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Whatever Happened to Winslow Blodgett Taub?

Whatever happened to Winslow and so many others? What’s become of Daniel Norayr Kassabian, Robert Daniel Fram, Jonathan Stewart Larsen, Annette Louise Hurst, and all the IP lawyers that used to work for Heller Ehrman?

Are they hiding?

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Suppose you want to contact Winslow. You know that Heller Ehrman closed shop a while back, and so the contact information you have for him isn’t going to work.

What do you do?

Very likely, you ask Google to search for Winslow. You enter Winslow Blodgett Taub in the search field, press return, and . . . Bingo! Winslow has his own page at Avvo. (And who doesn’t, these days?)

But the page hasn’t been updated in years. According to Winslow’s listing on Avvo, he still works for Heller Ehrman.

OK. You’re determined to find Winslow, and so you turn to Linked In. (And who doesn’t have a listing on Linked In, these days?)

But it turns out that Winslow doesn’t have a listing on Linked In.

You’d turn to Martindale-Hubbard next, or the member listings at the state bar Web site, but your phone rings and you have to move on.

Note: You could find Winslow’s listing at the state bar Web site, but that listing would inform you that his e-mail address is winslow.taub@hellerehrman.com.

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Suppose you finish your call and Daniel Norayr Kassabian comes to mind. You ask Google to find him and . . . Bingo! Daniel has a listing on Justia.

But the listing says he’s still at Heller Ehrman. His listing on Avvo says he’s still at Heller Ehrman, and Linked In says it’s never heard of him.

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Sure, you could find these people if you kept looking, but you might not bother.

Suppose you’re looking for an IP litigation attorney in San Francisco, and an associate recommends Annette Louise Hurst. What you’re most likely to do before you try to contact Annette is to ask Google to inform you of what it’s got on her, and where she’s working now. Has she written any articles about IP litigation? That would be great background. Where did she go to school? How long has she been in practice? What cases has she litigated?

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If you want people (e.g., prospective clients, old associates, potential employers) to find you, make it easy for them to do so. If you leave one firm for another, update your page on Avvo, or on Linked In, or the state bar Web site. Contact Martindale-Hubble and Justia and have your contact information updated.

It’s just part of moving on.

Full post as published by Set in Style on September 25, 2009 (boomark / email).