InsideLegal’s LegalPRWire – Press Release Distribution Service

Posted on January 10, 2010 by InsideLegal

Introducing
InsideLegal’s LegalPRWire: the simplest, most cost effective way to get the
right people to notice you…  

What: You
spend a lot of time and energy closing new business, forging strategic partnerships,
developing new products, launching new services, and hiring the brightest minds
to join your company. Unfortunately, your company and product news does not
make it to the appropriate legal channels – as a result, legal industry
influencers, thinkers, decision makers, and commentators are not aware of nor
talking about your announcements. Introducing InsideLegal’s LegalPRWire
press release distribution service.  With
one email, you reach hundreds of global legal and technology influencers (sampling
list below).  InsideLegal has been building its legal media database for the past ten years, and it is the only comprehensive, legal-focused news distribution database in the market. 

Why:
InsideLegal’s
LegalPRWire was born out of the necessity to adequately reach all the key
constituents in the legal space, without reinventing the wheel every time or
relying on old disparate distribution lists. To date, over 85 legal technology
companies have used our exclusive distribution list – the ONLY comprehensive
legal distribution list with over 600 media and industry contacts.

The
“Fine Print”:  Press release
distribution fees are $350 and we do require 24 hour pre-approval on press
release content and format to ensure that the press release is newsworthy and
appropriate for InsideLegal’s audience. 
We do not guarantee media coverage, but your news will reach the right
people!

Sampling
of InsideLegal’s LegalPRWire Reach

²  national and international legal publications (i.e., ALM, Legal Technology Insider, Daily Journal)

²  legal association publications (i.e., ILTA, ALA, ABA, ARMA)

²  legal
social media (i.e., legal blogs, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn groups)

²  dailies (i.e., Chicago Daily Law Bulletin) 

²  weeklies (i.e., Legal Weekly)

²  bar journals (i.e., state and local bar publications)

²  online legal sites (i.e., TechnoLawyer, law.com, Findlaw, Legal IT
Network)

²  legal technologists, bloggers, consultants, PMAs and industry thought
leaders

²  general technology publications (i.e., InfoWeek, CIO, Computer
World)

²  general business publications (i.e., Wall Street Journal, Business
Week)

²  major search engines (i.e., Google, MSN and Yahoo) 


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“In Their Own Words” Legal PMAs Spotlight: Nerino Petro

Posted on January 10, 2010 by InsideLegal

Nerino Petro Who are you?  What is your organization?
I’m the Practice Management Advisor for Practice411™, the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Law Office Management Assistance Program. The mission of Practice411 is to help Wisconsin lawyers in improving their efficiency in the delivery of legal services and in implementing systems and controls to reduce risk and improve client relations. My program offers resources to help lawyers manage the business aspects of their practices, including the use of technology; business and financial planning; and personnel, facilities, and operations management. But even I can’t have all of the answers and so, we’ve created additional resources such as our lending library and the Practice411 elist:  forming a community knowledge base of Wisconsin lawyers, IT professionals, office administrators and select staff as well as vendor attorneys to leverage the existing expertise and knowledge that exists in the Wisconsin legal community to assist each other.

Where does your organization fit in the legal industry? 
We are a mandatory (unified) bar association responsible for annual registration of all attorneys and firms licensed to practice law in Wisconsin. We strive to provide value to our members with the further mission of assisting the Wisconsin Supreme Court to promote the public interest in maintaining the highest standards of conduct in the legal profession and in the efficient administration of justice.

What do you see as the biggest challenge facing the legal industry now and in the upcoming year?
For the current and foreseeable future, the biggest challenge facing our organization and our members is the economy. These down times force our organization and our members to find ways to become more efficient and cost effective in order to survive while continuing to deliver quality services that are valued.

How can law firms work with you?
I am just a phone call or email away. I’m available by telephone, email or in person consultations at the State Bar Center (due to staff limitations, I do not provide on-site consultations). I also provide remote internet support as well as web based and in person CLE and training.

