Appellate Law

Microblog Roundup 10/13/08

By D. Todd Smith

Microblogging consists of brief text updates published broadly or to a restricted group chosen by the author.  My microblog can be found on Twitter at @dtoddsmith, where I invite you to become a follower.  As evidence that I'm not a total law dork, the content there is a little more personal.

Recent microblog posts include:

The Statesman has endorsed Woodie Jones for chief justice of the Austin Court of Appeals, http://tinyurl.com/545mlc.

Just listed myself in the Law Directory of Just Tweet It (http://justtweetit.com/law/). Looks like a good resource. Thanks @jonimueller!

Looking for more Texas and appellate lawyers to connect to on Twitter.

Statesman will release Third Court of Appeals endorsement tomorrow; Chief Justice Ken Law (R) v. former justice Woodie Jones (D).

Reading Statesman endorsement, "Texas Supreme Court: Chief Justice Jefferson, Houston and Yanez get nods," http://tinyurl.com/53m5q8.

RT @GrantGriffiths: Reading: "Should Blogs Have Comments?" (http://tinyurl.com/42tmnl). I'm for them, if moderated. Would like more on TALB.

Looking forward to good college football today. TX-OU, TCU-Colo St. Next week's opponents: Mizzou and BYU.

Uneventful Friday at the Texas Supreme Court re new opinions. Orders were mixed bag for my clients. More at http://tinyurl.com/4l63x3. 

@VBalasubramani If I know the lawyer who handled, I will sometimes contact & offer to be sounding board. Have pIcked up some work this way.

@VBalasubramani Not ethics issue, but practical one. How effective is cold-calling in any profession? Networking, other techniques better.

RT @VBalasubramani: @dtoddsmith curious as to what you think of identifying cases at lower appeals courts and contacting lawyers? (ethical issues aside...)

Reading "Ten Legal Podcasts to Keep You Informed," http://tinyurl.com/3wau2o. Useful, but I'd rather listen to music on my iPhone.

Back from a presentation in San Antonio on marketing an appellate practice. I focused on "nontraditional" means, i.e. blogging, Twitter.

New at the Texas Appellate Law Blog: "Appellate Practice Marketing 2.0," http://tinyurl.com/4652pr

Speaking to San Antonio Bar Ass'n Appellate Practice Section tomorrow. Working title of my talk is "Appellate Practice Marketing 2.0."

New posts at TALB: Reluctance to engage appellate counsel (http://tinyurl.com/3hq7zu) and appellate court IOPs (http://tinyurl.com/4fkrx3).

Reading "'Massive Impasse' at the Supreme Court" (http://tinyurl.com/4rkw5d) re who should argue: SC specialist or atty w/10 years in case.

Just finished profile and posted first document to JDSupra. Went with an older doc. Will post a newer one next. Interesting.

Reading "Where Are All the Female Law Bloggers" at http://tinyurl.com/3eqhch.

@BerinSzoka Distilling a big record and the law down to simple, comprehensible arguments is one mark of a skilled appellate practitioner.

Heading to a judicial candidate fundraiser. Gotta love Texas judicial politics. Write a check, get your name in front of the decider.

Expected to be doing two reply briefs on roughly parallel schedule. Opposing counsel in one case called today about an extension. Relief!

As always, comments are welcome.

Full post as published by Texas Appellate Law Blog on October 13, 2008 (boomark / email).