Legal Commentary

A bit of catchup before I head back to the beach (the news never sleeps)....

* First, thanks to Pro Bono Net, and in particular, Pam Weisz, for this kind write-up of our new Law Technology Now podcast. ALM's CEO, Bill Pollak, serves on the board of this terrific organization, which helps facilitate pro bono services by our legal community.

* Tom Baldwin is one of many folks who are changing jobs effective as the year ends:

I have accepted the Chief Knowledge Officer position at Reed Smith, which has skyrocketed up the Amlaw 100 in recent years and will likely exceed 1B in revenue for 2007. I'm eager to get started, but will look back with fond memories on my time with Sheppard Mullin. My last day at Sheppard Mullin is December 28th and I start at Reed Smith on January 7th, 2008.  My new email address will be here.

* Michael Kraft checks in to let us know that Kraft, Kennedy & Lesser Inc. -- which is celebrating its 20th anniversary -- has re-branded and is now officially Kraft & Kennedy Inc., or Kraft Kennedy in everyday parlance:

Over the past two years, our firm has enjoyed unprecedented growth. Among the services most in demand were data center consolidation projects, virtualization, email archiving, Exchange 2007 upgrades and Office 2007 deployment planning. All indications are that this trend will continue. To prepare for this growth, and to ensure that we maintain the highest possible level of customer service, we are aggressively hiring new talent while investing in our existing people and service offerings.

Our efforts in this regard have resulted in the establishment of a series of internal expert teams, nicknamed "xTeams."  In place since 2006, the teams expanded their skills and influence in 2007. They played a significant role in most of our initiatives by providing in-depth expertise and guidance to many project teams and clients. We currently have xTeams specializing in messaging, virtualization technologies, enterprise content management & collaboration, thin client technologies, O/S and desktop design and deployment, storage and business continuity planning. 

Congrats, Tom and Michael (here's to another 20!) Both Tom and Michael are members of LTN's edit board.

* It's not year-end yet, but the buzz over LegalTech New York is already in full gear.

      Amy Juers' Edge Legal Marketing has announced the creation of an online newsroom, the Edge Room. We'll post more details as they become available. You can read all about it on the LTNY newsletter, which also happens to feature yours truly, here.

* Our colleagues at ALM Research have just released the 2007 National Law Journal Billing Survey. 411 here.

* Mark Harris drops a note with the latest tasty edition  of The Axiom Blawg Roll.