How can the legal vendor community work with you?
I’m always interested in learning about new tools that can help my members be more effective and efficient in their practice. As the Product Watch columnist for the ABA Law Practice Magazine, I welcome opportunities to get “hands on” with new products and services and to write about them. I also make myself available for a limited number of speaking engagements around the country each year to address diverse groups and interests. 

How can you help legal technology vendors be more successful?
My members look to me as a trusted source for legal technology information. They often don’t have the time or ability to spend a lot of time ‘kicking the tires’ and are looking for assistance in making decisions. I view my role to be an impartial conduit to connect my members with the resources that best fit their needs. The more I know about different services and products, the better able I am to assist my members, letting them focus on what they do best.

What online resource (website, blog, etc.) is most useful to you (i.e., you use it every day)?
I start with the State Bar’s website at www.wisbar.org and then on to Daily Rotation as a technology news aggregator. I also follow blogs on a number of legal and non-legal topics including those of my fellow Practice Management Advisors which are aggregated through the PMA Yahoo Pipes feed and carried on the State Bar’s website under Practice411™ Advice Alerts.

What have been your top “moment(s)” in legal technology?
One of the most surprising was to have my Compujurist blog included in the 2009 TECHSHOW 60 Websites in 60 minutes presentation. I’ve also been honored to be the Product Watch columnist for the ABA Law Practice Magazine for the past several years as well as speaking at TECHSHOW. But many of my “top moments” have been getting a thank you note from one of my members for helping them with their technology – it means that I’m helping lawyers and doing my job.

Atty Nerino J. Petro, Jr.
Practice Management Advisor
State Bar of Wisconsin
TEL: 608.250.6012
practicehelp@wisbar.org
www.wisbar.org

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Just in time for the New Year…2010 Master Legal Events Calendar Released by InsideLegal.com

Posted on December 30, 2009 by InsideLegal

115+ Legal Events at-a-Glance!  We have just published the InsideLegal Legal Technology/Law Firm Management Master Events Calendar for 2010 – the most comprehensive, one-stop, legal industry event resource available.


If you have an event you would like us to consider adding, please email us the event name, event owner, dates, location and event URL.  InsideLegal already works with publishers such as ALM and peer networking organizations such as ILTA on providing their legal event calendars, and we’d like to invite you to link to the calendar as well.

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Hildebrandt and Baker Robbins & Company to Merge

Posted on December 9, 2009 by InsideLegal

According to an official press release distributed Friday, December 4th, Hildebrandt and Baker Robbins & Company, two leading legal consultancies, have announced their plan to merge into one company, known as Hildebrandt Baker Robbins, as of January 1, 2010.  

Together, the new firm will be the largest and most diversified consultancy serving the legal market, with over 120 consultants working around the world in a broad range of practice areas. According to an related article in the AmLaw Daily, Hildebrandt managing director Jim Jones and Brad Robbins will be responsible for the combined company's day-to-day operations, with Hildebrandt's founder, Bradford Hildebrandt, still having a prominent presence.

Both are part of the Business of Law group of Thomson Reuters.

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Intelliteach Opens Office in London

Posted on December 9, 2009 by InsideLegal

Intelliteach, the industry's leading legal help desk outsourcing company, has just announced the opening of its first UK office.  The UK Intelliteach team will be led by Sherry Bevan, London Business Manager, who has over 20 years of experience in the legal service and technology support arena with the last decade spent as McDermott Will & Emery’s Global Customer Service Manager. In addition to Bevan, their UK team will include bilingual, French-speaking specialists to handle the service desk demands of French-speaking clients.

"Intelliteach currently supports over 80,000 law firm users in 20 countries including many in the UK," stated Lance Waagner, President and CEO of Intelliteach and former large law firm CIO. "Since starting our business 10 years ago, we have exclusively focused on providing a 24/7/365 service desk specific to the needs of law firm end-users. Our current move to London supports this mission and should nicely complement our existing UK business which started with our first London office client in 2004."

