This program will demonstrate how lawyers can use crowdsourced and socially curated resources to research caselaw, active cases, dockets, legal commentary, legal articles, treatises, documents and pleadings, government activities, law journals, law firms, and people.
LawSites, Rockport, MA
Bob Ambrogi is a lawyer, journalist and media consultant. The former editor-in-chief of The National Law Journal, Lawyers USA, and Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly<, he has been writing and speaking about the Internet, social media and legal technology for more than two decades. He continues to write about these subjects at his blog, LawSites, which the ABA Journal named to its inaugural Blawg 100 Hall of Fame, and in his ABA Journal column, "Ambrogi on Tech." Since August 2005, he has co-hosted the weekly podcast, Lawyer2Lawyer, available through the Legal Talk Network.
In his law practice, Bob concentrates in media and new media law. In addition to practicing law, Bob provides media and marketing consulting to law firms and law-related companies. A 1980 graduate of Boston College Law School, he is a fellow of the College of Law Practice Management and vice president of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation. In 2011, he was named to the inaugural Fastcase 50, honoring the law's top innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders.
Esquire Interactive LLC, Oro Valley, AZ
Jeff is an Arizona Attorney and the CEO of Esquire Interactive LLC. Esquire Interactive is a leader in creating unique and powerful brands and innovative websites that differentiate attorneys and their firms from competitors, and that position attorneys and their firms for new client development through conveying leadership and expertise. Esquire Interactive also helps attorneys develop new clients through search engine optimization, social media creation, video development, Internet marketing, and business strategy design.
Jeff is an ABA book author - "Internet Branding for Lawyers: Building the Client-Centered Website" - and the author of the book "The Essential Attorney Handbook for Internet Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, and Website Development Management." He is also the author of numerous articles on branding, SEO, and website development, and a frequent speaker at bar conventions on these and related topics.
Prior to forming Esquire Interactive, Jeff practiced law as a corporate and finance attorney for Snell & Wilmer LLP, served as a senior attorney for Australian-based natural resources company BHP Billiton Ltd., and served as Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary for Westar Aerospace and Defense Group, Inc. He also served as the CEO for a publicly-traded mining exploration company, and formed and sold several Internet social media businesses.
Internet for Lawyers
Carole Levitt, President of Internet for Lawyers, has over 20 years of combined experience in the legal field as an attorney, law librarian, and legal research and writing professor. Since 1999 she has been a recognized Continuing Legal Education (CLE) speaker and author, focusing on how to use the Internet for investigative and legal research and for productivity. She has presented at the ABA TECHSHOW, LegalWorks, and LegalTech Conferences; ABA and various State Bar annual meetings; the National Association of Bar Executives; and at hundreds of bar associations, law firms, and library associations throughout the U.S. and Canada. She has co-authored 12 editions of The Cybersleuth's Guide to the Internet and co-authored five ABA books (Google For Lawyers, Find Info Like a Pro Volumes 1 & 2, and The Lawyer's Guide to Fact Finding on the Internet, 2nd and 3rd editions). Additionally, she is co-author of the ABA's forthcoming Google Gmail and Calendar in One Hour for Lawyers. Ms. Levitt serves on the ABA Law Practice Management Section's Publishing Board (2003-present) and previously served on its Executive Council (2007-11). She is also a member of the Association of Continuing Legal Education and was recently nominated to the College of Law Practice Management. Carole graduated with distinction from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago and served on the school's Law Review.