Some colleaugues and I will be presenting a Dallas Association of Young Lawyers seminar on networking. The seminar, captioned “Networking the Wrong Way: Learn from Other People’s Networking Mistakes,” will take place in the Belo Mansion at noon on Wednesday August 19th. There is no charge to attend the seminar, although lunch will be available for purchase.
Networking the Wrong Way
July 30th, 2009
Dallas Court of Appeals holdings
July 21st, 2009Every weekend, I will be posting summaries of the most notable Dallas Court of Appeals holdings of the preceding week. I just need to finish a couple of appellate briefs before I begin doing this. . .
Texas Lawyer interview
July 21st, 2009Texas Lawyer senior reporter John Council interviewed me on-camera (regarding the Sotomayor confirmation hearings, among other things). To watch the interview, click here, and then click on the “play” button.
Magazine’s 2009 “Best Lawyers” list
June 20th, 2009I just saw D Magazine’s 2009 list of the “Best Lawyers” in Dallas. There are 8 appellate lawyers included.
http://www.dmagazine.com/Home/2009/05/01/Best_Personal_Lawyers_in_Dallas_2009_-_full.aspx
My niece and nephew
June 16th, 2009Last weekend, my girlfriend and I babysat for my 21-month-old niece and my 6-week-old nephew. I tried to read appellate case law to them, but neither seemed very interested.
Web 2.0
June 16th, 2009I’ve started establishing a Web 2.0 presence. I’m looking forward to determining which Web 2.0 portals are most effective.
Busy week
June 14th, 2009This week, I’ll be filing a brief in the Dallas Court of Appeals, arguing a post-trial motion in a trial court, and participating in an appellate court oral argument in the Waco Court of Appeals. I’d say that ’s a busy week.
Dunking booth
June 13th, 2009
Dallas appellate lawyer Chad Ruback in a dunking booth
Last night, I sat in a dunking booth to help the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers raise money for lung cancer research. Here’s a short video of me getting dunked.
I recently opened a Twitter account. The life of an appellate lawyer is not exactly exciting, but you’re welcome to follow me on Twitter if you need help falling asleep at night. You can find me at http://twitter.com/appellatelaw.
Web Programmer David Demko
May 31st, 2009As you might have noticed, I’m in the process of adding a “news” page to my website. I plan to use the “news” page to post updates about developments in Dallas court of appeals cases and also to publicize my upcoming appellate speaking engagments.
Like most appellate lawyers, I’m a stickler for making sure everything that I work on looks just right. So, not surprisingly, I was not satisfied with the templates that most lawyers use on their websites. My “news” page is being custom-designed for me by a web programmer named David Demko. The “news” page is currently a work-in-progress, but David is doing a great job with everything so far. He’s even tolerating the anal-retentiveness typical of attorneys who dedicate their practice to appellate law. If you’re interested in having a website or blog custom-designed by a top-notch web programmer, I recommend that you contact David at www.ddemko.com.