Read the entire release here

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Ray Zwiefelhofer Promoted to President of World Software Corporation

Posted on December 9, 2009 by InsideLegal

According to the press release, Ray Zwiefelhofer has been promoted to President of World Software Corporation.  Zweifelhofer has been serving as Executive Vice President since joining World Software in March 2009.  Prior to joining World Software, he served as CEO of nQueue.

According to the release, "Thomas W. Burke, who co-founded World Software Corporation and has been President since its inception in 1988, will assume the more strategic and visionary role of Chairman and CEO."

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ABA TECHSHOW 2010: Practical Technologies for Transforming Your Practice

Posted on December 2, 2009 by InsideLegal

The ABA's Law Practice Management (LPM) section is moving full speed ahead with TECHSHOW 2010, the 25th edition, taking place in Chicago, March 25-27th, 2010. Earlier this fall, LPM launched a new and improved conference website chock full of valuable content and new information designed to fit the 2010 theme of 'practical technologies for transforming your practice'. In addition to an ABA TECHSHOW dedicated blog, the new site includes a series of 'hot pages' designed to help legal practitioners find the answers to their legal technology questions. Based on our review, the hottest of the hot is the 'best of ABA TECHSHOW' section featuring past legal technology presentations and keynotes. Speaking of, the 2010 keynote has also just been announced. Ari Kaplan, lawyer and experienced technology and marketing author, will speak on "The New Big Bang- The Convergence of Technology and Marketing",
so make sure to schedule your trip to the Windy City in March.
  
From an exhibitors perspective, TECHSHOW is second to none when it comes to appealing to leading technology users and influencers all of which rely on TECHSHOW as their trusted source of information on legal tech products and services. The 2010 TECHSHOW Planning Board, chaired by Debbie Foster, President of InTouch Legal, is preparing an education focused conference full of networking and business development opportunities for legal vendors. LPM does a fabulous job of mixing 'business with pleasure', so in addition to the many technology sessions, and time spent on the show floor interfacing with vendors, all attendees will be able to participate in after dark activities ranging from the annual opening reception to a series of 'dine with the experts' events. TECHSHOW is also the most effective way to interact with an impressive roster of legal technologists, state bar practice management advisors (PMAs), and reputable legal bloggers and social media experts. While the complete detailed agenda is still in the works, the faculty is already in place as is the current 2010 exhibitor list. Exhibitor registration details can be found here.

InsideLegal.com is a media sponsor for ABA TECHSHOW 2010 and in this capacity will be providing InsideLegal.com readers with speaker profiles, session highlights, show statistics, media relations tips and tricks, and other information designed to help you decide if TECHSHOW is right for you and ultimately help maximize your 2010 TECHSHOW experience and exposure.

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Virtual LegalTech Opens its Cyber Doors Tomorrow

Posted on November 18, 2009 by InsideLegal

Tomorrow, November 19th, marks the launch of Virtual LegalTech.  In anticipation of the launch, InsideLegal met with Rob Hafiz, ALM's Director of Sales & Business Development, to get the scoop.

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To start, here is the answer to "What is Virtual LegalTech" from ALM's website…

"Virtual LegalTech offers all the powerful educational and networking opportunities of LegalTech, the premier conference and trade show for technology in the legal community. VLT is a showcase for the latest hardware, software, tools and services that are moving the practice of law ahead through innovative solutions. It's also an invaluable chance to talk with colleagues, share best practices and make connections with professionals from law firms and corporate legal departments from all over the world.

VLT's fully interactive virtual environment enables you to do all the things you'd do at a live event: attend presentations and panel discussions, talk with vendors, see product demonstrations, collect information, network with colleagues and get the latest news from the ever-evolving arena of legal technology. The show is open all year around, 24 hours a day, seven days a week."

