos and Copyright
Copyright is one of the few issues that did *not* arise when Avvo Blog last visited Tattoos. In the NYT Ideas Blog today, the issue of tattoo artists having copyright claims to their tattoos…
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Lawyers in Love in Iraq
I wrote a while ago about a friend of mine, newly minted with a JD and licensed by Uncle Sam to carry an M-16, who was heading to Iraq to serve in the Army JAG…
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Jack Thompson Disbarred and More
Jack Thompson Disbarred Anti-video-game crusader Jack Thompson made the news this week for being disbarred. For those who haven’t heard, Jack Thompson is a (former) Florida lawyer who has become infamous for suing video game…
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Avvo Launches in North Carolina and Tennessee!
Continuing our foothold in the Southeast, last night we launched in the wonderful states of North Carolina and Tennessee. Sitting side-by-side, these states add roughly 32,000 profiles to the Avvo system. Here are links…