In addition to being open 24/7/365, Virtual LegalTech will also have "live day" dates every quarter that will include live programs and webinars. The Virtual LegalTech agenda for the debut "live day" tomorrow consists of 6 sessions:

11am - Cost-Conscious Technology Adoption (Sponsored by IPRO Tech)

  • Joe Utsler, Vice President of Product Strategy, IPRO Tech
  • Rachelle Rennagel, Chief Knowledge Officer, Sheppard Mullin Richter and Hampton LLP
  • Alston W. Walker, Manager, Litigation Practice Systems – Litigation Technology and Support Services, Fish & Richardson P.C.

12pm – The Challenge of Preserving and Collecting Evidence in a Cloud (Sponsored by Integreon)

  • Jeff Fehrman, Vice President of Forensics and Consulting, Integreon
  • Craig Ball, President, Craig D. Ball, P.C
  • Tom Morrissey, Sr. Director, IT Litigation, Purdue Pharma LP (DC)

1pm – Thought Leader Series – Fixing the Broken Recruitment System (Sponsored by Mestel & Company and Hire Counsel)

  • Ashish Nanda, Faculty Chair, Executive Education and Research Director, Center for Law and the Professions, Harvard Law School
  • Aric Press, Editor-in-Chief, The American Lawyer
  • Lynn Mestel, Esq., Founder and President of Mestel & Company and of Hire Counsel

2pm - International E-Discovery (Sponsored by Wave Software)

  • Michelle Mahoney, Director of Applied Legal Technology, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
  • George Rudoy, Director of Global Practice Technology and Information Services, Shearman & Sterling, LLP
  • Chris Dale, eDiscovery Information Project
  • Christopher Byrne, General Counsel, Wave Software

3pm – IT Leadership in Turbulent Times

  • Monica Bay, Editor-in-Chief, Law Technology News, ALM
  • James E. McKenna, Senior Manager of Infrastructure Operations, Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • John G. Roman, Jr., Director, Litigation Technology Services, Nixon Peabody LLP

4pm – The Microsoft Boot Camp

  • Donna Payne, CEO, PayneGroup

  Cp_vlt_booth An example of a Virtual LegalTech booth

For More Information

Register to "attend" Virtual LegalTech

Informative FAQ on Virtual LegalTech

Exhibitor Guide

Attendee Guide

List of current sponsors (currently 13)

Sponsorship Information for Virtual LegalTech

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Capsoft Buys HotDocs Software Business from LexisNexis

Posted on November 18, 2009 by InsideLegal

According to the press release…

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND & NEW YORK, NY, November 17, 2009 – (BUSINESS WIRE)–Capsoft, a leading international provider of document automation software and services, and LexisNexis, a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions, today announced the sale of the HotDocs® software business to Capsoft. Financial terms of the purchase were not disclosed.

You can read the entire press release here.

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Larry Smith Named Executive Director of ALA

Posted on November 18, 2009 by InsideLegal

Larry Smith The Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) announced earlier this week that Larry Smith has been named its new Executive Director. In January 2010, Smith will succeed John J. Michalik, who recently announced his retirement after 15 years with the Association.

ALA President Susan French Koran, Director of Administration at Oklahoma-based Fellers Snider Blankenship Bailey & Tippens, P.C., expressed her confidence in Smith's ability to lead the Association: "Larry's experience, knowledge and familiarity with the legal industry and legal management profession as well as his strong financial background make him a perfect match to ALA's needs," Koran said.

Working with ALA's Board of Directors, Smith will oversee all aspects of the organization's operations, including its headquarters staff and 100 chapters. With more than 25 years of applicable experience in finance, management consulting, law and association management, Smith brings a strong background to ALA. Most recently, he has served for seven years as Director of the American Bar Association Law Practice Management Section, where he developed and maintains strong relationships throughout the legal profession. Smith holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Tennessee and a J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law.

The official press release can be read here.

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